A Dog’s Day Out At Glen Tanar

A Dog's Day Out At Glen Tanar

On Saturday 1st of May Glen Tanar hosted A Dog’s Day Out. This was a day for members of the public to come along with their dogs to learn more about where and what we can or cannot do in the countryside with our pets.

Fran Pothecary, Outdoor Access Officer for the Cairngorms National Park Authority and Pam Patterson, Dog Trainer were running the day alongside Eric Baird & Mike Martin, Rangers at Glen Tanar.

The day started with a small test for all attendees to find out their knowledge of the do’s and dont’s in the countryside. After this we had a discussion with Pam which then moved outside with our dogs for some basic dog obedience. It was then back indoors for some more group discussions which took us up to lunch time. Lunch was served by Liz Peck of Liz’s Larder and the lovely soup was enjoyed by all on the wet, windy day.

After lunch we were joined by Paddy Wright who is a Farmer from Ballater. He came with us and our dogs on a walk on the Estate and pointed out things that from a Farmer’s point of view, we the public may miss or not pay attention to. Examples of this is climbing over electric fences to get access into a field that may appear empty when actually once you get over a wee hump in the hill you are met by several angry cattle with young ones.

As members of the public we should respect peoples land and the animals that they have grazing on it and not enter fields especially when there are young animals around. This could certainly end up with the loss of not just your dog’s life but yours too.
Have a look at the Scottish Outdoor Access code for more information.

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