Dog ban postponed in Alaska

They are getting tough in Anchorage, Alaska, about people cleaning up after their pets.

It was almost to the point where dogs were going to be banned from fenced city ball parks. A previous version of a law had dogs banned from all sports fields, fenced or not. Fines were going to be jacked up for scofflaws.

Dog lovers bought themselves a year to work on informing people about their responsibility.

A group calling itself AADOG (Anchorage Alaska Dog Owners Group), whose members get together for dog play dates at one fenced fields thinks residents will do the right thing — by always cleaning up after their pets.

"We are absolutely fastidious about that," AADOG member Steve Kreinbrink said. "We want to be good stewards."

Here is the complete article from the Anchorage Daily News.

I hope that some of my neighbors read this and stop allowing their dogs to relieve themselves all over our street.

Is it so difficult to pick up after your dog?