Ranger Services Information Sheet 5

Dog exercise areas

Dog behaviour in parks and reserves

Dogs are welcome in most of the Town's parks and reserves, with the exception of Point Reserve. Please check signage for any restrictions.

For the enjoyment and safety of everyone, when walking your dog in a reserve you must keep it under effective control. This means keeping your dog close to you and not allowing it to bother other people or animals. Even though your dog is being playful, others may feel uneasy with its behaviour. Remember, some people don't like to be approached by unrestrained dogs.

Dogs are not under effective control if they:

Chase or disturb any person or wildlife
Act in a threatening or aggressive manner
Cause damage to flora

Picking Up After Your Pet

Bassendean Council employs a number of techniques to reduce the impact of dog litter on amenity, safety and the environment. These measures include public education, enforcement, dog litter bins and pooch pouches strategically placed throughout the Town.

Picking up after your pet - Pooch pouches are a great way of always ensuring that you have the means to clean up after your dog and keep our environment and waterways healthy and safe.

Dog faeces contain many pollutants such as phosphorus that cause the spread of toxic blue/green algae, so harmful to marine life. It also has toxins that are contained in some zoonotic diseases one of which can lead to blindness in children.

Dog Litter Bins

Throughout the Town you will find litter bins strategically placed to ensure dog owners are able to dispose of the used pooch pouches on their walk.

Having these bins available throughout the Town with stands that have pooch pouches readily available close-by has ensured reserves, popular walking routes and dog exercise areas are free from faeces on the ground and further preventing this from entering our waterways and harming our environment.

Council encourages dog owners to take their dog on daily walks and aims to provide the facilities to allow dogs to do what comes naturally and the owner to be able to clean up by putting the waste in the bin.

Council has undertaken a number of initiatives and concerted education campaigns to help reduce the amount of uncollected faeces. These educational initiatives are at all times coupled with enforcement of the legislation.

Exercise areas

Dogs may be off the lead in the following reserves:

Bassendean - Carman Way, Anzac Terrace, Ireland Way, Palmerston

Square, May Holman, Pickering Park, Troy Street, Parmelia Way

Eden Hill - Freeland Way, Mary Crescent, Padbury Court

Ashfield - Ashfield Flats, Gary Blanch Park, Ashfield Reserve between

Guildford Road and the line of the fire track on the reserve.

Dogs must be on lead in the following reserves:

Sandy Beach, Jubilee Oval, Success Hill

Dogs are not allowed on land which has been set apart as a children's playground, a car park or an area being used for sporting or other activities, as permitted by the council, during the times of such use.

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