Lazy & dirty dog owners

Hi,

We were discussing this the other day too:

Disrespectful dog owners

Steve 

Yes we saw lots of this in Torrevieja, it was all over the place, On the main pavements . We saw a woman slip on it. Disgusting.

On the urb I live on there's a few Spainish people let their dogs out off leash on the public road to go and relief themselves. Of course other nationalities are culprits too not picking up afterwards. It gets me angry and I am a dog owner.

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I have been known to confront owners who fail to clean up after their dogs, in no uncertain terms and in a few cases squaring up to them. I have a dog and be responsible for cleaning up after them….. the poor dog doesn’t know.

I’m afraid in these circumstances it isn’t the dog that is ‘the animal’ ….. disgusting people.

We have been going for years to Torrevieja and surounding areas. Find Guardamar much cleaner with very little litter and dog mess. We are veturing to another area this winter called Torre del Mar. Looks nice and clean with a big beach. Keep you informed.Torrevieja seems to have gone down hill.

Allowing your dog to foul public areas is illegal and if you have photo evidence send to the police or town Hall and they will prosecute (probably needs video footage to prove they didn't pick up afterwards). This is a tricky problem because it is widespread and not easy to prove or get the identity of the dog owner. 

I live in Calpe and it is just the same here. It's one of my pet (pun unintended) hates about living in Spain! I would accept that most dog owners are probably responsible but there seems to a "hard core" who can't be bothered to clean up after their dogs. It's an antisocial "I'm all right Jack" attitude that says "I'm not risking getting my hands dirty, someone else can clean it up"!

My wife doesn't like going out in the dark. She isn't afraid of being mugged or attacked but loathes the possibility of stepping into a pile of dog poo she can't see. It's that bad!

A few years ago, I confronted a dog owner about this sort of thing in Calpe fruit and veg. market. He had a small breed dog with him, not much bigger than a cat. Right in the middle of the market, the dog decided it had to do it's "business", which it then proceeded to do. Almost before the dog had finished, the owner started dragging it away - but not quick enough to avoid catching my eye! I looked at him, at the poo his dog had just done in the middle of the road, then at the dog and then back at him.again. He got the point and reluctantly pulled a plastic bag from his pocket and started cleaning up the poo. While this was going on, a man and a woman came striding past, right through the poo. I tried to warn them but it was too late. Incredibly however, neither of them trod in it. On reflection, it might have been best if they actually HAD trodden in it - their "remonstrations" with the dog owner might have been amusing to watch!

It's probably the same people who smoke on the beach (I thought this wasn't allowed anyway) and then throw the fag ends onto the sand instead of disposing of them properly, with the selfish, ant-social mentally that someone else can clean them up. Another of my pet hates!

Agree with all the comments. It is disgusting. We have a dog and always clean up after him. We even carry a bottle of disinfectant to wash down his wee. 

Unfortunately for years it wasn't illegal for dog's foul to the pavements, so many just can't be bothered and as there doesn't seem to be any  enforcement, it will continue. Why people can't take pride in their areas I have no idea.