Dogs on Cornwall's beaches

I must admit that I hate crowded beaches, and agree that at peak times a beach is NOT a good place for a dog. However in a drive for 'standardisation' even quiet beaches get included often limiting walking and beach choices.

Back to the Western Isles, where there are no bans to worry about. And endless deserted beaches....sorry Cornwall. 

Never mind most of our holidays were spent there before, years ago before all the bans started springing up.

You only have to look at the latest comment on   "Overseas Sites & Touring - Sites near to the ferry at Santander"  thread to see how true that is.

Ray, it’s not standardisation as some Council owned beaches have no dog restrictions at all. I think it’s being overlooked that this latest move is a relaxation of the rules. 

I agree about the Western Isles and the same goes for the Northern Isles and much of Scotland. However, if they ever get the tourist population that Cornwall does, it’ll be a different story. They’re working on it though by publicising the ‘routes’. 🙁

A quick internet search produces a list of 138 beaches in Cornwall where there are no restrictions at all on dogs.

I see this as a very positive move TW, all us dog owners need to do now is when out walking carry a pocket full of poo bags, and if you see dog owners not picking up, offer them a poo bag, you can do this in a very friendly way and believe me it works, even in Spain where dog poo can be a real problem, there is a marked differance in areas where people are doing this.

but do you have to walk through a restricted beach to get there? 😉

I do see the need for some restriction ..... I forget now where we were but I saw an owner with two large labs let both of them cr4p in the sea on a busy family beach ... he knew what they'd both done. I could only bite my tongue for so long before I said something to him ... he being a respectable looking bloke in his mid 70s

Every coat/jacket I own has poo bags in a pocket somewhere .... & I've done as you and offered them. 

This started out as a helpful thread. Let’s not have it descend into a pro and anti dog argument.☹️

A lot of beaches I have seen notices delineating an area for dogs which seems a reasonable solution families with dogs to have access. I would like that to be common on some beaches but I would have extended the ban on the other area from 1st April or May until end of August