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Advice needed, I want to take my cats to my quiet local park. I'll drive them there in carriers, find a nice peaceful spot in the park and let them out on the lead. I have harnesses for them both and a double retracting leash for safety.

They will not be able to go beyond three meters of where I'm sitting in the park.

The dilemma I have is with dog owners releasing their dogs from their leash when they're prohibted from doing so under Southwark Park bylaws. I'm unsure what will happen to the dogs if they come over to the cats or vice versa.

My recommendation would be to visit the dog free section of any park, which contains seating in a fenced off area. A number of parks locally have this facility provided. I would personally choose a quieter park like Belair or Hilly Fields, rather than Dulwich or Peckham Rye.


Louisa.

Very bad idea in my opinion as the opportunity for something to go wrong in such an exposed space is huge - even in the enclosed parts I have seen dogs jump the fence in hot pursuit of a squirrel..


Even in the quieter parks such as Belair the risk is still as high as there is a constant stream of dogs coming and going, mostly off-lead. Dogs can be predictably unpredictable when instinct kicks in..!


As an alternative, I wonder if you could find someone with a fully enclosed back garden who would be happy for the cats to roam around.

positronic Wrote:

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> Advice needed, I want to take my cats to my quiet

> local park. I'll drive them there in carriers,

> find a nice peaceful spot in the park and let them

> out on the lead. I have harnesses for them both

> and a double retracting leash for safety.

> They will not be able to go beyond three meters of

> where I'm sitting in the park.

> The dilemma I have is with dog owners releasing

> their dogs from their leash when they're prohibted

> from doing so under Southwark Park bylaws. I'm

> unsure what will happen to the dogs if they come

> over to the cats or vice versa.


I can't say I'd recommend doing this, but if you do maybe 2 adults would be safer. For any unexpected event. But every instinct of mine is screaming no, tbh!

Crazy idea.

Putting cats in massive danger.

If a lurcher / greyhound / hunting breed is off lead and sees the cats it could be bad news.

Probably some other breeds too. Dogs don?t read signs, especially when chasing cats !

Regardless of what safe ?area? you think you?re in.

The secret garden in Brockwell Park has gates and is dog free (it's up by the paddling pool just past the greenhouses)



Please read the article - it talks about the effect on cats of being on leads.


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/13/cat-lead-trend-causing-pets-distress-rspca-warns/

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