Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Plans for dogs to be banned from playgrounds and forced to wear leads
I wonder how easy this will be to enforce?
Plans are underway to ban dogs from playgrounds and force owners to keep them on leads in streets and parks.
The requirements form part of new dog control and dog exclusion orders - set up to control unruly behaviour by pets in designated areas across the borough.
If it goes ahead, safer neighbourhood teams will have the power to force owners to put their dogs on leads in areas including roads, car parks, council housing estates and parks more than half a hectare in size.
The proposals will now open to consultation after Haringey Council’s cabinet agreed to the move at a meeting on Tuesday.
Cllr Nilgun Canver, cabinet member for the environment, said in her report: “Orders that allow for dogs to be placed on a lead or required to be placed on a lead will ensure that dogs are better controlled. Aggressive behaviour and irresponsible dog ownership, such as fouling, can therefore be more easily challenged.”
From Hornsey Journal
Tags for Forum Posts: consultation, dangerous dogs, dog control orders, dog walking, dogs
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Grief, illegal estate agents signs are a sitting target and they can't enforce them. Wish them the best of luck with moving targets.
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Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on
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my thoughts exactly. although the article appears to suggest LBoH are very much expecting the SNT to take the lead, if you will pardon the pun.
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In which case I hope it doesn't fall in between the same two stools that enforcing the 20 MPH speed limit does. Bless all who sail in her.
Oh, and Happy Christmas Haringey Council,
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Yup. I think this story has legs.
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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on
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Don't put your foot in it..
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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If we don't put these bloody Councillors on a lead, they'll be driving us to consultation again.
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Permalink Reply by HoL Site Admin on
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Reply on Twitter from @martinconfusion:
@harringayonline Great idea,I have 3 dogs,And drive out of area to walk them as they have been attacked too many times!
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Children also need time off the lead to run, sniff, explore, etc to excercise them, without having to worry about dogs.
I'm all for this, I am fed up of having to be on continual watch for errant dogs running around Finsbury Park when I take my granddaughter for walks around the duck pond, and having to grab my granddaughter out of their way. Some of the dogs are bigger than her. The owners always say that their dog wouldn't hurt anyone but how am I to know, I can't take the risk. I have been bitten by a 'staffy' type dog and its jaws encompassed my thigh (no mean feat!), it was passing calmly by with its owner, off the lead, and for no reason suddenly turned.
I am not totally anti dog, I just think that urban environments are not a good place for the bigger breeds that need more exercise, and there are just too many of them and too many irresponsible owners. I also think that you can exercise your dog on a long extending lead and if you can't run fast enough get on a bike and do it that way. I'd also like to see dog licences brought back and compulsory tagging to encourage more responsible dog ownership.
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Permalink Reply by Simon Olley on
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Once again, a sledgehammer to crack a mutt. It's like covering the roads in humps rather than punishing the drivers who drive over the speed limit.
Let's first accept the biggest part of the problem is owners not dogs, and it's a minority
Pets make a wonderful contribution to our lives, enriching them and for many providing a valuable companion. We must be so wary introducing blanket legislation that does more harm than good. As a dog owner myself it often saddens me that some parents are so reluctant to enable their children to be confident with animals though I can completely understand their fears when there are dogs allowed to run freely who have clearly had no training or are even actively encouraged to be aggressive.
This is all about problem owners who will disregard the laws anyway and so it will be responsible dog owners and their perfectly acceptably behaved pets that will be ultimately punished. The same goes for dealing with fouling.
I often take my dog up to Highgate woods which is, to be fair, a better location than a park for dogs and walkers alike where a kind of unofficial dog walking period has developed. Go up there between 9 and 11 and you'll find a core of responsible dog owners who meet and allow their dogs the opportunity to play and socialise with each other and are extremely vigilant about fouling (most of which has happened before reaching the park itself. After that there's a kind of acknowledgment that the park is returned to mum's and toddlers.
Cllr Canver needs to be wary about further expanding a quasi police state. The council should be there to give freedom and opportunity to residents not repress it by suffocating it in restrictions.
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