Dogs Roaming Kingsway Without Leads
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012I have notice a lot lately, that dog walkers let their dogs roam Kingsway without their leads; thus they just enter residents’ gardens and at times leave their mess, only for the residents to clear the dog’s mess up.
The other day a dog came bounding into my garden and started to jumped up and down at my son at the front door. My son did start screaming, as he was frightened, only to be told by the dog owner to calm down. I was not happy with this comment and my son was clearly upset.
Surely dogs should be on leads and be in control by their owners, until they are at an open space for the dogs to run with full control of owners?
As many of us do not have gates, how do we deal with this situation or is this norm?
Can anything be done about this, as one day a child may get bitten or knocked to the floor by a dog, due to the children screaming through fright?
January 22, 2012 at 12:42 pm
I am saddened to hear on The News, about the six year old girl being attack in The Park by a dog. Eye witness says the dog owner told the parent to keep your child under control as it’s unnerving the dog. So it’s the child at fault, not the dog owner! Typical response from dog owners. For the past two weekends there is a lady who goes around on a motor scooter, and the said dog that I referred to in the start of this thread had no control over this dog who was without a lead. Last weekend it began fighting with a dog who was on a lead, with a child walking the dog who was unable to get the other dog off. I went out to help, as my son came in to say that the owner was only calling at the dog and the child needed help. Again this weekend the lady was out with her family, where the member of the family was throwing a stick for the dog to catch, but the dog had other ideas as there were children playing.
Can I ask is the cycle track between Markham Drive and Prestwick Rd and the open green area where children do play, a fit place for dogs to roam about without leads?
January 15, 2012 at 8:48 am
in response to lou lou 27 and this goes for all cat owners, whilst I am all in favour of owners cleaning up after their dog, please bear in mind the following - DOGS CHASE CATS, cats chase mice, nobody moans about that, or about cats Cr’##ing in other people’s gardens. When are cat owners gonna become responsible for their pets?
January 14, 2012 at 7:25 pm
We walk our dogs around the village, and in doing so, take great care in our chosen direction so we can avoid certain spots where we have discovered residents simply prefer allowing their dogs freedom to roam regardless of their size or breed (which causes serious concern when you have aggressive dogs rushing-up wanting to fight with our dogs on their leads or attack ourselves for standing between them)! We have a resident in our street who frequently lets her dog out of the house to carry out it’s toilet functions, in other residents gardens or the street itself - we provide photo’ images of her herself with her dog at the same time it’s doing it’s business in another resident’s garden, but regardless such behaviour goes without firm action by those responsible for their tenants.
The village does have a very large number of dog-loo’s (so no comment can be made against QUVL regarding their supply). Sadly these too are ignored by those who feel they can simply get away with allowing their dogs to mess anywhere, and then walk away without placing it in the bins!
Many of us have camera-phones or similar - perhaps, as residents who are unhappy be the behaviour of the few, we could first make sure we are not placing ourselves in any form of danger before we take photos of those who ignore their “responsibilities” and provide them to either of our two respective enforcement officials within The Council who can act upon such behaviour:
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January 8, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Well this happened to my child and he was screaming his head off. So I kicked the dog to get it off, but the owner shouted at me for being cruel to his dog and I shouted back to him who is at fault you or my child? What an idiot!
January 5, 2012 at 12:49 pm
I have and am suggesting to the powers that be that there is a dog play/agility type thing be considered as part of the newer development. There are things to think through like maintenance and cleaning etc, but given the large number of dog owners in Kingsway, it would be a well used and appreciated facility.
Barry
January 4, 2012 at 5:07 pm
In Holland and Germany they have small fenced off areas where dogs can be let off the lead to run free and burn off a little energy while also being able to foul in one area which is cleaned up by a huge ride-on pooper scooper (a little bit like a gully sucker!), thus preventing dogs fouling where they shouldn’t, or more-so the owners not picking it up. If there are dogs in the area when you arrive it is courteous to ask if your dog can join or you wait until they leave. Maybe something like this can be installed within Kingsway, especially now we don’t have the large field to use near the orchard? This also helps families who can’t walk their dogs long distance (due to health) or who just need the dog to go to the toilet.
Just an idea.
January 4, 2012 at 4:58 pm
I am a dog owner and I too believe dogs should be kept on a lead when walking around residential areas.
My male dog does not always get on with other male dogs and it annoys me when I keep him on a lead away from dogs he does not know only for other owners to say “it’s ok my dog is friendly” while running over towards me. Who will be in the wrong if my dog is aggressive to the other one? Hopefully not me as my dog is on a lead.
January 4, 2012 at 11:33 am
This is something we noticed the other day. We took our children to the park near the school and whilst walking along the walking/cycle path from Woodvale to the park, we saw a springer spaniel running around and chasing a cat, the cat was clearly distressed and luckily escaped but we watched thinking thank goodness there was no car otherwise the cat or the dog could have met a nasty end.
We then witnessed the said dog running all over residents front gardens before the owners finally came into view, they were shouting for the dog to return to them however the dog was very excited and of course took no notice.
After we passed them both myself and my husband commented about how irresponsible it was for the owners to not have the dog on a lead in that area, luckily the dog didn’t venture near my children, who are not really used to dogs, they would have been extremely scared if it had. I shudder to think of what could happen if an over excited dog went near children who were not used to dogs and how a dog could react to those terrified children. I am not anti-dog by the way, but to me it is common sense and responsible to only let the dogs off a lead when you are in a safe clear space.
On a slightly different matter but one that could have affected the dog, there was quite a lot of broken glass along the cycle/walking path off Woodvale, with the dog running quite ahead of the couple who owned him, he could have injured himself on the glass which of course is dangerous for adults and children using that path. If the dog had been on a lead then again the owners could have seen the potential danger and possibly steered the dog away from the area littered with glass.
January 4, 2012 at 9:47 am
Unfortunately even putting up notices wont make a difference to some owners. If they don’t care about cleaning up the mess when the signs are there saying they can be fined, they’re going to take as much notice of other signs.
They’re probably the same people who will tell you where to go if you ask them to put their out of control dog on a lead.
January 3, 2012 at 5:41 pm
Thank you. It is a shame that there are no notices up to remind dog owners, as the above reply is clearly ignored.
January 3, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Hi Mitzi,
This is a subject which has repeatedly cropped up over the last 41/2 years.
The last post on the subject is: Doggy Do Do’s… & Don’ts which I created in April 2011.
That post includes links to all the previous posts on the subject, and the following information which is pertinent to your post:
Another post linked from that one is “Dangerous Dogs” Unleashed on Kingsway which includes this post from Claire of Animal Magic (Glos’) - A Dog Trainer - who said:
Relevant Telephone Numbers:
National UK Canine Helpline: 0844 856 3303
Gloucester Streetcare Team: 01452 396396
I hope this helps.