THIS is my response to a letter published online yesterday about banning dogs from all beaches in the summer.

You may feel my response is highly emotionally charged however when I read the letter online, my reaction wasn’t out of anger but pure shock.

First of all let’s look at the scenario.

You sat down on Hove beach, dog friendly or no dogs allowed? If you sat on a dog friendly beach well then it’s your own fault.

However, to make a statement which could mean dogs to be banned from all beaches is completely unfair and not the way to solve this.

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I’m a dog owner, my dog is trained to a level where she carries her own lead, she is respectable and submissive and will always be by my side wherever we are. She’s also a black Labrador who loves to swim.

In the summer, especially during the heatwave, I had to make sure she was cool every one hour, whether that meant shade, giving ice cold water or putting her in the sea.

If I’m standing facing the Brighton Music Hall on the seafront, I have to walk 10 to15 mins to the left to find the next dog friendly beach or 15 to 20 mins to the right , past the new pier to find the closest dog friendly beach.

I always ask myself how would I feel knowing I had to walk somewhere completely different to everyone else but just to do what everyone else wants to do....swim in the sea.

I truly believe your experience of dogs on beaches is something everyone experiences at some point in Brighton and Hove.

Surely you must not be so naive to think what else is on our beaches, something in the form of human faeces, needles, knives, plastic and other rubbish, drugs and alcohol bottles.

Yet you moan over a wet dog having fun and an owner who didn’t look at his dog for five minutes.

You mention grandchildren in your letter, what if I wrote a letter to The Argus stating all children to be banned from all beaches?

My reasons could be, screaming and shouting. Nudity. Going to the toilet on the beach or in the sea because there isn’t one close enough. Running around disturbing other people.

Why should dogs suffer because of one person like you?

I’m pretty sure the simple solution would be to go find another beach where dogs aren’t allowed.

Edie Mew, Address supplied