posted by admin on Jan 25
You would think this shouldn’t need to be written - but there is evidence to suggest it does!
There are plenty of dog owners out there who think that letting a dog run loose in a woodland is acceptable as well as those who think that they only need to pick up their dogs poop if it is on the pavement!
Think about the effects of your actions not about that 10 seconds in your life and the whole community could benefit.
It’s only 2 simple things - do you think you can do it?
1) Keep Your Dog Under Control!
Keeping your dog within earshot of your shouting isn’t having your dog under control!
Having your dog under control involves not only being able to see your dog - but also being virtually 100% sure that if you call your dog to you they will come without fail!
I recently went into a woods to find a large dog chasing a roe deer - with not an owner in sight and after it got bored of that it came and found us again and followed us (dangerously) to the car park. Still no owner in sight - or in ear shot! They weren’t even trying to get their dog to come back!
It could have killed the deer, been stolen, been injured somewhere - or been run over right outside the car park. Totally irresponsible!
2) Pick Up Their Poop!
There are very very very few instances where it is acceptable to leave a dog poop on the floor! And percentage wise in respect of all the dog poos done in a day it would be about 1%.
If your dog poops anywhere that another person might walk - then you need to pick it up. It doesn’t matter whether you are on a footpath in the middle of nowhere - it’s a footpath and other people have a right to use it and a right to have a poop free walk!
There’s no excuse that you didn’t see your dog do it, it was in the woods, you didn’t have a bag, it was a bit squidgy or whatever. You need to be watching your dog when out on a walk and you need to be prepared.
Maybe stay around the carpark or poo bin for the first 15 minutes of your walk - as this is when your dog is most likely to ‘go’ and then you will see it and are right next to the poo bin or your car to leave the poo there and head out for your great walk.
I don’t know why some people think that it is the landowners responsibility to clear away the mess - because it isn’t. And why should it be!
You wouldn’t leave a filled nappy on someones land or in your local park - so why would you do it with a dog poo? Carnivore stools are not as welcome in the natural world as those of cows, horses and sheep. Dogs poo isn’t plant fibre so decomposes in a different way - and can spread diseases to other animals and sometimes to people.
Train & Scoop - it’s easy!