Leave your dog’s ‘calling card’ in your own garden (From Runcorn and Widnes World)

Leave your dog’s ‘calling card’ in your own garden

12:46pm Tuesday 2nd March 2010 in

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IN the past few weeks I have read in this paper about the mess left by dogs in the streets.

I live in Brookfield Avenue, just off Sea Lane, Runcorn. This is a beautiful and quiet estate, but it has one great problem, – dogs and the mess that they leave on the pavements.

I am sure it is not the dogs’ fault but it is the fault of their dirty owners.

I happened to speak to the Runcorn dog warden who was visiting the area.

He informed me that a dog relieves itself about two-and-a-half minutes after leaving its home.

The dog owner must live just a short distance from my house and if so, why do they not let their dog leave its calling card in their garden instead of mine?

I would like to point out that if the owner is caught they can be fined £60 on the spot, leading up to £1,000.

So someone owes me or the council about £300 for the cleaning up of the street.

I would also like to give you a bit of advice – instead of turning down my street, carry on.

Bob McKeever Brookfield Avenue Runcorn