Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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5 January 2011
18:5387831As Stewart mentioned above, it was The Dogs Fouling of Land Act 1996 that made the big change, preceded by lots of publicity and employment of more dog wardens. It made it an offence not to clear up after you dog not only on a footpath but on any road in a 30mph zone.
This was superceded by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 - just the guidance notes on dog control are 16 pages long, something to think about when you're thinking of taking on a pooch for the first time!
Keith Sansum1
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5 January 2011
18:5487832howard
i think this is the case of dog crap(lol)
but blindness is only caused to children
and yes there has been cases
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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5 January 2011
19:3287836I think we should go back to the days of Dog licence and that should be £100 pounds ayear,that should go to the local councils which in return would pay for the cleaning up.fines should be more, sorry we love dogs and miss ours very much but soming has to done and hiting the pocket is the only way.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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5 January 2011
19:4387837that would be o.k if the elderly and the disabled were exempt, many rely on their dog for company.
the other point against the imposition of dog licences would be that the responsible dog owners and the slobs would still be paying the same, seems unfair to me.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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5 January 2011
19:4887839There should be a dog registry for the dog owner ,OAP yes they should be exempt but still on the register,all dogs have a name and phone number tag on them,
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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5 January 2011
20:4187848The Forum.
An excellent tool for people to discuss and even help the community, Action due to posts and threads has been taken a number of times during our short history.
Why do I get the feeling this subject will come up year after year after year.
On the first day of term the surrounding roads to DGGS ( castle ave and frith rd ) where like a mine field and most of it ended up inside, not a very happy first day back and bloody annoyed cleaners.
One for Terry..........IF any one tells me they speaky no English, they will be wearing a very large turd home.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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5 January 2011
20:5487850I'm very tempted to take a blank map of our area, walk around and plot all the dog crap I can find Ian. If I do this unpleasant task I'll post the result here. Then perhaps somebody somewhere will take notice? One has to try - it's for all our best interests.
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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5 January 2011
23:1687858Just to explain... I said to Ian that I remonstrated with a person from the lower flats in Granville St about the fact that he was allowing his dog to crap on the pavement. He pretended he couldn't understand me.
I must admit that it was early morning and he was in a hurry to get his minibus (a white Sherpa often parked nearby).
I suppose getting our benefits and doing a job on side must distract the mind.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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5 January 2011
23:2287859you can be such a cynic at times terry, i hadn't realised you were up to speed in the clarendon area.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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5 January 2011
23:2587860Perhaps Keith, as a former PCSO, might enlighten us as to how many penalty notices have been handed out to owners of fouling dogs in the last year or so? Apparently this is one of the powers they possess.
PG.
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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6 January 2011
07:3887865I spoke with the Lady at DDC in charge of the Dog-Warden and she adbvised me that there are 3 live prosecutions; that was a little while ago, but they do prosecute, but they need evidence - photographic evidence is best - of the dog and the owner.
Some entrepreniarial type could ask the Council if they would pay a commission for every dog-owner caught not picking up his dog's mess.
The Council would get more income at very little cost and the pavements etc. would be cleaner.
Roger
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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6 January 2011
18:1387919Roger, according to Keith, PCSOs have the power to issue fixed penalties for dog fouling, so why are DDC spending taxpayers' money on it as well?
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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6 January 2011
19:0587942Through the Dog-Warden Peter.
PCSOs may have the power to fine irresponsible dog-owners, but I've not heard that any (PCSOs) have done so.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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6 January 2011
19:3487952seems to me that the dog warden and the p.c.s.o shoule be liaising if they are not already doing so.
having said that a good p.c.s.o would have many good contacts on their patch and get information from concerned residents.
if i find out who sends their up canine up my path in order that the latter can evacuate their bowels i would have no hesitation in grassing them up.
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6 January 2011
20:0587953A good PCSO could deal with it themselves if allowed.
The point about PCSO's, community wardens & civilian enforcement officers roles are well made and are often made The responses are always ones of territorial protection but the employing agencies
Watty
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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6 January 2011
21:3187961paulw
its a bit like cllrs
we have 8 here in priory area
of which we see
2 of the town cllrs
the 3 district
never seen the kcc rep elected 2 years ago
but the new one involved.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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6 January 2011
21:4987966i thought we had only one district councillor.
if we have 2 others they must be in purdah.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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6 January 2011
21:5187967as you know howard we have 3
and 4 town cllrs
and 1 and half county cllrs lol
far to many
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
7 January 2011
08:5787991tower hamlets area are lucky to have 3 district counclers aycliffe has 1? when he desisdes to show his face,more than often we have to rely on the town counciler to get jobs done.
7 January 2011
18:2588064Ah yes my poor son who is three fell over in Aycliffe the other night on the way around to get the local town bus and fell in a load of it from some lazy sod who didnt clean it up hope whoever they are are happy my boy was covered in it.