Nearly 20 Years On And Still Thousands Of People Break This Dog Law
Jonathan1990
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I thought I'd share my thoughts about this on this forum. The Dog Fouling Of Land Act 1996 which came into power back when my grandma had a sheep dog which passed away in August 2000. She used to always clean up after it once the law was passed. Since I developed a condition called OCD I've found it very unclean if people let their dog foul. Now after nearly 2 decades there are still thousands of people that don't take any notice despite them been 1000 signs in every town and 100 in every village now telling them not to although a lot do clean it up now. The councilors only suggestions seem to be if anyone reports it lets stick even more signs up till all the streets in the UK are flooded with them which they think will get the message through to lazy dog owners eventually. One council that took this very seriously was East Riding Of Yorkshire which created their own law by doing an order of 2009 which was the time the cleaner neighborhoods act came into power. As a result again they stuck some 100'000 signs all over East Yorkshire towns and villages.
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Your mental health issues are your problem, you really think that a stretch of pavement free of dog poo has no cat/bird/fox/human excretia on it?
What more do you want to be done?
Sorry I shouldn't have brought this issue up on here as I've never seen it been mentioned on DS.
My particular pet hates are when people let their dogs poo on beaches and either don't pick up or just kick sand over it - filthy - especially as its so easy to pick it up on sand. And of course people who take no notice of where their dogs are so they don't see them poo.
One day they'll get us banned from all parks beaches etc.
Pre Cameron cuts our council made a real effort and employed lots of neighbourhood wardens who patrolled council parks and playing fields and lots of people got fined for not picking up. If people wouldn't give their details they'd follow them home or ask other people if they knew where they lived, I know it sounds a bit invasive but it did work but since the cuts that's all gone. They checked or overflowing bins and that kids play areas weren't vandalised etc and did a great job.
I complained a while ago about fouling locally and next morning the pretend policeman and 5 council workers including dog warden were on to it, they stopped and spoke to all owners they saw not picking up fines were given and it was a lovely clean day. Next day - nothing and nothing since either so it quickly reverted to a mess again
I've now had to set a camera up so if I catch them I can give it to the local council.
My friend has been sworn at and threatened for asking people to pick it up when she's seen their dogs do one. I actually think that if people won't behave responsibly then dogs should be banned from it, which isn't something I say lightly.
As a dog "owner" I do pick up and always have the necessarily paraphernalia with me. As someone else mentioned I hate it when I see it, as it makes me feel guilty, even though I pick up!
I'd like to pick you up on one thing though - It's not Cameron's cuts it's your local authorities cuts. Yes central government may have reduced grants to councils, but it's still the councils who make the decisions and prioritise spending. No doubt the council's corporate hospitality budget is still intact.
If you have a dog you have to accept it's a part of looking after them.
But also please pick up if you are in the country. Dog faeces may contain bacteria which is not harmful to the dog but if transmitted to livestock - direct or via foxes - can actually kill the livestock. Not to mention it possibly containing infection which can spread to other dogs.
Finally - in the interests of fairness and equality - cat owners should be expected to clean up cat vomit and faeces after their cats and also be responsible for damages where seedlings are destroyed if they dig up a bed.
People tend to let their dog mess more on grassy verges which is why people have to walk on the path.
It gets on my wick when people walk up the bridle path (runs the back of my garden) to the local primary school with their kids and dogs and when the dogs have a shit they don't clean it up. There is a nursery at the school so we are talking little kids who could touch , step in or fall in dog shit. The people who make the most noise are the ones who walk their dogs to school with the kids but "don't see" the dog push out a huge log so they don't pick up.
I've waved,coughed and shoved a doggy doo bag in the face of a few people who "didn't realise their dog was having or just did a Number 2".
One of the beaches near me where you can take your dog all year round has bag dispensers in the car park - so there really is no excuse for dog crap on the beach.
They don't seem to realise that bitches don't cock a leg.
Or perhaps they expect us to carry blotting paper as well as poo bags.
You are completely out of order matey! How dare you say that disliking dog shit on the pavement is tantamount to a mental health issue.
I always clear up but I'm angry and disgusted by those who don't.
You have nothing to apologise for, Muze does.
Then another time when I was in Blackpool visiting relatives (The only reason I'd ever be in Blackpool) and one of my girls stooped for a pee, the way girls do, and a bloke ran out of his house shouting at me to pick up after her, and that he had a photo to prove that it was me and my dog that had done it. Iv asked him if he'd let me have a mop cos that was the only way I could clean up pee, he said that it wasn't pee cos the dog hadn't cocked it's leg, I couldn't believe I had to try to explain to him that female dogs don''t cock their legs. Then again, it was Blackpool, so I should have expected that
Me too!
The city of Ottawa has such a problem with dog fouling (or rather with the owners not picking up) that they've started DNA testing in hopes of catching repeat offenders. I'm not sure how it's working out, but it might not be a bad idea.
To be fair, it was the OP who said he had a mental health disorder.
I think you've either misunderstood Muze or misread the OP.
Oh it has been mentioned before. (I will bet 99% of thread topics have been started in the past!)
I had a rather lengthy thread when for about a year, some ignorant shit bag used to allow their dog to shit on the gravel at the front of our house, every day, for a year. I never did catch them, hopefully the owner died.
I have three dogs and pick up after them, it's part of owning a dog you have to get used to it. Fortunately mine are three small dogs so its only three small poos.
WRT not letting your dog crap on the grass. I can't control when my dogs have a dump. I can pull them off someone garden or out of the middle of the road, but if Im in the park throwing the ball and one decides to squat, I am not going to stop my dog doing its business.