To wonder when the excess of dogs will die down

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There's so much shit everywhere

There are so many feral horrible dogs pissing on front doors or prams or shop displays and barking terrifyingly at kids

I am sick of them!!!!! Is this it or will people learn their post COVID lesson and only get pets they can actually handle in the future?

Too many dogs now.... in the recent hot weather all the steps up and down from our beach, every bin and every corner stunk of heated up dog wee. I go up there for fresh sea air but there is none as the wee smell overpowers it.
I have to say that the dog poo situation has improved, used to have to slalom along there to avoid

I would prefer it if people stopped breeding and having kids they can’t afford or look after properly personally.

I'm sick of dogs everywhere too. I especially don't think they should be in food establishments

Oh for goodness sake! There are not loads of feral dogs pissing and shitting everywhere. Evidence, please?
Before I’m jumped on, I’m not a dog owner, and never have been, but let’s be fair here, we are not sinking in depths of dog excrement or drowning in their urine. Why are some of you being so hateful towards dogs? (Or cats, for that matter). Better to vent your hatred towards low life humans who behave abysmally towards other humans and animals.

My local park is like Crufts! One woman even takes her dog into the hairdressers!!! The poor thing looks terrified with all the hairdryers going.

Lol. Round here they go the whole hog and have both. Loads of feral kids, them or their equally feral parents walking dogs, random nappies in the street and dog poo or poo bags on every corner.

On a brighter note, I have seen two guys with cats on leads that didn't appear to be shitting everywhere. Excess cats would be preferable.

Stuck here another 3 years yay.

This. Calling it a wankerdoodle or fuckershitpoo does not make it a purebred (as if that mattered anyway).

You have posted on the wrong thread. This one is about dogs.

Just to add that I do try avoid stepping on sheep's purls, but at least they're hard little lumps and you know to expect them in places where sheep graze. Moreover, you don't get little bags of them slung in various places.

Where do you live that this is an issue?

I have not once in my entire life seen a feral dog in the UK. The only place I’ve ever seen feral dogs is in Spain

I've noticed how many dogs left to rush at people off the lead where I am. I've had to get between aggressive dogs about to rip apart a kitten on three occasions in the last year. And the owners won't take responsibility.

Can’t wait to get a new dog next month, even better when it pisses people off who can’t mind their own business and hates dogs

The dogs pissing and shitting round my way tend not to be feral - they all have owners who care enough to take their dogs away from their home to do the needful, but don't care enough to keep them off the gardens and driveways close to the kids' football park.

An additional problem is that many of the owners let the dogs off the lead as soon as they get to the footpath that leads to the park. No fatalities yet, but there have been a few near misses.

I had one lovely gentleman swearing at me because I had to brake for his dog. I was edging out of my driveway at a snail's pace. The dog wasn't on a lead and was way ahead of him on the pavement in front of my house. (I always take my time driving out, lest their be humans or any other animals on the pavement.)

In return, I pointed out the error of his ways. His dog now has one of these expandable leads. The problem is that he expands it while his dog is on the pavement - it's still way ahead of him. An accident waiting to happen.

This chap has form. Any time I'm in my garden working while he passes, nothing happens; if I'm walking from the local shop and he's way ahead, inevitably I find that he's left a little present on the driveway for me. He does exactly the same to a pal (another widow) who lives a bit further down the street. Charming fellow.

Then there's the chap with the 4 dogs who never has them on a lead. They're beautiful animals and one day he's going to get them killed. I think I've already told part of this story upthread...

Last week, I was picking up my order from the local Chinese takeaway. The mini-market is next door. He'd left all 4 dogs outside, with a "Sit!" command. Two did as they were told; two didn't. A passerby stopped them from running into the road.

When I came out of the takeaway, she asked if they were mine. The owner finally exited the shop and looked none too pleased. The dogs are lovely, but I then had to hold my take-away out of their reach. One of them still succeeded in touching it, but only the exterior bag.

This is what happens when you live near an area where owners like to walk their dogs.

I have no doubt that when a dog is injured, the owner will take no blame for it.

I've said upthread that we did have a feral pack in my town in the '70s. (Central Fife.) The council had demolished a lot of flats and rehoused people and I think that some folk just put their dogs out on the street. They were a danger to children and were eventually rounded up.

Those that wander around now are not exactly feral - they have owners who let them run about, however. As other posters have said, the local FB seems to be full of posts made by people who have lost their dogs.

Enjoy your dog. Just so long as you're a good owner, there won't be any problems.

I've said already: I don't hate dogs; I do hate feckless dog owners.

I'm seeing a lot of it because owners like to walk their dogs up to the football park and into the shrubbery and trees beyond it.

If you live in an area not used by people walking their dogs, then you're not likely to have the same problem.

I see Turkey are about to carry out a cull of street dogs. Maybe the same thing could happen here.

Street dogs?

There is no such thing as street dogs in the UK.
Any stray is taken to a vet/pound and the owner traced.

I think the only dog breed that should be allowed in public spaces is the poodle/lab cross - the Poo Retriever. The dogshit problem would solve itself quickly.

There aren't any street dogs in Romania - they've flogged em all to the gullible

“Turkey are culling street dogs. The UK should do the same”
“There’s no street dogs in the uk”
“There’s none in Romania either”

Bedtime I think. Conversation is all over the place.

Yeah, there are a lot of really badly trained dog owners around.

I think you live on my street. Full of attitudes like this.

Why do you enjoy pissing people off? Can we know what pisses you off so we can join in, or is it a sport only you are allowed to play?

I know, I see them plodding around here, clapped out misshapen creatures, the owners think they are saving an endangered species no doubt.