Name: Phil Wadsworthy
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Subject: Dog Poo!
Message: Hi, I had a successful day at the Tuesday car boot but brought more home with me than anticipated in the form of a dog turd in mixed grass cuttings stuck to my shoe. Unfortunately because it didn’t stink I didn’t realise it until I had got home and walked through our lounge to the kitchen. I have attended your boots for the last 7 years now and have resisted the temptation to say anything until now but I have to put fingers to keyboard on this occasion.
The Mitchell sale is a delight now there are no dogs beneath your feet and with no risk of treading in their leftovers. Even with my troublesome knees I can cope with avoiding collisions with the numerous pushchairs, walking sticks, crutches and mobility scooters but the dogs are another issue. The worst culprits are the people with more than one dog.
Last week I avoided being entrapped by one dog lead only to narrowly avoid stepping on another tiny dog held on another lead by the same owner. The dogs had decided to go in diametrically opposite directions. I would ask that you seriously consider a ban on dogs at all of your boot sales. Apart from the hygiene issues it’s only a matter of time before someone hurts themselves tripping over an unseen dog. And of course it’s never the dogs or the owners fault. Footnote: After cleaning the s**t of my shoe with a hose and a brush I left it outside my front door to dry. When I went out later to bring it in I found a huge slimy bird turd had landed right across it so it was back to square one. My wife laughed but I didn’t. Keep up the good work. Regards, Phil

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Thank you for your email, yesterday at Mitchell was a pleasure without complaints concerning dogs.