The number of fines issued for dog fouling in Angus has almost doubled in the first six months of 2014-15.
Community wardens issued fines to 58 people compared with 33 people in the same period last year.
Councillors in Angus have issued a warning to irresponsible dog owners would be fined if they were caught.
The local authority now employs a person on a full-time basis to collect dog waste.
Last year they collected 30,000 faeces in Angus.
Community wardens were given the power to issue the £60 on-the-spot fines in 2011.
Carnoustie councillor Brian Boyd said: “Angus Council is taking this matter very seriously.
“We will find these culprits and they will be charged. Dog fouling is one of the biggest issues that constituents raise with me.
“I frequently walk past Barry and there’s a small area where there are around 30 bags of dog waste.
“Some of the bags are even hanging up in trees and bushes.
“It’s disgraceful that some dog owners are expecting other taxpayers to pick up the tab for keeping Angus clean.
“We have had to employ a person whose full-time job is collecting dog waste it is money that the council can ill afford to spend but it is necessary because of irresponsible dog owners.
“All I can stress is that people contact the Access line on 08452 777778 when they see irresponsible owners.”
The council’s community waste team carried out 11,098 clean-ups in the first six months of 2014-15.
The number of dog mess complaints in the six-month period reduced by 12.6% year-on-year.
“There is an improvement in the amount we are having to collect maybe because of the increase in the number of fines issued,” Mr Boyd added.
He added that in May last year 250 faeces were collected from Pitskelly Park in Carnoustie alone.
The council’s head of planning and place Vivien Smith told the scrutiny and audit committee that a lot of work had been done on the issue.
She said: “This council has established an officer’s group looking at pride and place and the community safety team have appointed someone to do some of the scooping up of poos and trying to keep things a bit cleaner.
“We are working with communities trying to encourage community engagement.”
Kirriemuir councillor Ronnie Proctor said he had noticed an improvement in the streets of his town.
He said: “I remember walking down the High Street and I was like a ballet dancer going round the mounds of dog fouling that were on the pavement.
“A lot of public are aware of the work we are doing.”
A further information report about the dog waste figures will come to the communities committee in March.
Carnoustie councillor Bill Bowles, left, said “We have to be showing that there is a good chance you will be caught if you allow irresponsible behaviour. I think some people think there’s no chance of being caught.”