Dogs on the course?

[Griffsters]

You bend down with a bag and pick it up... you ever seen a dog walker scrubbing a grass verge?

It's ok to not like dogs, but please don't be deliberately obtuse.

I love dogs and love the idea of a well behaved pooch as company during a solo round.

But, I fear the cold hard reality. Dog poo can be sloppy , and it will at some point end up on a golf ball, that's why I voted no. I dislike dog poo on my ball / clubs / clothing more than the idea of taking pooch with me to the golf course!

 

[Deleted member 30522]

You bend down with a bag and pick it up... you ever seen a dog walker scrubbing a grass verge?

It's ok to not like dogs, but please don't be deliberately obtuse.

A grass verge is not a golf course where folks balls roll around and you pick them up. You're the one being obtuse, and I have no issue with dogs, my daughter has a lovely staffy and until recently a chocolate lab as well.

 

[Backache]

Wild animals and birds also poo on golf courses. I have no truck with people who don't pick up their dogs poo but the idea that a tiny residue that could be left after picking up is more of a problem than the wild animal and bird poo that exists is not one I agree with.

 

[Deleted member 30522]

Wild animals and birds also poo on golf courses. I have no truck with people who don't pick up their dogs poo but the idea that a tiny residue that could be left after picking up is more of a problem than the wild animal and bird poo that exists is not one I agree with.

Well...
1. Dogs will be covering the areas golfers cover
2. IF you mean deer & rabbits, (struggling to think of other wild animals that cover a course), then they are veggie, they drop pellets much like rabbits, and are harmless, unlike dog poo

 

[Backache]

I was thinking of foxes whose poo is pretty pungent.

 

[Golfnut1957]

You bend down with a bag and pick it up... you ever seen a dog walker scrubbing a grass verge?

It's ok to not like dogs, but please don't be deliberately obtuse.

Nice try, but some people just can't help themselves.

 

[Deleted member 30522]

Nice try, but some people just can't help themselves.

Ironic as he was the one being obtuse

 

[Deleted member 30522]

I was thinking of foxes whose poo is pretty pungent.

My point still stands, and tbf I've never come across fox poo on the course, birds, rabbits & deer, yes.

 

[Backache]

My point still stands, and tbf I've never come across fox poo on the course, birds, rabbits & deer, yes.

I have come across fox poo occasionally I have nothing against rabbit or deer poo. There are dogs walked on our course and I have never yet been troubled by a few scrapings of dog poo when it has been removed.Nor have I on other courses where people walking dogs and not clearing up after them is a little more common on municipal courses where not cleared up dog poo is an occasional hazard but the bits left over have not been that I observe.

 

[Deleted member 21445]

Defo not in competitions for me.

If I ever go down for a few holes on a summer evening on my own I take my dog, stays on lead even though she wouldn't run away.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Resurrecting this thread just to report on a survey poll of Full Members carried out by my club on dogs being allowed on the course.

The poll was WTTE of Do you want the club to run a three month pilot allowing members to take their dog onto the course. Yes/No.

50% of members responded. 53% said No to the pilot.

TBH I was a bit surprised. I voted in favour of the pilot, but made clear to the club that whilst I might support a pilot I am currently dead against allowing dogs on the course. But recognising membership is not about me, I supported the idea of the pilot given I had no idea of how the wider membership thought of the idea.

But there you go. No pilot.

 

[rosecott]

Resurrecting this thread just to report on a survey poll of Full Members carried out by my club on dogs being allowed on the course.

The poll was WTTE of Do you want the club to run a three month pilot allowing members to take their dog onto the course. Yes/No.

50% of members responded. 53% said No to the pilot.

TBH I was a bit surprised. I voted in favour of the pilot, but made clear to the club that whilst I might support a pilot I am currently dead against allowing dogs on the course. But recognising membership is not about me, I supported the idea of the pilot given I had no idea of how the wider membership thought of the idea.

But there you go. No pilot.

I am struggling with the idea of support of the pilot in spite of being dead against allowing dogs.

 

[nickjdavis]

I am struggling with the idea of support of the pilot in spite of being dead against allowing dogs.

It' s called having an open mind. Whilst @SwingsitlikeHogan is currently against dogs on the course, he is happy to engage in a pilot to determine if there is indeed a negative effect.

Pretty much only 26% of his club voted against the pilot....I reckon they should have gone ahead with the trial.

 

[Backache]

Pretty much only 26% of his club voted against the pilot....I reckon they should have gone ahead with the trial.

Mind you only 23% appeared to want a pilot so why have one with so little support?

 

[JonnyGutteridge]

Dogs are welcome at our place.
Up until a couple of years ago, there was no requirement for them to be on the lead. Some people had worked very hard to have beautifully trained “golf dogs” that patiently waited by the sides of greens, didn’t run all over the place, and also understood to sit still during tee shots.

However, a few people started bringing less well behaved dogs down and some deer were chased and now it’s required that they’re kept on a lead.

I love when playing partners bring dogs! But I’d be gutted if I worked hard to immaculately train it, only to then have to put it on a lead anyway!

 

[IanM]

Saunton had the same vote last year. Proposed pilot on West Course only, members' dogs only.

Voted down, comfortably if I remember.

Disappointed by that. Maybe folk didn't understand what "pilot" meant.

 

[Crow]

Disappointed by that. Maybe folk didn't understand what "pilot" meant.

Thin end of the wedge?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

It' s called having an open mind. Whilst @SwingsitlikeHogan is currently against dogs on the course, he is happy to engage in a pilot to determine if there is indeed a negative effect.

Pretty much only 26% of his club voted against the pilot....I reckon they should have gone ahead with the trial.

This was my thinking.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Saunton had the same vote last year. Proposed pilot on West Course only, members' dogs only.

Voted down, comfortably if I remember.

Disappointed by that. Maybe folk didn't understand what "pilot" meant.

I suspect that for many in a golf club the word ‘pilot’ signifies opening the door to the decision of the board - I do not believe that to be the case with my club. In other circumstances and contexts it can be the way of kicking the can down the road before shutting thr door that is ajar and locking it (mixing my metaphors terribly )

On the point of dogs on courses…in urban contexts where open land may be limited and/or very heavily used I might well see a case…but we are essentially in a rural location where open farmland, heathland and common anounds.

 

[wull]

I have no problem with it if they are under control, either people walking them on the course or the golfers themselves.