Dog Foulers on the Rye

[grancabrona]

To the porky, balding 40-50 year old with three dogs (one on lead) - the last two mornings I've taken photos of your dogs shitting right in front of you in areas where children play and people like to picnic. On neither occasion did you bother to pick the mess up and dispose of it in one of the many suitable bins so I'm going to report you. Dirty, ignorant people like you make life that bit worse for everyone else.

[first mate]

How I wish I had been able to catch the serial litterers who had left Dulwich Park in such a state this morning. All along the bowling green, tissues, crisp packet, empty glass bottle, doilies, paper plates...nice.

I spoke to the community warden and he said that he'd recently asked some picnickers to extinguish a BBQ, reluctantly they had done this, but left a load of rubbish behind. He managed to catch up with them and had a word and was told by one guy that he would like to punch him in the face.

I just think that as a community we should try to tackle all forms of anti-social behaviour.

[davidh]

could not agree more with both previous posts. the dog owner was a disgrace and so are the litter louts. sadly the park warden has that effect on many he "has a word" with. he is much a nightmare as the people he deals with

[poppet27]

A fellow with a similar description let his black and white border collie enjoy his morning poo this morning on the Rye, much to the disgust of the passengers on the 363, who got a full view whilst the bus was stationary. Shame on you.

[giggirl]

Post the photos of the dog walker - name and shame

[first mate]

Should posting of photos, and naming and shaming, be done for most common forms of anti-social behaviour, or just dog fouling?

I feel slightly uneasy about the idea, I can also imagine threads full of photos of one infraction or another.

[Darren Gray]

I really enjoy outdoor exercise, and I've gone through the process of signing a contract and pay for a permit that means that as a personal trainer I must use the common within a set of rules. If I were to break them I'd lose my freedom to use the space as so. Therefore I agree with 'first mate'- as a community we should try to tackle such forms of anti-social behaviour. How in this instance?

[DagmarJ]

Southwark Council is currently consulting on Dogs in parks, you might be interested in filling the survey in. I will.

http://www.southwark.gov.uk/dogsinparks

[first mate]

Well yes, okay, but that survey is only one very specific kind of anit-social behaviour, there have been no surveys on litter or the like.

[mako]

Come on first mate. You dont need a survey asking do you want litter. Whereas as the other thread shows views on the current state of dogs in our parks is one that has very different opinions.

[Darren Gray]

DagmarJ I most certainly will thanks.

[first mate]

Mako, indeed, my feeling is a more broad ranging survey on a variety of perceived issues in the parks, might be more efficacious, killing a variety of birds with one stone, so to speak. It might be cheaper too and give a general overview of ways public spaces could be improved as well as providing more balanced and coherent view of what the public want.

It is also the case, I believe,and from what I have gleaned on the forum, that the biggest issue with dogs is fouling (as in the title of this thread) which is arguably a kind of litter, albeit a highly unpleasant form, and one that none of us want.

[JohnL]

I'd rather on the spot fines than naming & shaming which

I still feel uneasy about.

Darren Gray Wrote:

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> I really enjoy outdoor exercise, and I've gone

> through the process of signing a contract and pay

> for a permit that means that as a personal trainer

> I must use the common within a set of rules. If I

> were to break them I'd lose my freedom to use the

> space as so. Therefore I agree with 'first mate'-

> as a community we should try to tackle such forms

> of anti-social behaviour. How in this instance?

[Jaws]

name and shame with pics gets my vote! If you don't let your dogs take a dump and not bother picking it up then you have nothing to worry about.

[JohnL]

First they took photos of the dog foulers, then they took photos of

the canoodlers and philanderers and finally they took photos of

everybody, just in case.

It is generally a bad idea if you have anything you would rather people

not know. get the dog wardens out - and bring back a dog tax.

Jaws Wrote:

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> name and shame with pics gets my vote! If you

> don't let your dogs take a dump and not bother

> picking it up then you have nothing to worry

> about.

[giggirl]

Why didn't you just have a word with the guy and ask him to clear up the mess?

[Loz]

... or follow him home and take a dump in his front garden.

[civilservant]

poppet27 Wrote:

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> A fellow with a similar description let his black

> and white border collie enjoy his morning poo this

> morning on the Rye, much to the disgust of the

> passengers on the 363, who got a full view whilst

> the bus was stationary. Shame on you.

Dogs need to relieve themselves somewhere. So long as the owners pick it up, no problem, no need to name or shame.

Who'd have thought that 363 passengers were such sensitive souls!

[edd]

Hardly, civilservant. I imagine most right-thinking souls are fairly revolted by the sight of some hound coiling one out.

Unless your tastes run to that sort of thing, of course. :)

[civilservant]

Hmmm... sensitive souls I still say.

(here's someone who'd agree with me http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/180934)

[edd]

Ew! :O

[edd]

But I'm not sure what gaudy tulips could arise from the average dog turd!

[hpsaucey]

grancabrona Wrote:

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> To the porky, balding 40-50 year old with three

> dogs (one on lead) - the last two mornings I've

> taken photos of your dogs shitting right in front

> of you in areas where children play and people

> like to picnic. On neither occasion did you bother

> to pick the mess up and dispose of it in one of

> the many suitable bins so I'm going to report you.

> Dirty, ignorant people like you make life that bit

> worse for everyone else.

Agree - shop him! Link to Southwark page and reporting here if you haven't seen it:

http://www.southwark.gov.uk/news/article/1305/southwark_council_takes_tough_line_on_dog_fouling

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