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Advice to Dog Owners

For advice on dog fouling issues, reporting stray and lost dogs and cats, or reporting offenders against the Order, contact our Contact Centre on 01276 707100.

Within the Borough the dog walker must scoop their dog's mess up from all designated land to which the public have access. Designated land includes:

• Footways and paths of all descriptions
• Play areas, picnic sites and outdoor eating places
• Sport playing pitches including 5 metre border
• Formal parks and land where the grass is cut
• Land outside schools and hospitals
• Car parks, public transport bays and surrounds
• Cycleways and surfaced areas near to houses
• Basingstoke Canal towpath
• Shopping areas, markets and public circulation areas
• Cemeteries and war memorials
• Land surrounding toilets, recycling sites and public buildings

To dispose of dog faeces:
Use the provided dog bins, or
Carefully place in any of our litter bins, providing the poop is bagged and tied!

Never allow your pet to foul anywhere where people walk and play.
Dogs must have an identity tag and must be kept on leads whilst on the highway. Strays are always impounded.

Please note: The Order does not apply to: heathland, woodland and common land providing, fouling of car parks, footways, formal area, picnic and play spaces is not allowed to occur. (An additional one-metre mess-free border applies to footpaths).