HOW I agree with Michelle Pickering (Letters, January 13) concerning true dog lovers who 'scoop the poop.'

Every week, I have to swill and scrub a large area of pavement outside our gable-end home because of dog faeces left there.

Just yards away is a grassed area where inconsiderate owners, too lazy to clean up after their pets, could take them to defecate as no children play there.

I have resorted to walking in the roads where we live in order to avoid dog excrement.

Luckily our area has a one-way system for traffic.

SHEILA BRENNAN (Mrs), Bombay Street, Blackburn.

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