Dog walkers in cemetery - Page 3

jaysay · 25-09-2011, 09:05

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Originally Posted by davemac

I think the issue about dogs in cemeteries has to be tempered with common sense, dogs are a comfort especially in times of bereavement. If a dog is on a lead and cleaned up after then no harm is done. if you want to rant about something, rant at the vandals that push over headstones, people in cars that park on the grass, the people who use cemeteries as a short cut and throw cans and other rubbish about. the vanishing amount of land left to bury the dead, and the rising cost of dying.

must go and sit in a darkened room now, got all hot and bothered ranting

The people walking their dogs are the ones who do it 99% of the time, not the odd one grieving for a loved one, of course any of the things you mentioned are totally unacceptable in any society, but in any shape or form cemeteries are not the place to walk a dog, because went people are out of site they think they don't need to pick up after their dog

davemac · 25-09-2011, 10:55

I used to work in the cemetery so know the problem first hand, the problem is with the enforcment of the rules. A few £1000 fines would focus the attitude of careless dog owners an not stigmatise the whole dog walking community. You say dog owners use the grass outside of your house, so it is not any specific location it is borough wide. enforce the dog fouling laws right accross the board, and encourage responcible dog ownership. When I worked in the cemeteries it was my place of work, and fouling would not be tolerated in any other place of work, but I would not ban dogs in the cemetery. I would ban the owners who let the dogs foul and not clean up after, owners choose what to do and where to go, do we chastise people we see letting their dog foul or just tut and walk away, or watch from afar and do nothing.

you have got me ranting again, i must go to a darkened room and have a cup of complan.
ps. I have a dog, and I clean up if I am watched or not.

Neil · 25-09-2011, 19:08

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Originally Posted by davemac

I used to work in the cemetery so know the problem first hand, the problem is with the enforcment of the rules. A few £1000 fines would focus the attitude of careless dog owners an not stigmatise the whole dog walking community. You say dog owners use the grass outside of your house, so it is not any specific location it is borough wide. enforce the dog fouling laws right accross the board, and encourage responcible dog ownership. When I worked in the cemeteries it was my place of work, and fouling would not be tolerated in any other place of work, but I would not ban dogs in the cemetery. I would ban the owners who let the dogs foul and not clean up after, owners choose what to do and where to go, do we chastise people we see letting their dog foul or just tut and walk away, or watch from afar and do nothing.

you have got me ranting again, i must go to a darkened room and have a cup of complan.
ps. I have a dog, and I clean up if I am watched or not.

Excellent post and I agree there is nothing wrong with responsibly walking a dog in a cemetery . The word here is responsibility which is lacking from some dog owners.

walkinman221 · 25-09-2011, 19:40

My original post said on a lead i dont have a problem , but dogs running free should not be allowed in a cemetery full stop, either by the bereaved or just irresponsible dog owners.As for the vandals etc they should be birched for the desecration of graves, they are scum plain and simple.I am afraid this sort of behaviour by dog walkers, vandals is unfortunately endemic of our sad and broken society , where respect for others ,property and rules are now non existant

Wynonie Harris · 25-09-2011, 19:40

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Originally Posted by davemac

you have got me ranting again

You're going to LOVE it on here!

davemac · 25-09-2011, 22:07

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

You're going to LOVE it on here!

I keep having to go to a darkened room every time I post a reply.

MargaretR · 25-09-2011, 22:14

You need to introduce yourself in the forum section designed for it.
Your profile page is fairly informative - so welcome to another silver surfer

jaysay · 26-09-2011, 08:39

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Originally Posted by davemac

I keep having to go to a darkened room every time I post a reply.

Set a room aside specially and take the light bulb out, 10 posts on here will be 10 visits to the dark room

Neil · 26-09-2011, 13:20

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Set a room aside specially and take the light bulb out, 10 posts on here will be 10 visits to the dark room

Sounds like a great idea, 5 minutes in the dark room with no PC for every post you make. You have 25,748 (unless I delete a few ) which is

25748 * 5 minutes = 128740 Minutes

128740 /60 / 24 = 89.4 Days.

See you in 3 months mate

jaysay · 26-09-2011, 17:43

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Originally Posted by Neil

Sounds like a great idea, 5 minutes in the dark room with no PC for every post you make. You have 25,748 (unless I delete a few ) which is

25748 * 5 minutes = 128740 Minutes

128740 /60 / 24 = 89.4 Days.

See you in 3 months mate

5 minutes a post, now you are taking the pith

davemac · 26-09-2011, 21:06

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Originally Posted by Neil

Sounds like a great idea, 5 minutes in the dark room with no PC for every post you make. You have 25,748 (unless I delete a few ) which is

25748 * 5 minutes = 128740 Minutes

128740 /60 / 24 = 89.4 Days.

See you in 3 months mate

the trouble with all this time in the dark is it could turn someone nocturnal.