You think YOU are right, so why do they have By Laws as well as the Fouling of Dogs Act 1996 then??? Why do they have dog bins at every car park across the South Downs where we enjoy walking our dogs then???
QUOTE:"Bye laws
Dogs (Fouling of Land)
Each day dogs produce vast amounts of excrement. Much of this is left on footpaths and playing fields and at best can cover shoes and clothes and at worst can lead to blindness due to an infection called 'Toxocara canis'.
Council's can now designate land under The Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996. The designated land includes roads, footpaths, school playing fields, sports fields and parks.
It is an offence for a dog owner not to clean up after their dog in these areas. Failure to comply can result in a prosecution and fine up to £1,000. It is no defence to claim ignorance of the dog's actions.
Dogs (Fouling of Land) Order 2002
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council (in this Order called 'the council') hereby make the following Order:
1.The land described in the schedule below being land in the area of the council which is land to which the Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996 applies, is hereby designated for the purposes of that Act
2.This Order may be cited as The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (Fouling of Land) Order 2002 and shall come into force on the 7 February 2002
Solutions
•If you have a garden encourage the dog to 'go' there. You can then bury the mess or alternatively clean it up and bin it
•If you walk your dog always carry the means to clear up after your dog. A simple plastic bag will do the trick or obtain poop scoops from a local pet shop. Remember to take a bag or poop scoop like you would remember a lead
•Every time your dog fouls 'bag it and bin it'. Take the poop scoop home and dispose of it there. Remember rain does not wash the problem away
•Never let your dog out alone to 'go to the loo'
It is every dog owners duty to clean up after their dog.
There are no excuses, fouling is unacceptable!
Contact with canine excrement can lead to blindness due to an infection called 'Toxocara canis'.
Schedule
and designated by description
•All carriageways with a speed limit of 40mph or less, including adjoining footways (pavements), footpaths, road gutters, cycle paths or lanes, and verges, both grass and ornamental
•All parks, open spaces, picnic sites, country parks, nature reserves, pleasure grounds, gardens, recreation and sports grounds open to the public
•All amenity areas, whether planted, grassed, paved or concreted including all housing estates
•All cemeteries, churchyards and consecrated ground
•All children's play parks
•All shopping precincts and pedestrianised areas
•All car parks and public vehicle parking areas
•All land and paths associated with allotments
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All footpaths, bridleways and rights of way•All alleys, public walks, passageways and rights of way that are not in private ownership" UNQUOTE
Maybe you don't walk on rights of way then???
If you look on Pubmed you will see that dogs harbour salmonella along with other nasties too, and you can't get more legit than Pubmed coz that's where my vet shows me stuff! Yes, I read too!
We will never agree on this, I think it's vile to leave it lying around anywhere where other people/dogs walk, and I'm in the majority here, not to mention the fact it's illegal to do so on PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY which you should be on as well as me when out walking your dogs, unless you live on a farm perhaps???
I'm bored with this now, it's a pet hate of mine, it's obviously not one of yours, you will continue to let your dogs foul where other people and children walk, coz you're just too darn lazy to bag it and bin it or take it home, end of!