Ban dogs on sports pitches?

[Divine Wright]

You want to stop all 11 a side football/cricket/rugby pitches and make people play 5 a side. Perhaps certain fields could be used for dog walking, and certain fields used for sport. Is it OK for sports people to be stopped but dog walkers not?

I play football on a public pitch, and the amount of dog muck on it is frankly incredible. "I'd clean it up" etc is all well and good, but clearly people aren't doing it. If you let your dog off the lead and let it run about, I don't see how it is feasible to know exactly where and when it has done its business, so I've got some sympathy but something needs to be done.

I'm not the one proposing a ban on football.

Designated pitches might be workable. In Llandaff Fields there are pitches that are more out of the way than others. When I think of this issue and imagine where exactly I'd be walking my dog, I'm thinking of the path that goes from Llandaff fields changing rooms to black weir bridge. I feel like the areas around the path would have to be left free for traffic of all sorts...dogs, walkers, kids etc. Can you imagine dog walkers and pedestrians all having use that narrow stretch of path? I think it could be problematic.

But the answer is not a quick fix type of thing. The answer is to control who can have a dog. To ensure they are properly trained to handle a dog (including picking up it's shit). Heavier penalties for dog owners who don't follow the laws. Encourge people to report those who they see leaving crap...maybe a quick-dial report line. Threaten to take dogs away from owners if they are unable to take care of them properly. Make it unacceptable.

With regards football pitches. There should be an inspection before every match anyway to make sure the pitch is free of glass and other dangerous objects. Maybe the council could provide dog shit/glass/cans hoovers and antibacterial killer foam spray so that the pitch is completely free of foreign objects.

It takes time and it takes thought and organisation but that is what living together in the same space is about......cohabiting.....conviviality. Not just banning stuff when you don't like it. That's pathetic IMO. As pathetic an attitude as leavingdog shit on the floor.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

I'm not the one proposing a ban on football.

Why can’t football teams go and play in Gôl or one of those private places? It’s not that expensive.

Yes, you are the one proposing a ban on football. And trust me, it is expensive.

[Divine Wright]

Yes, you are the one proposing a ban on football. And trust me, it is expensive.

I'm not. I have no problem with people playing football on a saturday/sunday morning. I just find it arrogant to think they can dictate how the space be used when they are not using it and therefore suggested they move along to another venue that meets their standards rather than shunting others.

It's expensive ? So is Gol. How much do you want to play football ? Enough for each player to fork out an extra 2 quid a week ? Surely that would pay for the neccessary equipment to check and clean a football pitch . Get the players to turn up 5 minutes early to make sure THEIR playing surface is up to standard. I dunno, be prepared to put a little head and leg work in.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

I'm not. I have no problem with people playing football on a saturday/sunday morning. I just find it arrogant to think they can dictate how the space be used when they are not using it and therefore suggested they move along to another venue that meets their standards rather than shunting others.

It's expensive ? So is Gol. How much do you want to play football ? Enough for each player to fork out an extra 2 quid a week ? Surely that would pay for the neccessary equipment to check and clean a football pitch . Get the players to turn up 5 minutes early to make sure THEIR playing surface is up to standard. I dunno, be prepared to put a little head and leg work in.

You're dictating where people should play football, and letting dog walkers who are the issue roam free. When dog owners in this thread can see the problems, while you, who doesn't have a dog can't is more than a little odd. Nobody is tarring all dogs/dog owners with the same brush but unfortunately, some dog owners don't clean up after their dog. Seems reasonable to have some parks for dogs, and some parks for football, cricket, rugby etc.

Also, Gol is just 5/7 a side. You're proposing to stop the 11 a side game in Cardiff. Give you head a wobble.

[Wales-Bales]

You're dictating where people should play football, and letting dog walkers who are the issue roam free. When dog owners in this thread can see the problems, while you, who doesn't have a dog can't is more than a little odd. Nobody is tarring all dogs/dog owners with the same brush but unfortunately, some dog owners don't clean up after their dog. Seems reasonable to have some parks for dogs, and some parks for football, cricket, rugby etc.

Also, Gol is just 5/7 a side. You're proposing to stop the 11 a side game in Cardiff.Give you head a wobble.

Why stop at eliminating the 11 a side game in Cardiff? I propose we ban all professional football in Britain on the grounds that it consumes too much electricity. Global warming should take precedence over people running around chasing a ball. Also ban TV's for the same reason. If we're going to be stupid we might as well be really stupid

[Der Kaiser]

Why stop at eliminating the 11 a side game in Cardiff? I propose we ban all professional football in Britain on the grounds that it consumes too much electricity. Global warming should take precedence over people running around chasing a ball. Also ban TV's for the same reason. If we're going to be stupid we might as well be really stupid

At least we wouldn't have to watch city lose every week. Could get on board with that.

[ken smith]

I'm not. I have no problem with people playing football on a saturday/sunday morning. I just find it arrogant to think they can dictate how the space be used when they are not using it and therefore suggested they move along to another venue that meets their standards rather than shunting others.

It's expensive ? So is Gol. How much do you want to play football ? Enough for each player to fork out an extra 2 quid a week ? Surely that would pay for the neccessary equipment to check and clean a football pitch . Get the players to turn up 5 minutes early to make sure THEIR playing surface is up to standard. I dunno, be prepared to put a little head and leg work in.

Yet the fact SOME dog owners expect to be able to let their dogs shit all over the shop and expect others to pick up after them is not arrogance. If pitches are used by children then **** dog owners to be frank. With obesity etc, any spaces used to encourage children to exercise should be looked after and clean.

[Divine Wright]

Yet the fact SOME dog owners expect to be able to let their dogs shit all over the shop and expect others to pick up after them is not arrogance. If pitches are used by children then **** dog owners to be frank. With obesity etc, any spaces used to encourage children to exercise should be looked after and clean.

The fat bastards should adopt a dog. That’ll get them out walking.

[chris lee]

I was walking our dog down some fields near Porthcawl last winter, the took a shit and as I went to bag it a guy shouted across to me to leave it there, I thought he was having me on and continued to pick it up, had a chat and turned out he was the farmer said next time leave your shit in the fields it is good for land!

Obviously this was privately owned farm land, but never thought about it in that way before.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

The fat bastards should adopt a dog. That’ll get them out walking.

Let's hope that they don't fall between two stools.

[Igovernor]

I'm not. I have no problem with people playing football on a saturday/sunday morning. I just find it arrogant to think they can dictate how the space be used when they are not using it and therefore suggested they move along to another venue that meets their standards rather than shunting others.

It's expensive ? So is Gol. How much do you want to play football ? Enough for each player to fork out an extra 2 quid a week ? Surely that would pay for the necessary equipment to check and clean a football pitch . Get the players to turn up 5 minutes early to make sure THEIR playing surface is up to standard. I dunno, be prepared to put a little head and leg work in.

You really are being silly, and arrogant, there is a high risk of children and adults going blind by being in contact with dog faeces, and just because someone goes around removing muck from a playing fields does not mean that the ground is free from bacteria, any dog owner that lets their dog roam on a sports pitch is being irresponsible and selfish with no thought of the health of people using these pitches, so it seems to me you are exactly the same, if you are not just on a windup!

[Divine Wright]

You really are being silly, and arrogant, there is a high risk of children and adults going blind by being in contact with dog faeces, and just because someone goes around removing muck from a playing fields does not mean that the ground is free from bacteria, any dog owner that lets their dog roam on a sports pitch is being irresponsible and selfish with no thought of the health of people using these pitches, so it seems to me you are exactly the same, if you are not just on a windup!

Wooh. How dare you call me silly. You rogue.

You’re being soft butt. Go on, go and google dog shit related blindness and then tell me about the 2 cases in the last 30 years.

Head related injuries from playing football/cricket/rugby are far more common and serious than toxocariasis.

[Organ Morgan.]

Wooh. How dare you call me silly. You rogue.

You’re being soft butt. Go on, go and google dog shit related blindness and then tell me about the 2 cases in the last 30 years.

Head related injuries from playing football/cricket/rugby are far more common and serious than toxocariasis.

You did well there by making allowances for Igovernor. He's at the homemade horseradish wine most evenings and is befuddled by half-eight to 9pm. When the News at Ten adverts come on he's out the front loudly offering to fight any neighbours who care to take him on. None ever do, they just turn the volume up on their TVs.

[Igovernor]

Actually I do not drink, but you really are an idiot who is probably pissed by 09.00,

and for Divine wright

It's hard to determine exactly how many cases occur every year, as the condition is often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed. Many people are likely to have been exposed to the parasites without knowing it.
In general, toxocariasis is more common in children and young adults