http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26015843-421,00.html




LOL WUT?

scum

Ummmm, wut?

traffic inspectors

dog = not vehicle
not vehicle = not traffic

I'd tell them to stick the fine between their anal sphincter muscle and rectum.

yeah but they're still council workers sooooo they still probly do fines like that

they probably did it as a joke....

they are dogs at large themselves... fuckwits of immense proportions

And if the poor dog had felt threatened by some little unsupervised child that was smothering it and patting it too hard, or pulled it's tail and it bit said child??? Yeah then there would be cries of put the dog down.

This imaginary "unsupervised child" shouldn't be near a tied up dog, or a Lion/Tiger for that matter.

Well a dog shouldn't be tied up unsupervised either.

I don't agree with the fine, but the dog owner cannot possibly be responsible for their dog while it's tied up like that.

but i kinda agree with the fine.... its a public area, with obviously lots of kids 'potentially' to be around.... it may be placid at home but dogs are unpredictable around others/strangers/mischevious kids... she should've left it at home... and how were the inspectors to know the owner was 'just inside the markets'...

shoot the mut

I think they fine for everything now that's why I don't agree with the fine but it doesn't bother me that much.

The amount of food people have, the shear amount of people at the markets could make it a nightmare if something happened, what if some asshole decided to untie the dog? What would the owner do then??

spot on! I have had an experience with a 'gentle family friendly dog' at a place similar to a market and about 40+ stitches later my leg was put back together! so no sympathy from me!

Perhaps the council should setup a kind of "Dog rack", much like a bike rack but different.

or

They should provide ninja's for old lady's to protect them rather than dogs, there is no way a ninja would accept a parking fine.

yeah like i'd tie my little maltesse up next to a 'bigger' dog.... i'd come back to just the leash on the ground.....
im just lucky my dog is small enough to fit in my handbag if i take it to the markets (which i dont!)

Yeah, cos they'd be off playing crazy dog games and having a great time, going to movies 'n' shit. I think this is a great idea, especially for the dogs. I'm going to email this awesome idea to the prime minister.

a. there was no fine just a warning.

b. the feral women should have left her mut at home knowing after going to the markets for years that dogs are not allowed there

c. wanna give ya dog excerise walk ya dog take it home then go to the markets.

DCC= Darwin Circus Clowns
Ripping off rate payers since sawyer was elected

OT must be a slow news day.

you ignorant bitch calling this woman a feral because she walked her dog to the markets, to some people a dog is all they have in the way of company and cant comprehend not taking it with them. Who are you to judge her because she took it for a walk. And if you try to read the artical the dog was not tied up in the markets, she had left it "outside Darwin's Rapid Creek market" tied up so as not to take it in where it wasnt alowed.

She tied it up away from people, gave it water and went to do her shopping how can you think theres anything whong with that, if a child gets to close and gets bitten, where are the parents that should be supervising/ teaching their children not to go near strange dogs?

Chucky there is no 'outside' for those markets for about two blocks.. the place is always so full of cars, people, children etc.... it was a bit silly for her to take the animal to such a public place... and if the dog was outside as you say then i fear if the dog got stressed being by the 'main road' and tried to pull loose on the leash and ran out onto the road.... there are too many 'could've' scenarios and listening to Sawyer yesterday on the radio she only got a warning - the officers had no choice but to put it in the same plastic pocket the parking tickets go into - hence why the public and news believed it was a parking ticket.... its a good reminder to responsible dog owners that perhaps taking your dog to a public place like the markets isnt such a good idea for either party... and that i agree with!

yes but this doesnt strike me as a first for the woman or the dog, seem like it would be a regular occurance of an old lady taking her dog to the markets and less chance f the dog being stressed by cars. i think we live in a pretty sad world if an elderly person is being told she can no longer take her faithful dog out with her. i know a few people who would decide if the dog cant go they wont bother going either which isnt so good for the condition of the elderly.

oi calm down the feral bit was a joke feral/hippy geez she is an art teacher after all!
If she can go to work everyday without her dog she can go to the markets for an hour with out it.
and another thing that has not been highlighted...

the dog had no rego tag.... so she isn't exactly a responsible owner now is she... i think she should thank her lucky stars they were nice to her about this issue.

my art teacher took his dog with him to work everyday and tied him up just outside the classroom, thankfully unlike you some people understand that to some people a dog is a companion and they have a feeling of clossness much like to children, and the principle was fine with it.

*popcorn*

lol abit like that hey tim....!!

And all the while they forget my ideas to solve these issues......sigh.....

for fuck sake, you cant even take your dog for a walk to the shops these days.

What the world coming too.

mmhm

it seems like once again, we will not know the full story because the NT news is so damn pathetic.

if it was just a warning. good on em.
if it was a ticket, they talked about it first so obviously they thought it wasn't appropriate for it to be tied up where it was.

either way, we dont know the full story.

edit:
blame everybody's greed..... "we can sue you because of that"
we've all contributed to causing this. collective greed has meant that everybody is more cautious than they were 20-30 years ago even.

Well it turns out that the dog did not get a parking ticket, but just a note to say that the dog did not have it registered tags on, thats if the dog was registered.

The note also said that it is in fact illegal to tie your dog up and leave it, in a public place.

how many ppl walk their dog to the shop when they go to get the paper or a bottle of milk and tie it up out the front ?

the council are taking it a little too far

Lots of people speed too, just because some people do it doesn't mean it's any more legal.

not saying it's legal or not meg. just a bit of common sense on the council's part would be good

7pm project on 10 crossed to darwin tonight and interviewed her. watch for a protest on sunday.

Plenty, always see someones dog tied up outside woolies when I go there to do groceries.

Council need to find better things to do with their time.

Council ensuring that the markets are safe and enjoyable for all patrons?? This is a waste of time?? I think not. If you look at the big picture, look at any dog attack for example, the majority of these are caused by stupid owners being irresponsible, warning this person of the laws does no harm but to inform the public of the laws that they abide by living in this city.

Instead of microchipping and registering animals, I believe they should be registering owners, some owners are complete and total fuck ups, they should never own an animal, but unfortunately we can not just say that someone cannot own animals until something happens with a dog registered to them, being the fuckwits they are the dogs aren't registered and the cycle starts again until the next "something" happens.

I'll give you a perfect example, there are designated areas where you are allowed to take your dogs off lead, there are many places that specifically say you cannot. Joe and I took our two dogs to the beach, decided we would not be letting them off leash so went to the off leash side of the beach only to come across another owner on that side that had decided to walk her dog off leash anyway, her dog came up to us and she was about half a km away from us, she did not recall her dog she just let it come up to us. When she got closer she looked at me funny because I was keeping my dog away from hers, "oh he's friendly" I was told, now this may be the case but this fuck wit has absolutely no idea about the way my dog will react to hers, I could have him on leash because he is dog aggressive and I don't trust him off leash (which isn't the case but how does she know?).

If my dog had attacked hers and done damage I can tell you that the sensationalised front page of the newspaper would have read " PIT BULL ATTACKS FRIENDLY FAMILY PET" or something equally emotionally driven because my Staffordshire Bull Terrier had defended his people and his personal space, I would have moved heaven and earth for this women to be found guilty of irresponsible pet ownership and she'd be the one fighting to keep her dog or from owning another one.

The Council are revenue raising in car park fines and however they can, I completely agree but they are doing their job, no different to the police enforcing the law.


Just as an aside, this woman was not fined she was warned and that's straight from a DCC worker as well as all the other sources that have said so.

So what should Council have done? Stood around and waited for her to come back?? It's a woman shopping, 5 mins my ass. Left her completely uninformed that she was breaking the law so she can do it again??

I'm genuinely asking what would have been the better common sense thing to do?

For fuck sakes you people can whinge and talk some shit, its an elderly lady and a dog.
Exactly what Chucky said what is wrong with the lady to take her dog for a walk and tie it up, bugger the stupid law.
If it was a rottweiler or a bulldog or something yeh maybe it be a little stupid but knowing an old lady it be a typical lapdog.

Some people got to pull there heads out of there asses sometimes and think about common sense, secondly little kids are supposed to be supervised by there parents and walking up to a dog is like walking up to someones car.
Seriously... This world and its bullshit lawsuits and these bullshit laws are totally constrictive, dog owners are advised to give there dogs exercise im assuming her the lady would live in an apartment or a house with a small yard, next its told for people to go for walks for exercise and take there dogs *Adverts on TV*. So it's probably the only time she'd go for walks etc.

Its a lot of assuming, but for people to say this is wrong is just a wake up call for people brains to need to kick into gear and live in the real world.

Jesus some of you can over react so easily. Someone gets a warning, just a note to let them know they are breaking the law, and you go and get your knickers all twisted...typical hothead attitude

megz you need to find bigger things to winge about if your horror story is a dog coming up to yours at the beach

That isn't my horror story, that is my way of explaining laws are in place for a reason. To keep everyone safe.

"The Dog" in question must have had a "doggie vest" and obviously didn't take a piss or it would have copped two more tickets...... one for "indecent exposure" and another for "urinating in public".

blah blah blah, dog, slow news day, blah blah blah, ticket, blah blah blah, not a ticket, actually a warning, blah blah blah, f'cken council inspectors DOING THEIR JOB....

Is there anything worth reading in this shitpile of a thread?

F'cken NT News creating a bullshit story out of NOTHING.

This is exactly why i refuse to buy the NT News. The day that recycled dunny paper the NT calls a 'newspaper' has a story worth reading is the day... hang on... council workers... doing their jobs... there just could be a story in this....