Stop the IOW council bringing in the ban of dogs in public spaces

Humans cause more mess and damage, not sure why the council are punishing dogs. If they have responsible owners shouldn’t be a problem.

Would be a great shame when these animals bring such joy you people to stop that when mental illness is on the up.

Ridiculous proposal which would be to the absolute detriment of the Island. Whichever officer of the IoW Council who came up with this needs to seriously consider the repercussions of their actions. Shame on you!!!!!!

Any one should support this petition, responsible dog owners should have the rights to walk their dogs on beaches! The delight of living on the island.

This is redick

Please don't penalise responsible dog owners because of the actions of a few bad ones.

We need to be able to walk our dogs in nice places for them and us. How about they start prosecuting people who don't pick up their dogs mess rather than banning people who do.

Don't ostracise people with dogs

By all means be clear on the rules and then enforce them as I agree there are in the minority a few irresponsible owners but don’t punish the majority!

Wtf is this just ridiculous

Family friendly isle. ....family includes the pooch if you're a dog owner....surely this ban would damage tourist income too!

Dogs are family if we can walk with kids y not dogs

I am a non resident on the IOW, but when we do visit, our lab loves a walk on the beach. I also have met many dog walkers on our visits, whose dogs enjoy the freedom of the beaches and green spaces. Not all dogs are vicious, and not all dog owners are irresponsible. Don't punish those who aren't at fault. Instead put the effort into finding those who don't abide by the islands rules, and cause problems for those dog owners on the island.

One of the Islands main attractions is its openness and accessibility for our faithful 4 legged friends. Tourists and islanders alike meet and chat over a dog walk in all sorts of locations. The current restrictions are sensible and adequate. The Council need to stop finding problems where there aren't any!

As a dog owner myself I find this awful.

This is vile and the council needs to get their act together and realise how disgusting this is, how would they feel if they were banned from their favourite beach or park, absolutely vile

Ridiculous, just employ a warden and empty the bins more frequently.

Keep dogs on leads in cementeies is common sense ,banning Them daft ,keep the summer beach ban but total ban stupidity ie dogs on leads at the duvet madness!!

it's a shame I suspect that cost cutting and emptying pooh bins is behind this, maybe the council should stop closing down public play areas too.

Allowing me to walk my dog on the beach is precious to me. Please don't take it away