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Topic ID 1479
07/04/2006 by jlwharvey
dogs in public
I have nothing against owning dogs, i love dogs and own 2 myself, but am fed up with the problem that seems to be ever increasing in the area of irresponsible dog owners.
These people do not ever clear up after their dogs, and they have no apparant control over their dogs yet choose to walk them in public parks and other areas off the lead without paying attention to what or where the dog is.
As any responsible dog owner knows it is not difficult to have your dog trained on a few basic commands, even just to know to return when it's name is called, nor is it hard to pick up after your dog either - do you wish to tread through mountains of dog excremenmt wherever you go?, and above all it is not hard to keep your dog on a lead and in control when in a public place, especially if there are other animals or children around.
So why is it that so many people choose to ignore these points.
It is not fair to other dog owners who are resposibly walking and caring for their dogs, and are being either given a bad name by, or even having themselves and their dogs attacked by the hopeless few who do not choose to take responsibility of their dogs and its actions.
My family and our dogs (trained clean and on leads) have been in serious sitiations 3 times in the last month alone where a dog off its lead with an unattentive owner has approached us and gone for the dogs, with the last incident involving serious injury to my partner and both dogs.
Public places are to be enjoyed by everyone not to be terrorised in and i hope that people will think before they act the next time they are thinking of letting their dog walk itself!
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Reply ID 18289
07/04/2006 by thefair1973
I get well and truly fed up with the amount of dog dirt on the public footpath from Ladywood road/Campfield Road estate to Hertford North station. I'm tempted to mount my own CCTV operation to catch the buggers who let their dogs crap all over the pavement without picking it up. More so that there are dog waste bins all along the path. it only gets worse when the weather warms up and more people take their dogs on walks too.
If any of you culprits are reading, please note it's not very pleasant for us and kids having to dodge mountains of the stuff on the way to work/school every morning.
Reply ID 18292
07/04/2006 by smileyoriley
It annoys me when owners let their dogs off the leash saying they are so well behaved they will be fine.
To be honest I don't really give a monkeys if the dog is 100 years old and quiet as a mouse - what about those people that do not like dogs coming near them or are afraid of them?
Dogs that are off the leash (and even dogs that walk close by on a leash) have a habit of sniffing people as they go past - this can be very unnerving for many - I am not fearful of dogs but just the action of a dog turning its head to sniff you as you're walking past can easily be interpreted as a threat.
Reply ID 18301
07/04/2006 by Andrew
The phrase "he's only being friendly" uttered by a dog owner whose off leash dog has leapt up against one of my children, a) increasing their fear of dogs and b)leaving difficult to clean muddy prints down their clothes is one of the most fatuous remarks I have ever heard uttered by an adult. I wonder what the reaction would be if I leapt up at and whacked a dog owner then smeared mud down their front while shouting I'm only being friendly" would be?
Reply ID 18304
07/04/2006 by Sister
Smiley- it is a natural instinct for a dog to sniff! you cannot teach a dog not to do that!
Reply ID 18310
07/04/2006 by smileyoriley
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Originally posted by Sister
Smiley- it is a natural instinct for a dog to sniff! you cannot teach a dog not to do that!
I didn't say you should teach a dog not to sniff - I was simply giving examples of when it can feel threatening in perfectly innocent situations. It can still feel threatening walking past a dog that turns his head and moves quickly towards you.
Reply ID 18447
18/04/2006 by jlwharvey
its not sniffing its biting - at what time do you know if you will be biten or sniffed - only takes a spli second for dog off lead to be spooked and take a dislike to you!
Reply ID 18451
18/04/2006 by azzza
Totally agree with Andrew. I regularly run around the track at Hartham and very regularly have to tell iresponsible dog owners that it is illegal to let a dog off a leash in a public place. I've nearly been bitten twice by stinking mutts who have nothing better to do than sniff do-das and other dogs orifices.
Reply ID 18452
18/04/2006 by Titus Groan
What I can't understand is, those owners who go to the bother of picking their doggy dos in a plastic bag and then leave it dangling on a fence or something. What's that all about then? At least when they left it in the street it got washed away eventually - now it just putrefies in a plastic bag until some toddler picks it up.
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Reply ID 18453
18/04/2006 by Ewoowar
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Originally posted by Titus Groan
What I can't understand is, those owners who go to the bother of picking their doggy dos in a plastic bag and then leave it dangling on a fence or something. What's that all about then? At least when they left it in the street it got washed away eventually - now it just putrefies in a plastic bag until some toddler picks it up.
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I've never seen that happen. Very odd behaviour.
Reply ID 18458
19/04/2006 by Nicky
I have caught the lady who hangs the pastic bags of poo on the trees and bushes, she walks around hartham and across the meads.
Her explanation was that she leaves it somewhere she can see it to be picked up on the way back home. When I said it does not always get picked up, and that I have seen it there for weeks on end she said that was not her it must be someone else! Somehow I think she was lying to me.
I am lucky in that I have previously owned a dog and I am not afraid of them. But I do know people who are freaked out and rightly so by untrained dogs running up to them. I had a huge dog last week chase me on my bike barking at me, the owner thanked me for stopping to allow her to gain control but the dog ignored her every command.
Reply ID 18460
19/04/2006 by skanky
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Originally posted by Ewoowar
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Originally posted by Titus Groan
What I can't understand is, those owners who go to the bother of picking their doggy dos in a plastic bag and then leave it dangling on a fence or something. What's that all about then? At least when they left it in the street it got washed away eventually - now it just putrefies in a plastic bag until some toddler picks it up.
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I've never seen that happen. Very odd behaviour.
I've seen the hanging bags on the track around Molewood House and in Broxborne and Wormley Woods.
Reply ID 18461
19/04/2006 by azzza
Nicky .. maybe you should tell the poo-bag lady that she should keep the bag in her pocket in the winter-time, as this will be better for the environment and also act as a great hand warmer.
Reply ID 18462
19/04/2006 by GillP
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Originally posted by azzza
Nicky .. maybe you should tell the poo-bag lady that she should keep the bag in her pocket in the winter-time, as this will be better for the environment and also act as a great hand warmer.
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shame cat owners dont pick up there pets poo!! Reply ID 18463
19/04/2006 by Ewoowar
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Originally posted by GillP
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Originally posted by azzza
Nicky .. maybe you should tell the poo-bag lady that she should keep the bag in her pocket in the winter-time, as this will be better for the environment and also act as a great hand warmer.
ewww [xx(][xx(] shame cat owners dont pick up there pets poo!!
The difference between cats and dogs with respect to faeces is that the dogs are out under the control of their owners and cats are not.
Having said that, I know where my cats go outside and I clear these areas up.
Reply ID 18470
19/04/2006 by tulip
Can you honestly say that every time your cat has a poo you go out and clear it up ???
If so I wish you lived near me !! My garden is full of cat poo which is revolting especially when gardening ! If i could pin point which moggy is doinjg it I would put it through the owners letter box !
Harsh ! but Fair ?[?]
Reply ID 18471
19/04/2006 by smileyoriley
cat poo is worse in that sense when you are gardening because it's not as easy to see before you get your hand in it bleurgh
Reply ID 18472
19/04/2006 by Ewoowar
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Originally posted by tulip
Can you honestly say that every time your cat has a poo you go out and clear it up ???
I never said that.
I know where they tend to go as I have seen them within sight of the house. I go to these areas and clean them up. For all I know there may be mess from other cats there as well. Certainly one area also seems to attract dogs and I remove this mess as well.
I have a greater problem with fox mess. However I am not optimistic about finding someone to blame for this.[:D]
Reply ID 18473
19/04/2006 by tulip
I only wish every pet owner was as responsible as you and that your neighbours appreciate your efforts [:)]
Reply ID 18479
20/04/2006 by Shamber
If your cats don't stray from your view, your cats are very unusual. There are a lot of responsble dog owners out there who clean up after their dog but can't stop them turning their heads round when someone walks by as dogs friendly or not are very inquisitive. I am a responsible dog and cat owner.
Reply ID 18482
20/04/2006 by Ewoowar
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Originally posted by Shamber
If your cats don't stray from your view, your cats are very unusual. There are a lot of responsble dog owners out there who clean up after their dog but can't stop them turning their heads round when someone walks by as dogs friendly or not are very inquisitive. I am a responsible dog and cat owner.
I never said they don't stray from view of the house. I said I have seen them go within sight of the house. Those areas I clean up.
Of course they roam out of view of the house and for all I expect they probably mess there too. However as I don't know where they are I cannot clean up after them.
Reply ID 18488
20/04/2006 by nora batty
I like dogs, but really dislike the owners that encourage them to chase cats. My cats are often chased and scared witless by dogs from a nearby public footpath - often with the dog owner shouting encouraging remarks. I wonder how the dog owners would react if I chased their dog with a suitably sharp pair of secateurs, and took a couple of chunks out of them?
Having had 2 cats killed by "pet" dogs (2 separate incidents some 10 years apart, and not in Hertford) I am VERY sensitive to this isssue. It's not nice finding your pet cat dead or dying, having had the guts ripped out of it.
Reply ID 18489
20/04/2006 by skanky
That reminds me, was it a dog that got that duck in Molewood Rd.?
Reply ID 18492
21/04/2006 by SMT
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Originally posted by tulip
Can you honestly say that every time your cat has a poo you go out and clear it up ???
Our two cats come in specifically to use the litter tray! But they did get accused of messing in our neighbours' garden even though they weren't going out at the time. I think it does help if cat owners keep a litter tray inside even if the cat tends to 'go' outside. With the litter nowadays it hardly smells. I know it is difficult it you also have young children, but you can get trays with tops on and a cat flap I guess.
Our cats obviously aren't territorial enough (or are too stupid to get around the front of the house) as the neighbours' cat using our front garden as a toilet. It leaves its messages right on the trial that the hedgehog (I think - only seen it once) uses.. unless it is the hedgehog, and it would have to be a rather large one!
Reply ID 18502
21/04/2006 by Sister
I always take a meat cleaver out while walking my dog its the fashion!
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