How safe would you feel walking your dog on your own at this time of night in your area?

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Feeling a bit blue, all alone on Christmas night and contemplating walking the dog, as that always helps my mood. Would you?

I go this time most nights! It’s lovely in the winter when everyone’s houses look all cozy and you can have a nosey! We live in a small, rural village without much street lighting. I feel safe.
Nothing like a good dog walk to lift the spirits.

With my old dog, absolutely no way. He was soft as butter. Current dog- I reckon she’d give any ne’er do well short shrift. But I still don’t think I’d risk it round here.

As well as the fact my girls is usually zonked on the sofa from about 8pm

Mine's a little dog and a useless protector but I'd feel very safe walking where I live. I often take him for a walk at midnight before we go to bed.

Yes I’d walk my dog alone or walk home alone at any time where I live.

Yes without hesitating. Mind you mines is 55kg German Shepherd so have never had anyone approach me thankfully

My dog is um, not intimidating. I live on a very quiet road and I walk her on my road late at night but not much further.

My dog is a large intimidating looking American Bulldog (she's the softest girl ever) and she makes me feel safe enough to walk late around my city streets with her

My dog often barks at people in the dark so even though she’s soft as shit and probably useless I think she’d be a bit of a deterrent. I’ve walked her around here at all sorts of times of night, usually only meet other dog walkers and groups of teens. It’s not a great area but I don’t feel unsafe at any time here.

I've been! Wow never expected so many replies. While I was out I was thinking what a strange and random question it was, but I've had a few beverages! I've had a really crap week actually, a relationship breakdown, and have a cold too so I needed to get out. My dog is lucky to get an extra walk!

It was so quiet everywhere, got a bit wet, but I don't mind that. Had a nosy into people's houses, like someone else mentioned!

It's funny the comments regarding what their dogs would do in an attack. I'm still unsure but mine just barked at a lit up xmas tree in a garden! Mine is a big softie really but has a bit of jack russell in him so he can be a little shit!

Thank you for the comments.My ears are more blocked after that but I feel mentally better!

Yes if its a large dog that looks like it could take a would be attackers face off!!

I know what mine would do....

a few week back I was walking him at about 7pm in the dark and 2 dodgy looking characters deliberately changed direction and started crossing a road towards me.

FrangipaniDog lost his shit, said dodgy characters hesitated then retreated 😂😂😂

(He's a 30kg bull terrier so definitely not to be messed with!)

It would be fine where I am.

As long as it's not raining I've been enjoying taking dog out in the evening and looking at people's Christmas lights. Not a long walk,
Just round the block .

Safe area with regard to crime but rural, no pavements or streetlights, single lane roads so my answer is no I don't walk my dog in the dark.

I didn't think twice about it for years, then a few months ago a neighbour in our quiet village got attacked and her dog was stolen since then I always walk our dog with another family member if it's dark.

My dog is massive and very intimidating but she is a massive wimp so I doubt she’ll ever protect me lol.

I would happily walk around a busy area not even with people, just with houses around but I don’t like if it’s too rural.

Safe as houses but I do live on a farm in the middle of nowhere. Plus while the dog I would actually be walking is not a tough looking thing, we get escorted about by the two working dogs, huntaways… you’d be a very stupid person to go against one of those.

Semi rural here so not really safe no matter how low the crime rate.
If I lived in a town then probably OK on the busier roads.

Safe area but no street lights, fairly rural and lonely so no I wouldn't walk her in the dark later than about 6.30, particularly tonight as it's pouring with rain and extremely cold.

Dog is small, has a great fondness for people and tends to wag her tail wildly if anyone stops to talk so I can't imagine she'd be much help if someone tried to mug me.

I would but I have 3 and they bark at strangers if they come too
Close so always feel ok at night with them

Absolutely safe. Biggest risk are the uneven pavements!

I dot have a dog, but if I needed/wanted to get somewhere at 9pm, I'd walk on my own.

I've a 38kg boxer, who loves nothing in this world more than his mum, so there isn't a time I wouldn't walk him in my area- it's fairly safe, there have been a string of attempted sex attacks, but the dogs quite off-putting, plus there are ring doorbells on most houses on the estate I live on, I just think I would be safe.

Raining here and I don’t have a dog - but I live in a quiet village and feel perfectly safe walking alone even at night