Who are the groups of children walking through the park?
These are students on field trips with their school or attending the environment education programs held at the Nature centre or Colborne Lodge. Often the groups switch locations in the middle of the day, and usually walk from one location to another during their lunch hour. Dogs that aren’t normally reactive wills sometimes surprise you and be startled and/or frightened by children, especially in large groups, and react in a fearful and/or aggressive way (i.e. barking and charging and retreating). The Dog Owner’s Liability Act states that any person can call for the police and have charges laid against a dog owner, if they even feel that a person is being threatened by a dog, i.e. aggressive barking without a bite having occurred. So please be extra careful with your dog around kids and other park users.
