..to think that a dog free beach...

[silverten]

...might actually, you know, NOT have dogs on it?

Went to Yorkshire to see the inlaws this week and did a few daytrips out with them. One day to Whitby, DD obsessed with the beach so we spent a bit of time there digging holes etc. Had to fend off a few marauding hounds at the same time so decided to go to Sandsend the following day, as this is supposed to have dog free sections on it.

There were signs all over the place, but these were ignored by loads of people. My FIL did try having a quiet word with a few of them but it didn't make much difference.

For all the good it'll do, I'll write to the council.....

I used to take out dog to the beach alot, when we had her with us we would avoid sands end. I agree id it says no dogs, then no dogs.

I only take my dog to beaches that say Dogs Allowed, there are a couple within an hour of us. If it says no dogs then I don't take my dog

OT- but what time did you have to get to Sandsend to park?

yanbu
same with 'dog free' areas in (london) parks - totally ignored and dog handlers get pissy when politely told to go elsewhere.

Loads of beaches have a dog ban between May and Sept, and they are widely ignored. Am doing some work on how much people do what signs tell them to, and on a beach visit got a great photo of 2 dogs sleeping under the "no dogs" sign.

Write to the beach manager? They will try to help.

I think we got there about 1030-11 on Sun and managed to get a space on the road. There was loads of space, some of which you had to pay for (but TBH I think 4 quid for a space less than 5 mins from the (supposedly dog-free) beach and all other facilities for the whole day was a pretty fair price.

Do beaches have managers? I've never heard of that before. Are they provided by the council?

Obviously yes the only constructive thing I can do is write to whoever is 'in charge' about this. I was thinking of writing to the cafe as well, to point out that whilst the place was absolutely gorgeous, that if the dog thing wasn't sorted out, I'd be going elsewhere in the future, so they might want to put their own pressure on the council etc. as it would potentially jeopardise their business.

Many councils are becoming much more proactive on this - particularly in light of (the almost inevitable) dog fouling. Might be worth emailing the relevant council's environmental health department on the matter?

Agree with you.

It's a bit depressing though - having got a dog last summer I have been looking into beaches that allow dogs near St Ives - there aren't many.

We live next to a beach, a section of which is 'no dogs' from end of April-end of September. Us dog-walkers who live here respect that rule, but it is rather annoying at 8am on a sunny morning when there is no other bugger on the beach... or later on in the day when the trippers just blindly ignore the signs and bring their dog down anyway.

But I have been told recently that even in the 'no dogs' bit the council has no jurisdiction if you are below high tide line. No idea if this is true or not, and no plans to test it out.

What DOES really annoy me is the people who whinge about dogs on the beach - or even worse, threaten me for being there with the dog - when if they'd read the signs they would know the dog-free bit was about 30 yrds in the other direction.