Unreasonable Fine

earthstorm

Poppie68 wrote: »

One of my daughters bumped into owner week later..they had recieved a bill from the dog warden for £57 ???? What for he did'nt do anything!

as others say it was a fine, would this couple rather have a £57 fine and still have their dog, or find out their dog had attacked someone while lose and they end up in court and get a much larger fine and the dog destroyed.

hollydays

You still didn't answer my question about whether your garden is not secure?

ThumbRemote

hollydays wrote: »

You still didn't answer my question about whether your garden is not secure?

What relevance is it?

earthstorm

hollydays wrote: »

You still didn't answer my question about whether your garden is not secure?

this makes no difference, you can have a secure garden and someone opens the gate and your dog gets out, you would still be fined if the dog is caught as its on the lose

Funky_Bold_Ribena

bluebaron wrote: »

However all he did was scan the dog and give the address to my neighbour, a procedure that took all of 5 mins and he was in the office anyway.

Unfortunatly she wasn't wearing her collar

I'm thinking that the warden would have preferred not to have been at work waiting for your dog to turn up in order to respond to your dog's wanderings and to ensure that you got the dog back safe from harm.

And this scanner; presumably it is a piece of equipment that needed purchasing?

And did your dog take the collar off on their own? Norty dog.

Your fine was to pay towards the warden's time, and expense of the scanner, the premises that the scanner presumably is housed in, the cost of the pen and paper that they used to write your address on etc etc etc.

Next time, make sure your dog has a collar on. Make everyone's life easier.

hollydays

ThumbRemote wrote: »

What relevance is it?

Because if she's for example new into the house and hasn't got it properly secure this may not be the first time, so it's her own fault. I've had neighbours who's dogs were always getting out.

hollydays

earthstorm wrote: »

this makes no difference, you can have a secure garden and someone opens the gate and your dog gets out, you would still be fined if the dog is caught as its on the lose

I agree but as they didn't answer and certainly hasn't expressly stated this...
If someone let the dog out they'd have said someone let my dog out?

earthstorm

hollydays wrote: »

I agree but as they didn't answer and certainly hasn't expressly stated this...
If someone let the dog out they'd have said someone let my dog out?

If someone let the dog out, if they let the dog out or if the dog got out on its own, it makes no difference. They would still get a fine

ThumbRemote

hollydays wrote: »

Because if she's for example new into the house and hasn't got it properly secure this may not be the first time, so it's her own fault. I've had neighbours who's dogs were always getting out.

Does whose fault it was that the dog got out affect the payment owed by the OP?

hollydays

ThumbRemote wrote: »

Does whose fault it was that the dog got out affect the payment owed by the OP?

No but it makes a difference as what's the point in complaint about a cost , and calling it unreasonable if avoidance of it was in your reach in the first place.