 In some areas a portion of village land was made available for the use of the dog whipper, the small park named 'Dog Acre' in Birchington-on-Sea is the remnant of such a grant.Some villages employed dog whippers in a more general capacity, dealing with stray and disruptive dogs throughout the village.In this sense dog whippers were precursors of modern animal control officers, much like church 'bang beggars' were to today's police officer.