Public Space Protection Orders in East Lindsey and Boston make it a legal requirement for owners to clean up after their dogs ...

and prove they have dog poo bags if asked by council officials. Owners who can not prove they have bags are given £100 fixed penalty notices (FPNs). From Saturday 1 February, similar rules are ...

In the wild, pausing to poop left their ancestors vulnerable to predators. Modern dogs may not have to worry about lions in the suburbs, but those instincts are still hardwired. Nervous pups might ...

A group of residents angry about dog fouling along their seafront have set up a "poo patrol" as a way of highlighting the problem. Villagers from Knott End-on-Sea, near Fleetwood in Lancashire, walk 1 ...

Here’s how it works – next time you are out and about, have a look and see how far you get without spotting some dog dirt on the ground. I once counted nine piles in a 400-yard stretch in ...

Parents of children at Jenny Hammond Primary School in Leytonstone say roads surrounding the school are regularly covered in dog poo.

Not all dogs are fans of winter, so refusing to go outside to potty is common in pups that have become accustomed ... success in getting her pooch to poo by putting socks on her paws.