1. Couple pull in next to the camp fire pit, chirpy but loud 'little' bloke whilst she was pleasant. He had the annoying habit of butting into every conversation with loud responses followed by a guffawing laugh as though everything he said was outrageously funny. It wasn't. Fortunately they were only here for 2 days!
2. Yesterday another couple arrive with 2 x Belgian Shepherd's, beautiful dogs ... unfortunately the woman did not take after her dogs. Sitting around the campfire & the smaller, younger female dog - bitch doesn't seem quite appropriate for such a lovely looking dog but could well suit the female owner. But I digress ... The young dog started to bark at something in the nearby bush & after about 5 minutes of this intermittent barking I asked the lady if she could stop the dog barking. Her response was "NO" I then asked her if she meant NO she wouldn't or NO she couldn't. She responded by saying the dog was only a year old. Huh? A short time later 3 young girls riding their bikes around the park then rode down beside the fire pit towards the bush area... well the young dog went right off whilst the woman ignored it. Again I & some others asked her to restrain the dog to which she gave a half hearted pull on the lead but didn't tell the dog to be quiet. About ten minutes later the children returned & whilst the 2 eldest simply rode by, the youngest just stopped & stared at the young dog which was going right off again & straining at the lead. This time around half of the ten people in the area told the woman to shut the dog up & she then yanked the dog back which allowed the young child to run by pushing her bike. She then jumped up & stormed off telling her husband - who was sitting alongside her with the very quite older dog - "that she was not going to stay there & listen to these bloody people any longer."
From my perspective a dog is never too young to start training & as this particular dog was a year old it should have been sufficiently trained by that stage to respond to a verbal command, the fact that it wasn't reflects badly on the woman's lack of ability.
When the young girl just stood staring at the dog whilst it strained at the lead & barking loudly at the girl with no response from the woman until we spoke up", then she then turned to the girl & said "She won't bite!" but did not shut the dog up or stop it straining on the lead. The child would not have known whether to believe the woman or not... she still looked very concerned!
Well trained dogs are always a delight to watch, especially with young children.
Well, the little loud bloke has left but the couple with the 'untrained' dog are still here... sigh.
Ok, my rant is over - bring out the knives!
Currently G is down the street in Gunnedah, he wouldn't let me go as he reckons I am too slow 
wonder which way he meant that 
as long as he brings some nice lollies back I shall be pleased...
Most likely he's not game to let you off the leash after your shenanigans in Casino???
