Well, widespread enough, boosboss, for my experience not to have been dismissed, however indirectly and smuggly, as hysteria and exaggeration.

Don't know what you're talking about with the world war thing. You can jump where you like.

As I said, don't go to OTH any more so don't really mind what they do with the professional dog walkers. Would've thought a few less of them would generally be a good thing, though, for all the valid reasons that have dominated this thread.