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50 years ago people were public spirited enough to report incidents. Today they are so insular that they look away and grumble to their neighbours, friends and family. Few will confront a dog owner face to face for not cleaning up after their dog.

Nothing quite like putting words in my mouth to enhance your point.

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Hell of a subject to get people interested in Accyweb....you and I were alive fifty years ago and they did'nt give a toss...Nowaday's with the introduction, unchecked, of, speak to me and I will kick your head in it is better to wait until paid employees clean the mess up.
Sorry to be so negative but that's the way it's gone over the years. :eek:

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Good on ya Margaret i dispise people who let their dogs foul in public places and walk on as if nothing offensive has been left.I have to pick up after mine,but thats my choice as i choose to own dogs and everything that comes with them.

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Only half an hour ago I was washing my breakfast dishes up and saw a couple walking their dogs, they both performed on the grass or snow as it is at the moment, but they both picked up after, when they saw me watching they both just smiled and carried on with the walk

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eww...dogs pooing on the grass is bad enough without the owners starting as well :D :p :D

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Ya daft divil ema:D

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Well only a few days after this post was made we now have another baby mauled to death by "family dogs". Maybe a stricter criteria for owning dogs is not such a bad idea if only one life is saved due to said criteria.

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Yes very sad for the grand parent who was looking after the baby along with the parents.
Wonder now with this being a jack russell alongside a staffie will the powers that be put all jack russels on the DD List.

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All dogs are dangerous if unsupervised around children be they big or small breed. Just because owners deem dogs safe it doesn't mean they are!!

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Any dog has the subconcious instincts of a wolf (from whom they were initially bred)
We don't think like wolves so when that instinct is roused we are unaware of the danger.

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No it doesnt i trust my dogs 100%but it goes without saying i would never leave any of mine alone around children be it a baby or older children.You just cant look away,but so many ppl think their four legged friends are not capable of attacking.im afraid they are as proved today yet again.
I have a policy when i have a litter i never sell to anyone with children thats me as i would hate to think something i had bred could harm a child or worse.ppl think im daft for doing this but hey ive a conscience.

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Interesting post that. You trust them 100% but not on their own with children :confused:

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I'd like to say how glad i am that most of the snow has now dissappeared from the side streets. However having walked along Cambridge Street this morning to get my papers from the Spar i could'nt believe the ammount of dog muck there is on the pavements there, obviously a lot of this had previously been hidden by the white stuff, ive never noticed it to be this bad before, so i assume most of the dogs owners think their dogs crapping on snow is acceptable. You cant walk 2 or 3 metres on there at the moment without encountering a turd!! (No Political Jokes please:))!

Best Regards - Taggy

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Maybe they have a lot of 'fair weather' dog owners in the area.

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Neil if you wish to be pedantic and pull my post to bits i can assure you i trust mine 100% with children/adults pensioners etc,but i cannot trust them if my back is turned our in a seperate room and there are children.kids like dogs are unpredictable what if to use as a example one child suddenly startles one,i own big dogs and one being larger than average is quite boisterous but thats the breed in him.he could easily knock a child over the child only needs to bang its head and there we have a accident which has involved one of my dogs.I was out of the room and didnt see it,where do i stand with the Law i tell ya they would investigate me and most probably remove the dog.
I have countless pictures of mine playing with children only this week my youngest dog was out sledging with the neighbours children,but i was out there in the cold and snow with him.So thats why i can say i trust mine 100%,but as a responsible dog owner i would never leave one of mine alone with any child.I love my dogs i am not going to put their lives at risk along with a child.You cannot take that risk.perhaps thats just me but i would protect my dogs like people who have children protect them.
So hence thats why i said i do trust mine 100% but i would never leave them alone around children its a risk i am not willing to take a childs life is precious and i couldnt live with myself if any of the dogs i own hurt a child.