DOG owner Marion Pell is calling for pavements around her home to be fixed – after struggling to push her pet pooch in his specially-adapted stroller.
Scottish terrier Rocky had to be taken for walks in a pink buggy after he suffered a stroke and was left partially paralysed.
But Mrs Pell said the pavements around her Ruddington home were difficult to negotiate due to broken and uneven paving slabs.
Rocky is now on the mend and back on four legs – but Mrs Pell, a parish councillor, says the pavements are still a hazard to other residents.
"I had barely left the house when the state of the pavements became apparent – I was turning a corner and fell into a wall trying to stop the stroller from falling into the road," said Mrs Pell, of St Mary's Crescent.
"It was quite traumatic and really makes you realise how difficult it must be for parents with buggies, people in wheelchairs or those who are visually impaired.
"St John's Road and Clifton Road are particularly bad."
Mrs Pell hopes the unusual sight of a dog being pushed around Ruddington in a bright pink stroller has highlighted the problem.
Chairman of Kidz Board at children's wheelchair charity Whizz-Kidz George Fielding, 19, said: "The young disabled people I represent would encourage shopkeepers, local councils and members of the public to consider us by dropping kerbs so that we might cross the road safely, fixing cracked paving, and keeping rubbish to a minimum."
Nottinghamshire County Council, which looks after the pavements, inspects A and B roads on a monthly basis while minor estate roads are looked at annually.
Kendra Hourd, district highways manager for Rushcliffe said: "If footway defects are 20mm deep and are judged to present a hazard, then we take action to make them safe in 24 hours."
But Ruddington Parish Council chairman Allen Wood said: "It is a problem that is getting worse. In the main it is due to uneven slabs which are no doubt due to wear and tear as they have been there a devil of a long time."
