Ignoring "No Dogs" sign

As someone who loves and adores dogs and has lots, I absolutely would not do this. If it’s “no dogs” it’s no dogs, I can read! I wouldn’t allow them to toilet in an area where children play. Also because so many parents just do not teach their children how to behave around dogs. Twice in the last 6 months random children have made a grab to pick up my little dogs. When one succeeded and I told him very firmly to put her down, the mother took umbrage and said he was just being friendly!!! Errrr no, that’s a good way to get bitten! Another time a random boy ran over and hit one of my big dogs on the head with a stick. The parents did nothing. So we avoid areas with children, not because my dogs can’t behave but because the children haven’t been taught to.

I have a dog and this kind of behaviour makes me boiling mad

It's designated dog free and if it's enclosed like that then it's definitely enforceable by wardens/council.

One of my local village parks has a few play bits on it and even though it's not fenced or "no dogs" in I purposely keep my dog to the wooded/field end at the opposite side for any kids to feel safe and to ensure of he does go to the loo it's well away from any play equipment areas

I just don't understand why people are so irresponsible. But then maybe that just me.

Why is it weird not to like dogs! Especially in inappropriate places. I can’t stand them in children’s playgrounds leaving harmful toxins behind in their faeces, shitting all over the footpath so children get it on their shoes and pram wheels, and more than ever lately in all the fucking local restaurants, slobbering, shaking hair and dander everywhere and rubbing their arses on the seats. Revolting.

I took these. And reported to the councils One playpark (over the border of the other two) got additional signs and fencing afterwards, and things improved there. The other two are still overloaded with idiots ignoring the signs. My kids are nearly past peak playground age, so I don’t have to deal with it as much, I do still calm it out, but it’s draining and I don’t need the hassle.

I advise photographing the evidence and reporting.

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I will NEVER understand wanting to own a dog, deal with shit every day, and worms etc 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
Dog poo can lead to blindness in humans. Why do we risk it? My friend's husband is a teacher. A child in his school was blinded in one eye they are pretty certain was due to dog poo in the school playing field.

Good on you for pointing it out.

It happened all the time at that park 😡There were plenty dog poo bins around so there wasn't any excuse for them not picking it up other than their laziness. It's a huge part of having a dog, it messes so you pick it up! Anytime we went to the park i'd always have a pocket full of poo bags even if we didn't take our dog with us. Even worse we'd often see the drunks urinating on the trees that lined the road along the edge of the park, especially when walking home with the kids from school! I'd call them out every time i saw them do it, why should little kids have to see adults doing that on their way home from primary school 😡 My kids used to laugh at the drunks then because they'd wet their trousers 😂

“ She was going to get it on the way back “??

Well done for calling the minger out for attempting to walk away from a poo.

Worms are a real risk to children. ( Visceral larval migrans I think it’s called) where the worm larvae migrated to the eye. ( Dog and cat roundworms ) where the larvae migrate through human tissues.

I was surprised to learn that three month worming does not offer protection-
It only clears out adult worms
A dog can get infected soon after a worming and be shedding eggs within the three month period.

Dog licences absolutely won’t work.
The responsible already get their dog chipped and registered-
The feckless won’t bother.

It can’t be policed ( Which is why it was abolished decades ago)
I pay for insurance for my dog- including third party- but you can bet the feckless won’t-

I have no idea how dogs can be adequately controlled.

Especially importing from overseas and indiscriminate breeding of unstable dogs.

Banning sales online and social media would help- It’s too easy to breed and sell dogs to unsuitable owners.

Any old idiot can do it.

Tax free.

It is time to introduce dog licenses. Owning a pet is a privilege not a right.

I'm dog lover (lost my old boy last year at 16yr old) and it always annoys me that some dog owners like to think they are better than everybody else and ignore the rules.

Across the road from my old house, the park had a fenced off area for the kids play equipment. My kids were at the park playing and we saw a woman with a dog off lead, she just let it foul right outside the play area and went to walk away. I called over to her to ask if it was her dog and if she was going to clean up after it. She said she was going to get it on the way back?!?! Nah, love. Here's a poo bag, you can go pick it up now. She wasn't happy about being called out for it but did eventually pick it up after i gave her poo bags.

I work at Battersea and currently have 3 dogs, 2 cats, fish, chicken and a bearded dragon with one leg missing! I love animals but that doesn’t mean everyone else must share my enthusiasm. I’m a responsible pet owner. 2 of my dogs I will let run free and the other I keep on the lead because he’s a rescue and doesn’t have 100% recall. I stick to walking them in dog friendly parks. My local park has a no-dog picnic area and I wouldn’t dream of going in there with the dogs. I would definitely speak up if I saw someone doing it.

I know it’s controversial, and I realise we’re a nation of animal lovers, but at the end of the day, they are animals and human rights must come first.

One woman said “well my children wouldn’t be able to come in if the dog didn’t come in too” - maybe leave the fucking dog at home for once then?

With no thought for the other children who didn't feel able to go in because her dog was in there. So selfish.

I give up. Where are you supposed to go if you don’t want dogs running off the lead and peeing and shitting everywhere?

This is what I want to know too. You get told if you don't like dogs, don't go anywhere where they are - what everywhere? I can't go to the beach, park, woodland, cafe, shops, high street or hairdressers then? Ever?

I'm not scared of dogs but I do think they are revolting, unhygienic, antisocial creatures with more often than not these days, knobs for owners. And I'm so cross that I'm supposed to stay at home so they can rule the land or I'm supposed to put up with being jumped at, barked at or slobbered on and suck it up.

Self entitled dog owners, just like self entitled parents. Both sets are equally guilty of not controlling their darlings around other people unfortunately.

You see I raised our local park with the local parish council as it had a do not use sign and was not used and was huge and we have a great deal of elderly people who wanted to walk their dog we then found out - actually the signs were not legal and anyone could walk their dog. Signs were removed, dog bins placed - everyone was and is happy with it.

Park near me has clear signs ‘dogs must be kept on a lead’, every single dog owner ignores them, dogs loose everywhere, everything time I go! 😡

Sometimes, if owners do come into the 'no dogs' area when I'm with my children I will gladly pull out small boxes of easily recognisable Sunmaid raisins for the kids to eat, or Cadbury chocolate bars. The owners soon clear off scared that the kids will drop the raisins and their dogs will hoover them up.

I have relatives who are quite antisocial with their dogs (which is partially why I’ve gone off them) and they simply don’t care about signs like this unless someone confronts them. To them dog wee is just like water and they don’t care about dog dirt either. They only pick up after their dog if someone is looking at them ready to tell them off if they don’t.

if you stop keeping dogs for a few years you realise how nice it is to have an area people don’t bring their dogs to but some owners are desensitised.

We are getting this in our local park. It is a fenced off play area for children with a sign that says no dogs and a few years ago you would have never seen a dog in there but now people bring them in all the time and are rude to you when you tell them. I don't actually mind is a dog is on a lead and sitting next to its owner while the children play but many are just roaming free. Suddenly people are becoming more entitled and thinking rules don't apply to them. I know it's a civil matter but some children are very uncomfortable around dogs and the play area is supposed to be a dog free area.

Those no dogs signs are not worth the plastic they are printed on unless you have a PSPO to enforce it, some councils are now using the PSPO rules to enforce this

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Entitled Pig Ignorance

Complain to the council. Or better, show up at a meeting and raise it. So few people bother they listen to the ones who show up. I imagine you’ll be speaking for 100s of people who agree with you but can’t be bothered to pursue it.

I completely agree with you my son picked up a very bad bacteria from dog poo on grass in the park.
I am not sure it would help but I would complain to the council.

I’d say a better equivalent would be if the dog section had a “no children sign” - would you let your kid run around in it whilst telling all the dog owners not to worry because he’s friendly and cute…

Bonus points for “he’s only playing” when he starts chasing the dogs.