Dog-owners are upset about "draconian" new rules planned for where dogs are banned and where they have to be on leads.
East Riding Council has drawn up strict new rules banning dogs from 45 locations where they are currently allowed.
The local orders will also force owners to put dogs on leads in places where they have previously been allowed to run free.
Plans are still out for public consultation, so the rules are not yet in force.
Beverley Town Council wants dogs banned from the leisure complex field and Bridlington Town Council wants an order stating dogs should always be on leads everywhere in the town.
Several outright bans are planned in cemeteries.
Dog-lover Bill Hornby, who is rarely without his ten-year-old mongrel Isobel, said: "I don't know what damage a dog on a lead is going to create.
"With some of the decisions that have been made, areas have gone from having no restriction at all to a complete ban. These new rules are draconian."
Mr Hornby, 63, of Ridgestone Avenue, Bilton, often walks his dog in the East Riding and says the new rules contain too many anomalies.
He said: "Nobody would have a problem with excluding dogs from children's play areas but there's a grey area with playing fields.
"Football pitches aren't everywhere. There should be designated areas for dogs."
That is a view shared by Nicky Smedley, 42, of Fossdale Close, Sutton.
She said: "Children's play areas I've got no issue with. In the US, they have dog parks, where they're not disturbing anyone.
"There are bags provided at the parks and the dogs are kept separate from anyone else."
Councillor Jackie Cracknell, portfolio holder for community partnerships in the East Riding, said: "The orders were first put in place in 2009 and so many changes have taken place that we felt it was time for a review in which everyone could have their say.
"The aim of the review is to ensure the orders are still relevant as a result of new building developments and changes to parks and play areas."
Parks included in the definition can include designated green areas on new housing developments.
Those green areas are often demanded by councillors on the planning committee as a condition of granting approval to developments.
Proposals that include green areas are more likely to be approved.
Cllr Cracknell wants people to get involved with the consultation.
She said: "Up to 70 per cent of parish councils have responded to the review and about 160 amendments to the orders will be considered.
"What we would now like to see is East Riding residents giving us their views about the proposed changes."
Visit www.eastriding.gov. uk/corp-survey/snapform/ P01551/dogcontrol.htm to have your say on the plans.
