Field day for dogs as owners pay by the hour for safe green spaces

Hiring out patches of land for people to let their cooped-up pets run wild is a godsend for owners - and a bonus for farmers Twice a week, in rural Cambridgeshire, Rebecca Lee hires a private field for her dog, Moscow, to run about in for an hour. "Moscow is the world's most difficult dog," she said. "If you've got a dog like him, who is reactive - he barks and lunges at stuff, mostly because he's actually quite fearful - then every walk can be traumatic." By contrast, when she rents the field, ...