DOGS take the lead (SGST, 22/10) suggests they’re winning. But reported BCSC obfuscation, plan completion failure and consultation confusion just makes owners barking mad.
My big picture for any rules review has reasonable off-leash hours on beaches early and late in the day as priority. And why is there just one poo-bag dispenser (at Cuttriss Street - frequently jammed or empty) on the whole of Inverloch’s five kilometre foreshore? My pooch’s rates definitely not at work.
But the prize for sustained inaction for our four-legged friends’ benefit must be Inverloch’s dog beach. Two years back, after the rock-bag wall installation, we got new steps down from road level at one point, storms having wrecked previous access structures. In all that time, including unanswered letters to ward councilors, the risk to users at the main entry-points east and west has only increased.
Now, even most dogs need extra meaty-bites to get up the eroding sand-cliff. Owners would be wise to do prior commando training.
A truly well-managed asset to make doggie visitors to our holiday town feel welcome now that summer’s coming. Is animal management a joke elsewhere in Bass Coast, or are Inverloch hounds alone in being hounded?
Ken Blackman, Inverloch
