While many of us may sympathise with residents who put signs like this outside their houses, they’re not actually doing anything beyond perhaps relieving a little frustration.Those dog walkers that pick up, already doodoo… and those that don’t aren’t the sort of people that are going to respond to a sign.

The streets around Chilworth are nothing like as bad as some places, but there is still too much dog-fouling. We have council signs threatening fines (has anyone ever been fined?), and supposedly a dog warden service.  Can anything be done to improve matters?  If you have an opinion on this, why not share it on the Forum?  Who knows, we may find a way of getting through to the miscreants (the delinquent owners of dogs).