I'm starting to feel realy guilty as Charlie hasn't gone for a proper walk for months
Don't get me wrong he gets lots of excersise as we have 20acres of padocks here. But at home I can't let him off the lead as he won't come back, so I walk him on a lungeline and tie him to the wheelbarrow when I poo pick.
Out on proper walks I can let him off the lead (He can still be a pain but he's not as bad as he is at home )
Anyway I'm terrified to take him out on the forest after all the dog death thing, esp as I now live were it mainly happened. I did start taking him out afew months ago and then another dog died so I stopped again and havn't been out since.
There hasn't been another case (that I know of) and that last isolated case did sound more like a snake bite to be honest.
OH phoned the vets yesterday and they said they haddn't heard anymore cases but were reluctant to say if it was safe to walk him out or not (which I totaly understand). Lots of dogs are still walked out on the forest daily and my landlady brings her's out when we ride.
I'm just terrified of loosing Charlie to the toxin or whatever it is. I've already nearly lost him several times once due to him eating slug pellets while out on a walk .
The fear of loosing him and the guilt of not taking him out is ripping me appart. Everytime I take him down check the mail he gets so excited thinking we are going for a walk on the forest I have to drag him back to the house .

So I'm wondering what would you do. Am I being silly not taking him out. No dogs have died for ages.