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A mother-of-four says she is in disbelief after the owner of a dog after they left its poo next to a “no fouling” sign.

Francesca Stanley, who lives in Ruskington, says she is constantly having to avoid running over dog poo with her pram when she goes out in the village.

The 29-year-old says the village has a dog fouling problem and owners need to be more “responsible”.

The issue reared its head on Wednesday, February 26, when Francesca found someone had let their dog poo next to a sign that said “no fouling” and then left it there.

(Image: Francesca Stanley)

In an attempt to rectify the situation, Francesca put up a bottle with dog poo bags inside so people would use them, only to come back the next morning and find someone had done it again and ignored the bags.

“I moved here in 2016 and one thing I’ve noticed about Ruskington, which is a beautiful village, is there seems to be a lot of dog mess,” she said.

“Every day I come across it four or five times when I’m walking around the village.

“It’s been complained about several times, so I was really happy because they had put some signs up telling people not to leave their dog’s mess at Elmtree Park.”

Francesca thought this would solve the problem but she was left disappointed on a recent walk past the park.

(Image: Francesca Stanley)

“I thought it was brilliant, then I looked to the sign and there was a pile there,” she said.

“This person has to be looking at the sign while their dog is doing it and it means people who shouldn’t have to, are cleaning dog mess up.”

In an effort stop this once and for all, Francesca put up a bottle with dog poo bags inside next to sign so people would have no excuse to leave it.

However, she was left amazed when she walked past it again this morning, Friday, February 28, and saw more poo had been left by the sign and the bottle had been ignored.

(Image: Francesca Stanley)

“I’m beginning to think people are doing it on purpose - I’m struggling to believe that someone could be that lazy,” she said.

“You’d think that having a dog would bring the responsibility of picking up after it.

“The fact some people won’t do that is sad.

“It’s a beautiful village that’s blighted by it and it presents a health risk – if kids go through it they can even go blind.”