Dog Mess
 

It takes me 10 minutes to do the school run,but on our short journey we have to dodge atleast 10 piles of dog muck :mad:
Why cant dog owners take responsability and pick this mess up !
I dont have anything against dog owners just the ones who leave their dogs muck all over the footpaths !
I feel better for getting that off my chest but i will be dodging it again in the morning !

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I am with you on this one, I had to dodge a couple of piles of muck on the shourt journey from my car to school the other day, not easy with three little 'uns trying to make sure they all miss it, luckily they managed it. Can't understand why people just cannot clean up after their dogs, i wouldnt dream of leaving its mess in the street

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I think the more `dog bins` that i see , the more dog mess i see.......................odd that, just clean up the crap please dog owners

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I pestered (by phone and email)-
the local environmental health dept
the dog warden
- both visited me more than once

I emailed -
Peter Britcliffe(HBC)
Councillor McLoughlin - who came to see for herself
Dorothy Westell (LCC)

I was interviewed by The Observer who did an article on page4
(I am not page3 material :D)
I featured on billboards as 'the dogdirt vigilante' :D

There is a 'waiting list' for dog bins - get on it.
After about an 18 months wait and pester I now have TWO dog bins near my home and I see people using them

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Are you sure it belongs to a dog?

It might need analyzing by an expert before the culprit(s) can be named.

Please see this thread for contact details of local specialist.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ter-36474.html

:D

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Slightly different, but i find it annoying when people put their cats out to do "their business" outside so they go to the toilet in other peoples gardens. I have to check the garden every morning when the weathers nice before i can let the boys play outside, its really irritating

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They can work wonders these days with DNA Rindi

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They DO test it in Israel - see my thread here
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ase-42786.html

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I live in a house with a shared garden, there's six of us sharing, and one of the neighbours own a rabbit which they let roam the garden 100% of the time.
There is a pile at least a foot deep full of rabbit dropping and nobody seems to think that it needs cleaning up.
When it was mentioned by another neighbour the response was there's a dustpan and brush on top of the hutch!!!

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i know its not the same as dog mess but when you have a child picking at it thinking there sweets, its not nice

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That is anti-social behaviour - report it to your landlord

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just got the details to report it to there's !!
i have a cat and would never dream of letting her do her business in the garden

fair enough if it wasn't shared... but there are others to think about, and children.

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My flat has shared lawn areas. One of the four of us in this block got himself a Jack Russell puppy. He is disabled so could not take it for walks. He just opened the door to let it out to perform. After 3 weeks I counted 21 heaps of crap - I marked them all with sticks and posted him a curt note pointing out that dogs were not allowed according to the tenancy agreement.
He picked up all the crap and gave away the dog.
You have to be firm and stand by your rights.

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just out of interest, when i lived in Stockport n District 8/9 years ago, the local council used to provide bags to pick the crap up, was only there about 7/8 months but seemed very effective to me.

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Most councils will provide poop bags free of charge,but you have got to go into their offices.these people that let their pooches poo anywhere and cant be bothered to bend down and pick it up,wont be bothered to call into their council offices for free poop bags.
its just a pity more people dont get prosecuted for allowing their dogs to foul in any public area

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They do that here in Tenerife, Cashman. There are at least six poo bag dispensers here in our village or you can call into the Council Office and ask for them. It works really well and most people take advantage of them and do use them. Including us for our Cocker Spaniel as I wouldn't dream of not picking up after her. We live across from a primary school and I'd hate to think of some poor child falling into it.

Maybe it could be put to Hyndburn as an incentive, Margaret.

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ty was getting poo on his shoes everyday on the way to school because of all the leaves, he was wading through them (as kids do) and there was poo hidden underneath and no one was shifting the leaves..

last week he got new shoes and stood in poo the first day he wore them (trust me, pregnancy nausea and cleaning up dog poo doesnt go together)

on the half hour walk to school there is one dog poo bin and that hasnt been there long somettimes we see bagged up poo thats been thrown on the floor

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Mind you what do we really expect from some members of the human race, how many times do you see on the animal programs, the state of some houses were the owner can't be bother when there dog use the kitchen as a toilet and they can't be bothered to pick it up. Not much chance of them picking up after their dogs when they're out is there, when they can't be bothered to doing in heir own home, sorry pig sty

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I have been out today for the 1st time in several weeks, and crossing the grass verge to my car I found two heaps - and this is within 10 paces of a very visible red dog bin:eek:

Hopefully this recession will have a positive side when people decide that they would rather feed themselves than a dog, so that dog ownership goes down.

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There are a lot of people walk their dogs on our estate Margaret, I often look out of my kitchen window and watch dog owners and their dogs, I have only seen own owner not pick up after his dog and he got told so, he didn't like it when I said I knew where he live, so he fiddled around in his pocket and manage to find something to clean up after is pooch, he did give me a wave as he walked away, well if you can call it a wave with two fingers:D

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We have dog mess bins but not everyone uses them.Its easier apparantly to put ity ina bag and throw it at the side of the path or just let your dog do its buisness and then ignore it !
There was a huge pile of dog mess right outside my kids school gates so almost every child went in today with smelly shoes !

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My friend has written several letters to the Acc Observer about this problem (one may be in next Fri) and also to the dog warden. She has to walk her son along Alice St to Peel Park school, and regularly challenges people who let their dogs defacate on the pavement and not clear up. The dog wardens response was that it wasn't his job to monitor this situation! I think it's more to do with environmental health. So anyone from the E H Dept reading this, have someone on Alice St between 8.30 and 9.00am on a school day and there'll be loads of the dirty b***ers to fine!

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I think that anyone fined for not picking up the crap should be banned from keeping a dog...........FOR LIFE

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Cat crap is just as bad!!, disgusting git keeps pooing in my garden!!, im sick to death of cleaning other peoples pet crap up:angry:

Rant over!:D

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You and me both, know exactly what you mean

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i think you will find upon questioning that every cat owners cat wouldnt dream of pooping anywhere except its litter tray as it is traind to do so therefore after they release their vermin onto the neighbourhood it is %100 impossible for their little bundle of love to poop anywhere other than teh litter tray they provide for it.

also you will find that thier cat would never dream of tearing at any form of plastic bag and any poop or ripped bags is purely down to the rare and far and few between cat owners

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but at least the cats will keep the mice away.... but it is a pain... hate the flipping things:

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My cat doesnt even go outside, unless shes in heat and does a 'great escape' job (ifshe could burrow through the floor she would). Once outside through, she scares herself and decides itsnotworth itand comes backin after 30 seconds.

I've always wondered what used to happen with the dogcack years ago, we probably had the same amount of dogs etc. Did people back then have the same gripes? Oh did the dogs know where best to poo in the gool old days?

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In the 1940s there weren't as many dogs about because most people couldn't afford to feed them.- (those days may return soon)

There were farm dogs who earned their living and dogs owned by people who couldn't have children (a substitute).

So dogs were a luxury item

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dogs dont climb over your fence and take an almighty crap in your childrens play area leaving behind diseases that can blind your children , personaly i think you shoudl be allowed to shoot any verminous creature that wanders into your garden wether it be a burgular or a cat

on the subject of dog poop you dont see as much of the white poop these days , have we lost teh breed of dog that left the white stuff ?

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This is the 3rd time this has been asked :rolleyes:
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...poo-44291.html

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didnt realise there was a limit on how many times a question could be asked and also didnt realise anyone would actually take the time to research dog poop but thanx for looking into it

not literally of course lol

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Margaret became a expert on doggy dodo, when dog walkers used to leave little parcels in her wheelie bin:D

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In post#19 I said-
Hopefully this recession will have a positive side when people decide that they would rather feed themselves than a dog, so that dog ownership goes down.

Vets are reporting a reduction in the number of dogs being immunised against canine parvovirus
Canine parvovirus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and blame the recession for the reduction.

The virus is extremely hardy and has been found to survive in feces and other organic material such as soil for over a year. It survives extremely cold and hot temperatures

So those irresponsible dog owners who dont pick up the poop may well cause an epidemic which will result in a 'natural cull' of the dog population

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I would like to make a recommendation to whoever it is that fines offending owners - anyone know who I send an email to?

I would like to suggest that someone visits Mayfield Avenue roughly between 8.15am and 8.45am and catch the dog owner that doesn't collect their dog's poo. The street is a disgrace and school children are walking the poo into the school every single day!!!!

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Its a constant problem on Avenue Parade, because of the narrow grass verges. You've got to walk over these to get into or out of your car, and at night you cant see if theres Dog Muck there or not. I was told that because its Grass its ok for them to Poo there!!! Is this correct? Surely owners still have a responsibility to clear the mess up from their pets?

Best Regards - Taggy

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It is NOT ok for dog poo to be left on grass, or anywhere else that is accessible to the public.
If you own land you are entitled to leave your dogs poo on it , but if a public footpath runs through it, that footpath must be poo free.

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"If dog **** were snow, Accrington would be a ski resort."

.................................................. ........................

In the very first issue (?) of the Observer was a letter to the editor on this very subject, though I recall that it was Belthorn where the problem was. This has been the most-used subject matter in every local paper since they started.

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And I think it will continue to be the most talked about subject Bob, until all dog owners take responsibility for their little four legged charges, but it won't be happening anytime soon:(

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Have to agree that Alice Street/Turkey Street is a right nightmare, coming back from the pub is treacherous enough without the added risk of dog's eggs......:eek:

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Alice Street has been like that for years Linds, used to live on there. Hope things are a bit better before my move back into the area but doubt they are, some things never change:rolleyes: Lazy dog owners for at least twenty years, time something was done:(

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well at least all the snow today is covering all the cr*p

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yeh it will be a nice suprise when ya walk in it.:D