I am not on Facebook but constantly getting sent msg about Dog Warden, any truth?

Suckit

I have been getting messages for nearly two weeks now from people, often with a screenshot of the main message.

***Dog owner friends***
Just to let everyone know theres dog wardens in your area and dogs have to be on a lead which was effectie from August 1st.
It's €100 on the spot fine or €1200 and a court date if you don't pay.
Dogs have to be on a lead from September 1st in all public parks.

Any truth to this?
I cannot find anything other than new proposals in Lancashire for that date.

Some screen shots are saying that the person that posted it, was actually approached and given a written warning. But i have actually seen two separate screens saying very similarly worded things.

kylith

I've heard this too, and it does seem that they have to be on lead in council owned parks, which is a right pain because Finn gets really stressed in dog parks cos he can't get away from over-boisterous dogs.

Suckit

Beaches and Public parks i have been told. But i would have thought that i would have heard more on it, the by-laws being changed etc. than somebody forwarding me a facebook post.
A few people forwarding different posts amounts to the same thing.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Depends on where you live. Recent new by laws in Louth impose a fine on any dog in any public area not on a leash, plus additional requirements as to the number of pooper scooper bags the dog walker carries.

Bredabe

Suckit wrote: »

Beaches and Public parks i have been told. But i would have thought that i would have heard more on it, the by-laws being changed etc. than somebody forwarding me a facebook post.
A few people forwarding different posts amounts to the same thing.

If you are in ROI, there should have been an appeal process, so ppl could share their views on changing rules which apply to them in a publicly owned amenity. So if the cll own the area you are concerned about, a visit to their www or call should clarify it for you.

There seems to be a shift to this type of thinking in Ireland, tho it seems each cll have different rules in place.

Suckit

Yes, i am in Gormanston.

I think it is only a proposition at the moment but i do not know.
It looks like people are still being given the option to voice their opinion about it.
https://consult.fingal.ie/en/consultation/proposed-changes-parks-open-spaces-bye-laws/chapter/section-three-bye-law-47-animals

From what i have read so far, it looks like a large majority on that site are for bringing it in.

Edited
Maybe it is finished, because i cannot submit an opinion.

mojesius

Would this include the Phoenix park?

Suckit

mojesius wrote: »

Would this include the Phoenix park?

I do not think so, unless Dublin Co Co are waiting to see how effective this is.

tk123

Our DCC park got new signs the other week and the bye-laws aren't on them.. surely we would have heard by now it was happening here too? I walk the dogs off lead early in the morning before the warden clocks on for the day so we'll be fine.

Dial Hard

Every local authority has their own rules. I'm South Dublin CC and dogs can be off-lead in public places but must be kept on a lead in their parks. But some parks have their own bye-laws in addition, e.g. Bushy Park allows dogs to be off-lead for the first hour after the park opens.

kylith

Fancy opening my own park: "Children under 14 must be leashed at all times. Dogs are fine."

Bredabe

Suckit wrote: »

Yes, i am in Gormanston.

I think it is only a proposition at the moment but i do not know.
It looks like people are still being given the option to voice their opinion about it.
https://consult.fingal.ie/en/consultation/proposed-changes-parks-open-spaces-bye-laws/chapter/section-three-bye-law-47-animals

From what i have read so far, it looks like a large majority on that site are for bringing it in.

Edited
Maybe it is finished, because i cannot submit an opinion.

You could try emailing or fb'ing you local cllr(s)/td(s) to state your objections, so they cant say truthfully that there weren't any objections to the changes.

Suckit

Bredabe wrote: »

You could try emailing or fb'ing you local cllr(s)/td(s) to state your objections, so they cant say truthfully that there weren't any objections to the changes.

This seems to have caught a lot of people by surprise. I received another three whatsapp messages today. Anybody i have been talking to about it, had never heard anything about it.
But obviously some people did, as there are quite a few agreeing to it on that page.

I will be emailing them, that is a good idea, but i think it may be too little too late. It seems that it may already have been passed.

noodler

In fingal cc myself.

I thought every major park I've ever been in has the leash rule.

I always have off the leash and just aim for more secluded areas.

Although I'm lucky my dog stays near me.

tk123

Anyone who's met the warden in our park had been asked to put the dog on lead.. warden leaves and dog goes off lead again. Ours is off lead during certain times and there's no designated area

Bredabe

Suckit wrote: »

This seems to have caught a lot of people by surprise. I received another three whatsapp messages today. Anybody i have been talking to about it, had never heard anything about it.
But obviously some people did, as there are quite a few agreeing to it on that page.

I will be emailing them, that is a good idea, but i think it may be too little too late. It seems that it may already have been passed.

They tried to radically change the allowed usage of local parks where my sib lives, ridiculous stuff, like picking flowers and dogs of a certain breed not being allowed in the park or adjutant areas at all.

Overwhelming amount of objections(they had to open another office for the volume of written objection), it was known to most ppl as the animal welfare and businesses made ppl aware. Either way, you have nothing to lose by objecting now and in the future, if nothing else, it shows their publicity is lacking and that is unfair to votes and rate payers.

ganmo

Bredabe wrote: »

They tried to radically change the allowed usage of local parks where my sib lives, ridiculous stuff, like picking flowers and dogs of a certain breed not being allowed in the park or adjutant areas at all.

Overwhelming amount of objections(they had to open another office for the volume of written objection), it was known to most ppl as the animal welfare and businesses made ppl aware. Either way, you have nothing to lose by objecting now and in the future, if nothing else, it shows their publicity is lacking and that is unfair to votes and rate payers.

Why would ya pick flowers from a public park? Once you pick them they die, leave them there they seed next years flowers.

Dog wardens don't seem to be doing their job much these days, facebook is where ppl seem to go if they find a dog

Latatian

If they just enforced laws about dogs being under control if off lead, there wouldn't be a problem. On leash laws add nothing to that except a nuisance for the law abiding.

The dog warden could walk through any park, with or without a dog themselves, and ask people to call their dog. The people with under control dogs walk quietly past, and they're not a problem to anyone anyway, the dogs not under control run at him, pester his dog etc.