ArklePig
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I tie it to my dogs lead, I believe in carrying your own mess 
Irresponsible Owners
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CorvusCorax
'It's only a laugh, no harm done'
Men do seem to be more squeamish about dog poo for some reason. Including the fella who's currently letting his dog do four to five instalments in one go right in the middle of the path outside my house every morning.
If you can put it in one end, you can pick it up from the other!
If you can put it in one end, you can pick it up from the other!
Smitty
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Warning issued after a court issues a £5000 fine for out of control dog
Leeds City Council has issued a warning to dog owners, after a woman from Leeds was hit with a £5000 fine, relating to five offences for dog fouling and five offences for not keeping her dog on a lead.
About time I think.
Indy
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We have people from the council stopping dog walkers asking to see poo bags, if you haven't got any they fine you. I've been stopped and I rung the council because I thought it was a scam. It wasn't. A lot of people were complaining about it apparently.
skinnydipper
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To the owner of the small aggressive dog that ran to the end of its extending lead to try and get at my dog. Be glad that I have better control of my dog (a dog who listened to me) than you.
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bonny
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Apart from the obvious moral reason to carry poo bags, I don’t see how youcan be held legally responsible to not having them ? Can you really be fined ?
Indy
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Apparently so, yes £100 fine, it is against the law if you cannot prove that you are able to clear up after your dog. The men who stopped me said they need to see that I was carrying a minimum of 3 bags.
Jenko109
Well-Known Member
Quite surprised by that.
Sometimes in the summer, I just tuck three bags into my leggings. I know their routine enough to know that my lurcher will only go once. My whippet will sometimes go a second time.
I would be seething if I got pulled up for not having a bag left on my way back home.
Unsure how they Police it though. I didn't think you had to allow a search or to give your personal details unless they had reason to believe that you're doing something illegal.
Sometimes in the summer, I just tuck three bags into my leggings. I know their routine enough to know that my lurcher will only go once. My whippet will sometimes go a second time.
I would be seething if I got pulled up for not having a bag left on my way back home.
Unsure how they Police it though. I didn't think you had to allow a search or to give your personal details unless they had reason to believe that you're doing something illegal.
Indy
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Well, When I got back to my car there was a woman just getting her dog out so I told her and she said they'd stopped her before, she told them to bugger off and they followed her back to her car and took a photo of her number plate and said they were going to report her to the police. It was quite intimidating really so I rung the council to see if it was a real thing and they said it was. This was on the Isle of Axholme.
Smitty
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I take a roll of bags with me. If anyone wants to see them they can.
Indy
Well-Known Member
It wasn't so much showing them the bags, I've always got bags on me they're attached to my lead, it was the way two men approached me, a lone woman in the middle of nowhere. I haven't been approached round Doncaster so maybe it's different council to council
CorvusCorax
'It's only a laugh, no harm done'
I've been caught short before now due to things like changing coats or surprise extra poops. If it's close to home I mark the poop with a stick or something and come back, or I have been known to grab a sycamore leaf or docken leaf or two and fashion a parcel to carry to the nearest bin 
skinnydipper
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I try to be helpful. If I see that someone doesn't appear to be inclined to pick up after their dog, I offer them a bag.
pinkfluffy
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Today's is the people with 2 dogs running everywhere with no recall, that harassed every dog they met in a busy park. Luckily I had the Lab with me and she ignored them but I saw a few people getting quite worried, including a man who grabbed his dog and ran from them. When I took the GSD out later I saw the people again, using whistles, calling for the now absent dogs. Didn't see that one coming...
Today's responsible dog owner was the man with the xl bully who had it muzzled, on a short lead, and didn't insist on his dog "making friends" with mine, like so many people seem to think is an essential part of dog walking. Lab didn't even look at it.
Today's responsible dog owner was the man with the xl bully who had it muzzled, on a short lead, and didn't insist on his dog "making friends" with mine, like so many people seem to think is an essential part of dog walking. Lab didn't even look at it.
Smitty
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Ah, I see your point. Two men in the middle of nowhere asking about poo bags would be very intimidating and strange. Just wondering why there were 2, but then again the level of aggression I expect the occasional person shows must deem it necessary. They need some more training on approaches I think.
CorvusCorax
'It's only a laugh, no harm done'
There are now about ten bits of poo to dodge and much more trodden into the tarmac
Indy
Well-Known Member
I actually thought they were going to try and steal Bandit when they changed direction and started walking towards me. Then when they asked to see my bags I was a bit .......but why
AmyMay
Situation normal
You should feed back to the council how concerned their approach made you. Yes, it was for the right reasons. But the fact you felt intimidated is not good. Were they wearing anything to identify them as council workers?
Indy
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I did, I rung the council up to check it was a real thing and said their approach came across as overly intimidating. They were wearing hi Viz and they did have ID but I didn't know that when they were approaching
Christmascinnamoncookie
Fais pas chier!
I’ve always got a pocket full of poo bags. I did my usual check this morning, all 3 in the boot, phone otherwise my music won’t play, 3 collars and leads, multiple drying bags plus an extra towel, poo bags, coat. It’s like a military operation!
Scooting past a couple of other owners today and à Viszla approached Goose and tried to hump his head! Luckily, the owner was on him straight away, Goose was horrified. I thought it was the female Viszla we sometimes meet who is very friendly. I then had to go back to retrieve Bear who’d decided to do a second circuit of the crater (bombed in the war).
Scooting past a couple of other owners today and à Viszla approached Goose and tried to hump his head! Luckily, the owner was on him straight away, Goose was horrified. I thought it was the female Viszla we sometimes meet who is very friendly. I then had to go back to retrieve Bear who’d decided to do a second circuit of the crater (bombed in the war).
Jenko109
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Jenko109
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oldandgold
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I despair
splashgirl45
Lurcher lover
I can’t believe some people ,
I was in the deed not breed camp and it’s the owners fault every time but after seeing some of these attacks on adults and the way these type of dogs keep on and on I have now changed my mind. For the safety of all of us muzzling and on leads rules seem sensible..we know any dog can attack and some small dogs can be nasty but I am not going to die if one bites me and it’s unlikely one of my dogs would but if an XL bully decided to seriously attack neither my dogs or me would survive… and that is not acceptable
I was in the deed not breed camp and it’s the owners fault every time but after seeing some of these attacks on adults and the way these type of dogs keep on and on I have now changed my mind. For the safety of all of us muzzling and on leads rules seem sensible..we know any dog can attack and some small dogs can be nasty but I am not going to die if one bites me and it’s unlikely one of my dogs would but if an XL bully decided to seriously attack neither my dogs or me would survive… and that is not acceptable
skinnydipper
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A high drive anxious and 'protective' xl bully. Free.
What can possibly go wrong?
What can possibly go wrong?
Clodagh
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Wish I could see their phone number, he sounds ideal.
splashgirl45
Lurcher lover
.Wish I could see their phone number, he sounds ideal.
Yes, are we all going to apply, sounds like he would be perfect
CorvusCorax
'It's only a laugh, no harm done'
**it's 'exacerbate'**
inandout
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There have been concerns raised about the effect lack of exercise wil have on xls and while u may say tough luck it doesnt take much for a dog to escape a property. Im not sure advertising a high drive dog with loads of pics of it asleep makes much sense though lol.
XL bully ban could lead to more attacks at home - adviser
Unsocialised dogs may become more dangerous and other large breeds could replace XLs, says vet.
www.bbc.com
SaddlePsych'D
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I'm not understanding why keeping a dog on a lead and muzzled equates to it being unsocialised?