Had a horrible experience whilst out caching today with my own (well behaved, on her lead) dog. We were walking down a public footpath which passes beside a farmhouse and is also the driveway from said farmhouse down to the road. 3 dogs ran out and stood in our way barking furiously; one, a border collie was particular aggressive and I feared either myself or my dog was going to be bitten. We eventually managed to get past them but were both pretty shaken up.
I've just used Google street view to find out the name of the farm and was please to find that Derbyshire County council website has a very easy to use form to report problems with access to public footpaths. We'll see what they say. I've never felt the need to carry anything to deter dogs, being confident around them and usually becoming accompanied by a big hound anyway, but may have to rethink that after today's experience
