Dogs on beaches. Why?

[Chickensarmpit]

Today i took my 3 young kids to the beach for a rare day out.
It was ruined by dogs!
They shit all over the place, one pissed up my icebox and one bloody stole my sons ball.
We moved twice and eventually gave up and went home

Why do people insist on taking dogs with them? Grrr annoyed!

[SoupDragon]

Your problem is not with dogs on beaches, it is with crap owners taking their dogs to beaches.

[Lara2]

Anyone who doesn't pick up after their dog is BU.However, I'm sick to death of my dogs eating all the leftover BBQ crap people leave all over my beach - take it home!!!!!

[LastTangoInDevonshire]

I suggest, OP, that you get onto your local Council and try and get dogs banned from your preferred beach. Good luck.

Or look up dog free beaches in your area and go there.

Tut.

[SauvignonBlanche]

Prestatyn beach is very near Talacre and dogs aren't allowed on the beach in the summer.

[Happiestinwellybobs]

Happiestdog loves to splash in the waves, swim in the sea, dig great big holes and romp around.

That being said we clean up his poo, keep him on a long lead if people are on the beach and have taught him not to piss on people's ice boxes.

[Burmobasher]

Erm, they take their dogs because the beach doesn't just belong to you!
Fwiw I keep my dog on a lead in the summer and out of control dogs are as much a PITA to responsible dog owners as they are to you.

[tallulah]

We went to a beach last weekend with notices everywhere saying dogs banned May to September. There were dogs everywhere. Unfortunately the sort of people who think the notice doesn't apply to their dog are also those who can't control them

[Turniptwirl]

If its a beach where dogs are allowed all year round yabu, most beaches ban dogs in the summer so should be easy to find a dog free one.

If dogs were banned and irresponsible owners ignored that then yanbu

[SarahStrattonIsBackForJustABit]

Locals don't take their dogs on the dog free beaches, we don't want to walk them in Mablethorpe or Skegness. Locals know all the lovely, mostly tourist free beaches, and avoid the tourists ones like the plague.

[LucilleBluth]

We rented a lovely beach front cottage in Wales in May, it had private access to the beach. I'm not kidding when I say that the beautiful beach was rammed with dogs, a few even ran up to the cottage and into the garden, I would drink my morning coffee on the deck and watch hoards of dog owners picking up shit.

I love love love dogs btw, but they do spoil a good day at the beach with little ones.

[SarahAndFuck]

It's advertised as a dog friendly beach all year round, so YABU to wonder why people take dogs there.

Not being unreasonable to expect owners to be responsible for them while they are there.

Would you also be complaining if you'd gone to the park or the woods instead and seen dogs?

[saintlyjimjams]

And how often do you have a day on the beach with little ones? And how often do the dog owners go in the beach?

I was told off for having my dog on a beach by a tourist. I pointed out they had misread the signs & if they crossed the other side of the stream they would be on the dog free bit (& we would not :rolls eyes: )

I think dog free beaches are fine. But I do get cross with people who go to the beach twice a year complaining when we're on a dog allowed bit of beach with a well behaved dog.

[Dumbledoresgirl]

Well, I can fully understand why dogs would enjoy beaches and why dog owners would want to take their dogs to the beach, but I am a bit bemused by this as the beach I have always gone to, all my life, in Cornwall, only allows dogs on the beach during the off-season. I don't know how you find out these things, but it must be possible to look up which beaches near you ban dogs OP.

[jellybelly18]

We have beaches which are half dog allowed half dog not allowed which is perfect. If dogs weren't allowed on the beach I would have nowhere locally to walk my dog. So if it was a dog friendly beach YABU

[littlewhitebag]

My lab loves the beach but in the summer season I would only take her early morning or evening or in the rain. I love the winter months on the beach. It is deserted. I always pick up after my dog.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Dog walkers are usually on the beach in the bleak winter months with their dogs, not just in the summer so

I'm sorry a few twatty owners ruined your day though.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

I was being sincere there - allowing ones dog to piss over someone's possessions suggests they weren't paying attention to their dog. That makes them twatty imo.

But as I walk my dog on a nearby beach in the depths of winter,I'll continue to do so now it's summer. More considerately than the few you came across.

[Eastpoint]

I'm sick of families leaving their rubbish on the beach - nappies, broken spades, food they couldn't finish. I've bought muzzles for my dogs to wear so they can't eat what should have been taken home/left in a bin. There are big bins at the closest path to the car park & loos that are emptied every morning.

It's a dog friendly beach, go & spoil somewhere else.

[Chickensarmpit]

Why should i go somewhere else? It's my local beach.

The dogs on the beach are mainly tourists dogs. Who are ruining it for everybody.

[SauvignonBlanche]

It's mine and my dog's local beach too, though I live in England.
If you're local to the area why not contact he council?
It must be visitors as I've never seen a single turd on that beach though I mostly go out of season.

[yamsareyammy]

I'm guessing you have already contacted the council, and the local paper and got nowhere.