About Us

Dorset Dogs is an initiative set up to promote positive management for dog walkers using green space and countryside places and to encourage responsible dog ownership.

Working with countryside managers Dorset Dogs recognises the benefits of dog owners in the countryside and the help and support they provide as one of the main user groups of countryside sites. The Doggy Do Code provides guidelines to help deal with issues that may arise in the countryside.

We hope that the website is helpful to dog owners and becomes a vital source of information for the Dorset area.

Explore the site…

• Read the Doggy Do Code.  
• Find out about sites and routes across Dorset, including on and off-lead areas.
• Find out more about the issues around responsible dog ownership
• Check out doggy news and events and links to further information on other websites.

The initiative is delivered by a working group of the Urban Heaths Partnership, consisting of dog owners and access managers from the partnership. The group has consulted widely with dog owners, countryside managers, and other dog related businesses and organisations.

Dorset Dogs is funded by the Dorset Heathlands Interim Planning Framework Mitigation Fund and the Natural England Access Management Grant Scheme.

About the Urban Heaths Partnership

The Urban Heaths Partnership was formed in 2001 and now has 14 partners as follows:- 

• Borough of Poole
• Bournemouth Borough Council
• Christchurch Borough Council
• Dorset County Council
• Dorset Fire and Rescue Service
• Dorset Police
• Dorset Wildlife Trust
• East Dorset District Council
• Herpetological Conservation Trust
• Natural England
• Purbeck District Council
• National Trust
• Forestry Commission
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

The Partnership’s aim is to alleviate urban pressures on the Dorset heaths with a combination of wardening and policing, an inclusive education programme, new infrastructure and procedures for access management and fire risk assessment and management. 

Find out more about The Urban Heaths Partnership

If you would like further information please contact:

Urban Heaths Partnership
Urban Wildlife Centre
Beacon Hill Lane
Corfe Mullen
Dorset County Council
BH21 3RX
01202 6427

dorsetdogs@dorsetcc.gov.uk

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