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I suppose that it is a "cousin" of the fly-tipping thread, but I think that it is separate enough to merit its own thread - apologies if you are eating your dinner as you read this.
Over the past few weeks, there have been cases of dogs using the local pavements as toilets, and I believe that the owners just shirk their duties when by not bothering to clear up after them and use a pooper-scooper or plastic bag and place it in the relevant bin (in which one is provided just around the corner from where I live). It is even worse when dogs are astray, and I think that they shouldn't be. I see a lot of dog walkers out and about walking their dog in the area I live in. Don't get me wrong - I don't hate dogs (not meant to be a double negative there), and I have nothing against people who own them; after all, they are regarded as man's best friend.
But it is when the foul the local pavements and it is left there. Back in the 1980s the street I used to live on was covered by all of this, and sometimes it was there for weeks, and it was no joke when it was warm weather either. It is disgusting, and I don't need to point out the Health and Safety problems that one would get implicated in if one happens to get in contact with it. The fact of the matter is that it is worse than dropping litter (not that I am saying that dropping litter is excusable), and it is akin to someone using the street as a toilet. I don't (and I have never) owned a dog myself, and we are not allowed pets where I live anyway - I suppose this is one way of being eliminated from any blame within the situation.
A couple of weeks ago, just outside the building where I live, there was a horrible pile of dog faeces on the pavement, and it was still there a week later (there was also some around the corner, but I think that it was either washed away by the rain - nature's own way of cleanliness - or cleaned up). I had to go in and out the back way because of that. However, I wrote to my local council's Environmental Health to complain about the dog fouling, stating in great detail the obvious dangers of it being there, the disgustingness of just seeing it outside my home, and the fact that it was running the nice area that I happened to live in - I even drew a rough map of the local streets on the other side of the letter, circling and pinpointing specific areas and streets where the dog faeces were situated. I put the letter in an envelope posted it last weekend in a local postbox.
Fast forward to Thursday morning and a Neighbourhood Warden van from the local council arrives and parks on my street for half an hour - someone gets out and puts leaflets about the dangers of dog fouling in local letterboxes. At the same time, the mess outside is removed, and then the van leaves. The leaflet mentions that anyone not cleaning up after the dog fouling will get fined and even a court appearance. I have say that I was delighted to see something immediately done in my local area about something that I had complained about just a few days before - I have to admit that my old council where I used to live wouldn't have thought of it as being an emergency, but as I live in a suburb, I feel that I live in the right place for something urgent to be done. I would like to drink a toast to the Neighbourhood Warden and Environmental Health department at my council for doing something about this horrible mess straight away. Thank you so much Gedling Borough Council for thinking about rate payers like myself and putting them first on receipt of complaining to the relevant authorities!
Can I just add that I know that some of you on here own dogs and love the animals, but could you please always remember to clean up after your dog when it does what it needs to do - always be considerate and courteous about other people who don't want to get in contact with faeces from dogs and other animals for that matter. Dogs can be everyone's best friend, not just man's if they are looked after properly.
On a lighter side, there could be a song which could illustrate the situation - how about "Itchy Poo Park" by the Small Faeces?
(Apologies again if you are eating while reading this, but it is a very important issue to address the masses...)
Over the past few weeks, there have been cases of dogs using the local pavements as toilets, and I believe that the owners just shirk their duties when by not bothering to clear up after them and use a pooper-scooper or plastic bag and place it in the relevant bin (in which one is provided just around the corner from where I live). It is even worse when dogs are astray, and I think that they shouldn't be. I see a lot of dog walkers out and about walking their dog in the area I live in. Don't get me wrong - I don't hate dogs (not meant to be a double negative there), and I have nothing against people who own them; after all, they are regarded as man's best friend.
But it is when the foul the local pavements and it is left there. Back in the 1980s the street I used to live on was covered by all of this, and sometimes it was there for weeks, and it was no joke when it was warm weather either. It is disgusting, and I don't need to point out the Health and Safety problems that one would get implicated in if one happens to get in contact with it. The fact of the matter is that it is worse than dropping litter (not that I am saying that dropping litter is excusable), and it is akin to someone using the street as a toilet. I don't (and I have never) owned a dog myself, and we are not allowed pets where I live anyway - I suppose this is one way of being eliminated from any blame within the situation.
A couple of weeks ago, just outside the building where I live, there was a horrible pile of dog faeces on the pavement, and it was still there a week later (there was also some around the corner, but I think that it was either washed away by the rain - nature's own way of cleanliness - or cleaned up). I had to go in and out the back way because of that. However, I wrote to my local council's Environmental Health to complain about the dog fouling, stating in great detail the obvious dangers of it being there, the disgustingness of just seeing it outside my home, and the fact that it was running the nice area that I happened to live in - I even drew a rough map of the local streets on the other side of the letter, circling and pinpointing specific areas and streets where the dog faeces were situated. I put the letter in an envelope posted it last weekend in a local postbox.
Fast forward to Thursday morning and a Neighbourhood Warden van from the local council arrives and parks on my street for half an hour - someone gets out and puts leaflets about the dangers of dog fouling in local letterboxes. At the same time, the mess outside is removed, and then the van leaves. The leaflet mentions that anyone not cleaning up after the dog fouling will get fined and even a court appearance. I have say that I was delighted to see something immediately done in my local area about something that I had complained about just a few days before - I have to admit that my old council where I used to live wouldn't have thought of it as being an emergency, but as I live in a suburb, I feel that I live in the right place for something urgent to be done. I would like to drink a toast to the Neighbourhood Warden and Environmental Health department at my council for doing something about this horrible mess straight away. Thank you so much Gedling Borough Council for thinking about rate payers like myself and putting them first on receipt of complaining to the relevant authorities!
Can I just add that I know that some of you on here own dogs and love the animals, but could you please always remember to clean up after your dog when it does what it needs to do - always be considerate and courteous about other people who don't want to get in contact with faeces from dogs and other animals for that matter. Dogs can be everyone's best friend, not just man's if they are looked after properly.
On a lighter side, there could be a song which could illustrate the situation - how about "Itchy Poo Park" by the Small Faeces?
(Apologies again if you are eating while reading this, but it is a very important issue to address the masses...)
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