Dogs being banned from public parks

It is unresponsible dog owners who spoil it for responsible dog owners.

"Apparently some councils are banning dogs from public parks according to the Telegraph on- line. . "

and this is News?? 

The locol primary school where i take my grandchildren does,nt allow dogs anywhere on the premises.They have to be tied up at the gates.

v9

V9,  thats  probably  to  protect  the  dogs  tho  

My thoughts are that dogs should be kept on leads, we had about overcome my daughters fear of dogs, when a dog not on a lead bounced at her and knocked her over, now we are back to square one, admittingly the dog was only being playful but it still didn't help my daughter

All dogs should be banned from all schools , and as far as I'm concerned you are a bad dog owner if you you think otherwise, as for parks surely it depends on size yes keep them on lead until you are in an area where there are no children's activities such as play park , paddling pool  ect 

we have noticed now lots of parks have no council official (park keepers ) to enforce these rules so it comes down to good or bad dog owners 

To be honest my thoughts are dogs should be kept on a lead everywhere, daughter was walking down railway line with my wife when it happened

To be honest my thoughts are dogs should be kept on a lead everywhere, daughter was walking down railway line with my wife when it happened

I'd watch out for the trains, too....

seriously, as a child i was bitten on the face by a dog at a petrol station (owner's dog) back in the late fifties....this haunted me for many years but i really dont have a problem with being in close contact with dogs these days.....but on my own terms....

i dont what anyones dog just running at me and jumping up without the owner being there and in conteol... 

im not frightened by it (more the contrary these days) but its about control and other folk might be less tolerant than me, especially with young children about.

Some of the problems that arise,with what some people peceive as a problem with dogs,is down to the way some parents react when a dog aproaches them, by either pulling their child away? (making the child nervouse) or just letting the child run towards the dog without the sense to ask first,

If the councils are banning dogs from public parks, perhaps they could think about banning gangs of youths who vandalise and leave all sorts of nasty litter lying around in public parks.