East Riding of Yorkshire Council has produced maps highlighting the total ban dog areas, partial dog ban areas and dogs off leads areas.

Despite the lack of areas to let your dog off the lead, owners seem to welcome the changes.

Dog owner Kay Harrison said: "I agree with the order but if they are bringing in these bans they have to police them properly.

"My dog has been attacked four times by other dogs who have been off their leads.

"You often see dogs being attacked and you also hear about dogs going over the cliff.

"We take our dogs a couple of times a week to the south side, outside of the beach ban, and we let them off the lead because they are not in anybody's way."

Dogs will be banned from children's play areas, sports pitches, the grounds of schools and colleges in the East Riding of Yorkshire and from beaches where there are current "no dog" by-laws from May 1 until October 1.

A dog must be kept on a lead on pavements and roads which have speed limits of up to and including 40mph, and parks.

Dogs will still be allowed to be off their lead on beaches outside of the ban area and along the cliff-top at Sewerby.

They are also allowed to run free in woodland, agricultural land, privately-owned gardens or gardens attached to public sector housing and Forestry Commission land.

Sue Herne, animal and pest services manager for the council, said: "There must be places where dogs can still run free. The beach areas where dogs are banned will remain banned but there are still areas north and south of these points where dogs can be off leads."

However, owners can be ordered by council officials to put dogs on a lead if they are seen be out of control or causing a threat to people or other animals.

A RSPCA spokesman said: "Dogs enjoy socialising and playing and it is important they are able to express normal behaviour off the lead.

"It is therefore imperative that local authorities use control orders sparingly and in a manner proportionate to the problem and not as a blanket power that punishes the responsible majority to tackle problems created by an irresponsible few."

The order also tackles dog-fouling.

Dog owners must remove dog mess from all streets, pavements, promenades and verges in roads which have speed limits of up to and including 40mph, as well as council-owned land including parks, gardens and car parks.

Mrs Harrison said: "A lot of people pick up dog mess because I see a lot of bags in the bins but there are a small minority who don't.

"When I walk along the cliff-top I see people and their dogs are often a long way behind them so they don't know what they are doing.

"Instead of asking people to pick up their dog's mess, I point out what their dog has just done but sometimes people aren't very nice and march right up to your face.

"I don't like saying anything but I recently said something to a lady on the beach and she said she couldn't bend down to pick it up.

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