Cleaning up after your dog

[Kayleigh]

when I go to put the offending poo in the bin provided I have watch where I walk. As others just leave the poo where the dog does it right next to the blooming bin.. I would like to rub the owner face in it It gives us dog owners a bad name..saying that..

This country is getting a winging nation anti kids anti dogs anti this that and the other..

[witham]

We get used poop bags left in our area, unfortunately a bike path opened up last autumn on the river bank near us and while I use it and it has made the walk or ride much easier, in many ways it has completely spoile a nice quiet walk, it has attracted alot of irresponsible dog owners, most of who won't keep their dogs on a lead despite signs up in certain areas as it is fenced off for sheep to graze. we often find bags thrown in the scrub at the side or even hung on gates for someone else to move. Finding it on the ground is bad enough but at least it biodegrades after a short time which it wont do in the plastic bags although we also now find piles of horse do-dah but people don't seem to complain so much about that, mind you they would have to carry bin liners to carry that lot home

[stripee]

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

This country is getting a winging nation anti kids anti dogs anti this that and the other..

It would be nicer not to have to whinge.I think in the UK we don't have much social responsibility drummed into us as kids. People stop caring once they leave their own front doors. Brits tend to be untidy and messy once out of doors away from home, public spaces, other peoples' spaces etc. Other countries are more advanced, and have more community spirit. Dog mess is just more of the same attitude.

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by stripee

It would be nicer not to have to whinge.I think in the UK we don't have much social responsibility drummed into us as kids. People stop caring once they leave their own front doors. Brits tend to be untidy and messy once out of doors away from home, public spaces, other peoples' spaces etc. Other countries are more advanced, and have more community spirit. Dog mess is just more of the same attitude.

I always pick up my dogs poo and I have taught my children not to throw litter and to take their rubbish home with them..Its not rocket science..
Responsibility comes with all walks of life not just one area..

[stripee]

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

I always pick up my dogs poo and I have taught my children not to throw litter and to take their rubbish home with them..Its not rocket science..
Responsibility comes with all walks of life not just one area..

It may not be rocket science but it certainly does not get through to a lot of people, unfortunately. I'm sure you and your family are responsible, but many other people don't think it's a problem at all. I don't suffer greatly here although I do notice that some owners don't move their dog's stuff from the middle of paths, but when I lived in inner London the pavement was just one great minefield of turds. It has been improved by fines and it's now possible to walk without having to keep eyes pointed downwards...

[kiwi]

my aunty's blind in one eye thanks to irresponsible dog owners

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by kiwi

my aunty's blind in one eye thanks to irresponsible dog owners

All it takes is to WORM your dog every 3 months..I had a dog given me. It phood in my sons bedroom (he was only 3) it had round worm..I wormed it immediately..I was really angry with irresponsible people the gave the dog away..

[clackdish]

agree with all the people about picking up after your dogs ,i have three and always pick up and bin the bags if there is one if not it goes home and in the bin there , but today i was dumbstruck by a rant i recieved from a 'lady' riding her horse on a disused railway, pinchinthorpe if anyone knows it in guisborough,
i was waiting for dog to finish bag in hand when she proceded to lecture me about doggy do's being left all over the place , all the time she was telling me off her horse was leaving behind its own deposit that was bigger then my dog
she then just rode off leaving it in the middle of the path !!!!!! now im no expert but whats the difference between dog and horse plop ? apart from the horse leaves a lot more of it , she went deaf suddenly when i tried to point out the mess she had left and vanished into the distance, i had to settle for a lot of choice swear words hurled at her retreating back not very grown up but felt good ha ha cheek of some folk

[captain nodge]

Definatly had more cheek than a butchers counter to moan to you about your dog doos, esp if like you say you were there with bag in hand, the only time i remember a horse owner picking up the horse plops was as a kid when the rag n bone man shoveled it up and put it in a bucket, mind you i think it was worth a couple bob, well a tanner, for some of the better off to put around there prize roses.
if it was my missus she would ave probly brought it back for her garden, knowing her she would have even followed it ready for the next lot,lol. Youd think that being a public way she would have parked its bum in a better place

[pelog12332]

yuck!! its horid, acopoule of months ago a dog owner picked it up in a bag but then put the bag into the front garden of someones house!! whats the point !!

i sugest spray the dog mess penut buter and make the dogs eat it!!, it may sound evil but thats how it makes me feal!!