Interesting lunchtime dog walk, expensive!

[The Fuzzy Furry]

But not expensive for me, thank goodness!
Walking my little one past the kiddies play area to get to walk round the green.
Chap gets out of vehicle, well known to most lunchtime walkers as has 5 off lead dogs....
Dogs go bouncing around as usual, 1 med size collie-x bounds up to a parent with toddler beside pushchair & tiny one in pushchair. Woman screams (found out frightened of loose dogs) and blokey does nothing.

However, smallish wiry chap also walking an on lead shepherd, approaches and hauls errant dog away.
Cue mucho shouting from errant dog owner-of-5, to leave his effing dog alone. He runs over (by this time am totally agog).
Chap with GSD produces warrant card, chap from council climbs out of his car whilst another PC is clipping dogs onto leads.
Stupid owner had really picked the wrong time! Dogs confiscated to council pound.

Owner read riot act, apparently not the first time: Dogs out of control in public place, dogs allowed to foul in public place, dogs not chipped.
Thats going to cost him a fair bit :eek3:

 

[ihatework]

Awesome!
Was it bad timing on errant dog walker part or was it set up to catch him following complaints?

 

[niko]

Sorry for smirking but as a new mum and dog owner I am glad that happened! Prams are the same height as medium to large sized dogs and the amount of loose dogs i get trying to push their head into her pram is unreal! Now as a protective mum it takes a great deal to stay sane at the people that have no control over their dogs doing this. What happens if one nipped/bit her. Now i understand dogs, I have working German Shepherds that are allowed to interact with my child & is controlled. More from the baby pulling their ears/fur, thats not fair on the dog & wouldn't put them in a situation were they felt annoyed.
Hopefully he will be made an example of as although i am not afraid of dogs, loose or leashed, i am afraid of what they can do to a baby, toddler or elderly members of the community.

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

Awesome!
Was it bad timing on errant dog walker part or was it set up to catch him following complaints?

Pretty sure it looked like a pre-planned visit, am v pleased as a few others were clipping their dogs on soon after

 

[lindsay1993]

Great for those idiot owners like him! Glad to see them doing something about it. Just hope his dogs end up somewhere nice :-/

As an owner of a reactive Springer Spaniel who goes mental when approached by loose over-excitable dogs, I'm happy to see something finally being done about these idiots. I have to now walk my old spaniel very early morning or late night and have to cart him off somewhere quiet in the car during the day, where I know I won't meet anyone.
My Yard owner recently had her hens attacked by a loose dog, the owner was over half a mile away! Needless to say the dog is always on the lead now!

 

[stencilface]

I with Niko on this - one reason I wanted a high up pushchair was so mini was out of reach to dogs, I hate seeing dogs in pushchairs, even though these days the terror is the other way around and I have to tell mini to not get in dogs faces! :rolleyes3:

(my own dog, not other peoples)

 

[Alec Swan]

…….. Dogs confiscated to council pound.

……..

Really? On what grounds? Can the authorities simple 'confiscate' dogs? And what would be the point when all that the owner has to do is go and collect his dogs. Are you sure that the dogs were actually removed from the scene by POs and or a Council Warden?

I'm NOT in any way condoning the actions of the dog owner who would seem to care little for the well being or the doubts and fears of others, anything but, but if there were police officers present, I'd have thought that a notice of intent to prosecute would have been the way forward.

However the owner in question may be an idiot, from what you say OP, it seems a heavy handed response, at the very least.

Alec.

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

Alec, under the new laws regarding dogs, they can be confiscated if dangerously out of control.
Obviously, that is open to interpretation.
I think in this case today, there was a pre-emptive mission, as these dogs have been allowed to cause issues recently, one person being badly bitten when separating one of the loose ones from her dogs neck just last week.
I understand the dog warden has been previously involved, but the owner had ignored advice to date, perhaps he might not now?

Having checked, its a grand a poop on the green (if not picked up & put in the bin), not cheap to leave it!

 

[Alec Swan]

Alec, ……..
I understand the dog warden has been previously involved, but the owner had ignored advice to date, perhaps he might not now?

……..

Perhaps the means justified the end, dunno!

Alec.

 

[Tiddlypom]

Great set up and implementation by the police!

Alec, in these parts it costs c£80 per dog to retrieve them from the council pound. Plus the new micro chipping law is now in place, so if any of the dogs weren't chipped, that could add on a bob or two more.

Also, the word will have gone out and a few other dog owners may rethink their lax practices.

 

[blackcob]

1991 Control of Dogs Act allows for the seizure by a constable or officer of the local authority of any dog appearing to be dangerously out of control (whether in public or private). There's further provision under the 2014 Anti-social Behaviour Crime & Policing Act.

If they really wanted to throw the book at him there's a few thousand pounds worth of fines and notices to be had, and it sounds like he deserves every last one of them for being a selfish wotsit...!

 

[Cinnamontoast]

lindsay1993, one of mine is extremely reactive, drives me nuts to have other dogs raving round out of control!

I watched in horror as the old guy up the road had his three removed a couple of years ago-a staffie, a mastiff, a lab (which had previously been muzzled due to biting other dogs all the time). The mastiff was objecting a lot. It would have been better to ask the owner to put them in the van It was, I confess, a relief for all of us.

Sounds like a planned removal. Unless they're incredibly well trained, having 5 dogs off lead with multiple other dogs is not the best idea ever.

 

[Kaylum]

They are lucky to have a dog warden we don't anymore due to public sector cuts

 

[huskydamage]

Good! I am sick to death of offlead dogs with no control. Its like everyone just lets them off and hopes nothing comes along to distract them! Ill admit my dog is a naughty git but he is ALWAYS on lead. The amount of people who come running over screaming at their loose dog because its fighting with mine is ridiculous. Ive heard a million 'sorrys' and 'its never done that before '. Im bored of it, if you can't stop it running up and bothering people /dogs/horses just put it on a lead! So simple. I am glad if something is finally being done about this.