Yes, but there are a number of restrictions on dogs to ensure they do not harm wildlife, farmed animals, or (sadly) ‘shooting interests’. Dogs must be kept on short fixed leads (of no more than two metres) between 1 March and 31 July to protect ground nesting birds (including the pheasants, partridges, and grouse that pre-occupy ‘shooting interests’), or at any time when they are near livestock (we have yet to find a definition of ‘near’). The rules for dogs to be kept under close control on rights of way crossing access land still apply. However, the rules for access land would apply if a person strayed off a Public Right of Way that crosses access land. These restrictions do not apply to guide dogs or hearing dogs. Anyone not complying with the rules about keeping their dog on a lead on access land will be trespassing (a civil wrong) and can be required to leave the land. Their right of access to the land in question and to any other land in the same ownership is automatically suspended for 72 hours. Sadly, the CRoW Act also gives shooting estates the right to ban dogs altogether all year round on moors managed for rearing and shooting grouse or other birds.