Does something need to be done about dogs?

ttaskmaster said:
I feel the same way about people who have loud children, screaming, crying, singing nursery rhymes at the top of their voices...
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Yep same as music, exhausts etc just got to suck it up as long as its not at unsociable hours. Bizarre dogs get singled out when other noise is far worse IMO. Id rather listen to a dog barking than Wigfield on repeat.
 
Voltar said:
Also seems to be a real increase in people not picking up their dog turds
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There is a serious lack of poo bins on footpaths. Most of the time the bin is at the start of a walk, which is great if your dog poos next to it as you can pick it up and pop it in. You get half a mile down the footpath and your dog poos, I will always pick it up and leave it to pick up on the way back, but I can understand why others get ****** off and don't bother. There will always be people who wont bother regardless of bins but the councils should at least make it as easy as possible for people to encourage it.
 
gingergundog said:
There is a serious lack of poo bins on footpaths. Most of the time the bin is at the start of a walk, which is great if your dog poos next to it as you can pick it up and pop it in. You get half a mile down the footpath and your dog poos, I will always pick it up and leave it to pick up on the way back, but I can understand why others get ****** off and don't bother. There will always be people who wont bother regardless of bins but the councils should at least make it as easy as possible for people to encourage it.
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The problem is then the council having to empty them and the cost involved of paying someone to walk xxx metres down a path and back again.

Even dropping the bag to pick up later is chancing it. You haven't actually cleared away the poo, so you're potentially still going to be prosecuted for not clearing up/littering.

Try one of these?

www.doo-kee.com

Doo-Kee Poop Bag Holder

Doo-Kee is the most convenient way to carry your dog's used poop bags. Here's the problem. You're out for a walk with your dog, naturally, they need to go... Being a responsible dog owner, you pick it up, but now you're carrying it for the rest of the walk (and that's if they only go once!). To...
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Dis86 said:
'Out of control' dog shot dead by police after it mauls man to death in Derby

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Nothing to see here guys. Everything's fine.
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This happened just round the corner from my mums house about 100m away. She didn't hear anything and only noticed the police van blocking off the street when she went out in the day. There are 2 other people who live within the same distance 1 guy been convicted several times of drugs and firearms offences and owns a very aggressive big dog, Another, who not long ago got out of prison for killing someone by beating them to death with a baseball bat, owns 2 very large aggressive dogs that are kept behind gates that go mental every time someone walks past their house talking.
 
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ZXSpectrum said:
This happened just round the corner from my mums house about 100m away. She didn't hear anything and only noticed the police van blocking off the street when she went out in the day. There are 2 other people who live within the same distance 1 guy been convicted several times of drugs and firearms offences and owns a very aggressive big dog, Another, who not long ago got out of prison for killing someone by beating them to death with a baseball bat, owns 2 very large aggressive dogs that are kept behind gates that go mental every time someone walks past their house talking.
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Sound like the ideal dog owners. We should give them more dogs!
 
ZXSpectrum said:
Another, who not long ago got out of prison for killing someone by beating them to death with a baseball bat, owns 2 very large aggressive dogs that are kept behind gates that go mental every time someone walks past their house talking.
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haha british justice, just like all the people responsible for kicking Sophie Lancaster to death, all out now.

Dis86 said:
'Out of control' dog shot dead by police after it mauls man to death in Derby

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Circle of life init.
 
just had an incident at the local park, walking my dog when another dog came running upto me full on attack (without biting)
never seen anything like it before
dog would not quit and i nearly went to kick it, shouted at the woman to get her dog under control and put it on a lead i must admit i lost it a bit
she just would not put it on a lead or take any responsibility for it just said it was a rescue
maybe the previous owner looked like me and thats why it did it?
have reported it, if that was my dog it would be on a lead and i would have apologized and take steps that it never happens again
stupid owner
 
Beans on toast Dave said:
just had an incident at the local park, walking my dog when another dog came running upto me full on attack (without biting)
never seen anything like it before
dog would not quit and i nearly went to kick it, shouted at the woman to get her dog under control and put it on a lead i must admit i lost it a bit
she just would not put it on a lead or take any responsibility for it just said it was a rescue
maybe the previous owner looked like me and thats why it did it?
have reported it, if that was my dog it would be on a lead and i would have apologized and take steps that it never happens again
stupid owner
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If the dog didn't bite or threaten to in what way was it in full on attack exactly? Dogs are social animals and will come up to random people to say hello. It sounds quite possible that you aren't familiar with dog behaviour and mistook this for aggression.

Dogs also need to run off the lead to maintain their fitness. Having a walk only on the lead is very poor quality exercise for most dogs.
 
ANDREW GREEN said:
If the dog didn't bite or threaten to in what way was it in full on attack exactly? Dogs are social animals and will come up to random people to say hello. It sounds quite possible that you aren't familiar with dog behaviour and mistook this for aggression.

Dogs also need to run off the lead to maintain their fitness. Having a walk only on the lead is very poor quality exercise for most dogs.
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You can get extendable leads which allow a degree of running, if you think your dog needs to run so far that you can barely see him, then I think thats going too far, this is one reason I think should be special dog lead free zones, instead of in normal parks and beaches.
 
chrcoluk said:
You can get extendable leads which allow a degree of running, if you think your dog needs to run so far that you can barely see him, then I think thats going too far, this is one reason I think should be special dog lead free zones, instead of in normal parks and beaches.
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No, I wouldn't want my dog out of site and I'm conscious to call her back if I think someone doesn't look comfortable with my dog approaching them. Luckily I have a Springer Spaniel, which is 1 of the least intimidating dogs. I think I'd find having a dog that people are scared of a bit embarassing. I have mine run alongside my bike alongside the canal off the lead to give her a good 3 mile run or take her to the playing fields and throw balls a load of times until she's run off some energy, which takes some doing
 
ANDREW GREEN said:
If the dog didn't bite or threaten to in what way was it in full on attack exactly? Dogs are social animals and will come up to random people to say hello. It sounds quite possible that you aren't familiar with dog behaviour and mistook this for aggression.

Dogs also need to run off the lead to maintain their fitness. Having a walk only on the lead is very poor quality exercise for most dogs.
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I guess you have seen intercepters on TV. When they have the police dog snapping and barking at the perpetrator. It was exactly the same as that! I have a dog and was out with him and had dogs all my life I know the difference between an hello or play bark and proper aggressive behaviour
 
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ANDREW GREEN said:
No, I wouldn't want my dog out of site and I'm conscious to call her back if I think someone doesn't look comfortable with my dog approaching them. Luckily I have a Springer Spaniel, which is 1 of the least intimidating dogs. I think I'd find having a dog that people are scared of a bit embarassing. I have mine run alongside my bike alongside the canal off the lead to give her a good 3 mile run or take her to the playing fields and throw balls a load of times until she's run off some energy, which takes some doing
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Ok I understand your comment about exercise a bit more now, I see this breed exercise is especially important.
 
chrcoluk said:
You can get extendable leads which allow a degree of running, if you think your dog needs to run so far that you can barely see him, then I think thats going too far, this is one reason I think should be special dog lead free zones, instead of in normal parks and beaches.
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Firstly, extender leads are strongly discouraged these days as they present serious risks of entanglement and tripping, as well as the snapping of the run-out damaging a dog's neck.
Secondly, most working breeds won't get a proper run while on a lead of any kind. Dogs need to run, on average, at speeds around 20-30mph, ideally in short sprints like doing shuttle runs. That's why ball or fetch games are such a thing.
Most of it is just common sense, ie finding public areas with space to do these exercises out the immediate vicinity of others... but does, of course, also require the dog to be properly trained by a responsible owner.
 
chrcoluk said:
You can get extendable leads which allow a degree of running, if you think your dog needs to run so far that you can barely see him, then I think thats going too far, this is one reason I think should be special dog lead free zones, instead of in normal parks and beaches.
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One of my dogs runs at full speed after a ball.

I throw that ball using a chuckit ball thrower, it goes quite far.

She runs after it, retrieves it and brings it back.

She ignores people and other dogs, unless they come up to her first. In which case she is friendly.

My other dog gets too excited by people and jumps up at them, so I tend to keep her on a short lead under my control.

Why should by well behaved dog be subject to the same restriction? She needs that excercise as her breed needs lots of excercise (but is dosile at home)
 
ANDREW GREEN said:
If the dog didn't bite or threaten to in what way was it in full on attack exactly? Dogs are social animals and will come up to random people to say hello. It sounds quite possible that you aren't familiar with dog behaviour and mistook this for aggression.

Dogs also need to run off the lead to maintain their fitness. Having a walk only on the lead is very poor quality exercise for most dogs.
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Its an out of control dog. Pretty common these days, you should never let your dog run up to other people or other dogs without first ascertaining if they want that attention.

chrcoluk said:
You can get extendable leads which allow a degree of running, if you think your dog needs to run so far that you can barely see him, then I think thats going too far, this is one reason I think should be special dog lead free zones, instead of in normal parks and beaches.
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Extendable leads do not allow any degree of running. If a dog tries to run on such a lead it will simply extend the cord and then risk injury. The lead isnt the issue, its poor training as ever.
 
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Beans on toast Dave said:
I guess you have seen intercepters on TV. When they have the police dog snapping and barking at the perpetrator. It was exactly the same as that! I have a dog and was out with him and had dogs all my life I know the difference between an hello or play bark and proper aggressive behaviour
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Ahh sorry I didn't gather that. I hope I didn't come across as condescending. That's very strange behaviour and the owner clearly doesn't have control of the dog and doesn't sound like they can handle such a dog. I wonder if it was a guard dog breed or something? It does sounds like it was a rescue dog who was neglected and never trained or worse encouraged to be aggressive. The new owner has no idea how to reign it in.

Most of the rescue dogs my family have been quite good, except for they learnt to raid dustbins to survive and never grew out of it. We did get 1 though that my Mum had to return. It would try and bully other members of the household by barking aggressively at them and mouthing but not outright biting the skin of family members

Ironically some people who do have dogs that are liable to be aggressive pull them close on the lead when people come near and this in turn makes the dog worse. As the dog feels the owner is anxious and under threat it becomes more aggressive to defend it's owner.
 
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