URGENT: we need your eyes... your ears.. and your feet on the ground
It's crunch time.. More than 25,000 dog-lovers have signed the petition to say that The Dog Daddy is not welcome in the UK. The RSPCA (and many others) have issued strong statements condemning his training techniques. And yet at the moment we believe The Dog Daddy's London workshops are going ahead this weekend.
Last year, he held workshops in Regent Square Gardens (WC1H 8HZ) and in Nelson Square Park (SE1 0QA) but given the blistering heat we think he's more likely to have booked an inside venue.
Bottom line, we don't know and we need your help to find out. Once we know...
• we can approach the venue asking them to cancel the booking on safety/animal welfare grounds. This has been effective elsewhere
• we can tip-off the RSPCA which is standing by to attend/monitor - something which at the very least should help protect the dogs from the worst handling and at best will see the workshops stopped
• we can arrange peaceful protests - we now have a great many people prepared to brave the heat in London to let him know just how many people object to his harmful training methods and to hand out leaflets to attendees encouraging them to seek kinder ways of helping their fearful/aggressive dogs.
Please share the following FB post asking for info about his whereabouts: