If you insist. But dogs are territorial. Most of those "dogs running free" have a limited range which centers at their owners house and spreads outwards until it intersects with another dog's territory. That holds except when some bitch goes into heat, then dogs go wherever their is hot pussy. The other exception to that rule is when the temple's dogs follow the monks on alms rounds. When I was a monk, we'd have upwards of 7 or more of the temple's dogs following us in the morning. We could manage all of the minor dog-vs-dog dust-ups we encountered. In our village, I'd estimate that perhaps 2%+ keep their dogs fenced. I do. My neighbor to the South fence theirs. My neighbor to the North does not. Many of my wife's friends fence their dogs. It's for two reasons: it keeps the dogs safe from getting hit by a car, and their primary job is to protect the house. My dogs take care of security against humans and critters like cobras, or any other things we need to be alerted to (toads, lizards, preying mantis, etc). And if villagers want to let their dogs roam? I'm fine with it. I can get along with the vast majority of the dogs I come across while walking. I have in the past come across rare aggressive dogs. I can handle those too, and given time, befriend them. Here's my take on the difference between you and I. You - you like the Nanny-State and you want the police and government to take care of all the things you don't like, such as dogs roaming. Me - I can't stand the Nanny-State and I want the police and government bureaucracy to mind their own business and I'll mind my own business. Of course some farang is going to say, "I bet you want the police around if someone invades your home!" My thoughts on that: "Just like in the West, when seconds count, the police are minutes away. Here in Thailand more like 20 or 30 minutes. Here we agree 100%. The government could actually solve dog over-population with a cost-effective spay/neuter program if they put one in place. But? After living here almost 20 years, I know that ain't ever going to happen - unfortunately. However, our Tambon has both a rabies vaccination program and about once a year they will spay/neuter dogs and cats that belong to the local temples. I wish they would expand that program to include villagers. It would take care of a pet over-population social problem.
