Dog Walkers

[Adeptandy]

I've had a group of local dog walkers approach my LL asking to use an abandoned field of mine ( apparently they haven't heard of Fallow )
I do have a square 2 acre block that isn't the greatest patch for either growing a crop of working with big machinery, so the temptation is to let them use it for a fee.
The big question, how much should I try and get out of them, bearing in mind they seem to use the rest of the farm as a dog exercise area ?
Your thoughts please

 

[crazy_bull]

https://www.hollylodge.org/dog-field/

C B

 

[7610 super q]

Nothing less than eleventy billion pounds. And even then, I'd hesitate.

 

[foul mouth phil]

I've had a group of local dog walkers approach my LL asking to use an abandoned field of mine ( apparently they haven't heard of Fallow )
I do have a square 2 acre block that isn't the greatest patch for either growing a crop of working with big machinery, so the temptation is to let them use it for a fee.
The big question, how much should I try and get out of them, bearing in mind they seem to use the rest of the farm as a dog exercise area ?
Your thoughts please

Just give them 1”

 

[Adeptandy]

https://www.hollylodge.org/dog-field/

C B

Was thinking an annual fee off the group and have no input, thought they could police it
Would also be interesting to see how territorial they got over it

 

[Adeptandy]

Just give them 1”

how they abuse the rest of the farm tracks and fields, they've already had the 1"

 

[ollie989898]

1. It's going to need to be topped.

2. It's going to be a serious biohazard.

3. If it does turn into a get-rich-quick scheme, your land lord will only want a share of the proceeds.

 

[Adeptandy]

1. It's going to need to be topped.

2. It's going to be a serious biohazard.

3. If it does turn into a get-rich-quick scheme, your land lord will only want a share of the proceeds.

Knowing this lot, there wont be much money being offered, more likely want it for free, but yes, dare say LL will want a slice

 

[Dry Rot]

Heard about this on R4 the other morning. Apparently, he is charging £8/dog/hour. But the fields are all security fenced which sounds expensive.

Once again location, location, location. Only worthwhile if there is a big local demand and someone to pay for the infrastructure and manage the enterprise.

Anyone got a used turn style they don't want?

As a postscript, an incomer has recently bought a 13 acre holding locally, part of which has been security fenced and planted out, apparently for the purchaser's own dogs. Watching with interest.

 

[ollie989898]

Knowing this lot, there wont be much money being offered, more likely want it for free, but yes, dare say LL will want a slice

If they want it free then say no, and plant something rare and interesting in it.

Like stingers.

Alternatively, allow travellers to live there for nothing more than a handshake.

 

[Adeptandy]

They won't get it for free, not when I'm paying a decent rent on it, I'll just keep farming it.

You can't work them out, I have a 13 acre wood on the farm that is open to the public with cut rides, but that's not good enough, they lose there balls in there when they throw them, so want a dedicated bit for themselves

Had enough travellers around there, that proved very expensive when they did a few night time visits

 

[PSQ]

If you have a few chimney pots around you, then there is more of a market than you'd imagine:
http://www.dodsidedogruns.co.uk

 

[Bongodog]

Tell them to f off.

A local farmer suffered a huge amount of abuse when his open access agreement expired and couldn't be renewed. When he decided to put the land back into production, they threatened to continue to use the field, demanded that he sell it to the Parish council and all sorts. As it was they kept breaking down fences, eroding ditches, leaving big sticks in the grass to go through the mower and all sorts.
We have miles and miles of droves and tracks, but they aren't good enough apparently.

 

[livestock 1]

I've had a group of local dog walkers approach my LL asking to use an abandoned field of mine ( apparently they haven't heard of Fallow )
I do have a square 2 acre block that isn't the greatest patch for either growing a crop of working with big machinery, so the temptation is to let them use it for a fee.
The big question, how much should I try and get out of them, bearing in mind they seem to use the rest of the farm as a dog exercise area ?
Your thoughts please

As much as possible. There are far too many of them already and they are breeding. Dog walking is really just an excuse to look through people’s windows and such without appearing to be a nosy git. You have plenty of them to go at start high

 

[Paddington]

Looking to buy a house in a distant area we stayed overnight in a nearby pub. The landlord had a dog which we offered to take for a walk, only the dog got er, loose near our prospective buy and we spent ages trying to get it back .Rover! Rover!! Had we been without a dog the curtains would have been twitching.
I'd have made a good detective.

 

[7610 super q]

Looking to buy a house in a distant area we stayed overnight in a nearby pub. The landlord had a dog which we offered to take for a walk, only the dog got er, loose near our prospective buy and we spent ages trying to get it back .Rover! Rover!! Had we been without a dog the curtains would have been twitching.
I'd have made a good detective.

 

[roscoe erf]

I reckon I can name that dog in 2

 

[Adam@Rumen]

We tried to do something similar but couldn't get planning permission

 

[Will7]

Heard about this on R4 the other morning. Apparently, he is charging £8/dog/hour. But the fields are all security fenced which sounds expensive.

Once again location, location, location. Only worthwhile if there is a big local demand and someone to pay for the infrastructure and manage the enterprise.

Anyone got a used turn style they don't want?

As a postscript, an incomer has recently bought a 13 acre holding locally, part of which has been security fenced and planted out, apparently for the purchaser's own dogs. Watching with interest.

An old colleague has done this. A 2 acre field security fenced with a personnel door is £10/hr. He is/has done a second one, this time with a gate large enough for a car because many people can’t control their dog from the car to the pen!

I think would want to be in the south east for this type of enterprise.

 

[stroller]

I reckon I can name that dog in 2

One of my friends son was going through recruit training in the army when that clip came out, his surname is Fenton, did he get the pee taken.... A little bit!