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Did a small ride round Daisy Nook in East Manchester on Saturday and saw loads of this, then did the Mary Towneley Loop yesterday and saw loads again. I also saw a sign telling dog owners to 'Bag it and Bin it', looked like some sort of council initiative.
But seriously, WTF, if you're going to bag it, why would you then just leave it? At least if it's unbagged it soon disappears and you've not left another plastic bag in the countryside.
I stood a dog toffee in GT car park a while ago. Pi**ed me right off, it wasn't in a bag though.
You think thats bad. I once leant my bike down on a grass bank in kirroughtree car park. I picked it up and the grip that had touched the grass verge was now covered in a big splodge of dog poo.
Oh how i didnt laugh 🙁
Yup, as a dog owner this bewilders me too, people seem to bag it then either leave it or hang it from a tree?!?! WTF? Bag it, walk with it to the nearest bin, then drop it in, it ain't frickin hard.
I was in Styal woods on Saturday. The National Trust have put signs up asking people to stop leaving poo hanging in trees.
My own personal solution....
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no judge, no jury. ,Seems reasonable to me 😀
no judge, no jury. ,Seems reasonable to me
BNP vote...tick.
My dog is usually on the softer side, so you're right, it isn't hard.LHS - Member
Yup, as a dog owner this bewilders me too, people seem to bag it then either leave it or hang it from a tree?!?! WTF? Bag it, walk with it to the nearest bin, then drop it in, it ain't frickin hard.
Apparently Delamere Forest are implementing a "shit & flick" system on the forest trails, dog has a shit, owner can then use a stick to flick it off the trail - no bins in the forest, so removes the need for hanging plastic baggies from the trees.
I wish all dog owners were like LHS.
mfl - that only works if you have relatively small numbers of dog owners walking, I used to work at a country park where there were particular dog-walking routes where the done thing was to flick it aside (before the days of doggy bags) - they stank, the whole area was a no-go zone for anyone with nostrils.
In 2000 years archaelogists will be diggin these bags up and thinking WTF?
a "shit & flick" system
hmm, i can see their logic, but have you ever tried to flick dog shit with a stick? All that will happen is you'll end up with lots of smears of dog poo everywhere.
Apparently Delamere are implementing a "shit & flick" system on the forest trails, dog has a shit, owner can then use a stick to flick it off the trail - no bins in the forest, so removes the need for hanging plastic baggies from the trees.
They have done this at Haughmond Hill nr Shrewsbury, the result is that right now, while it is nice a warm, it ****ing stinks of dogshit until you get a couple of hundred meters from the car park.
I'd bring back the bag it and take it home personally, at least when it's in a bag you can't smell it, or ride/step in it when they just flick it to the edge of the path.
My local National Trust park is a great place for walking the dog, off leash, hills, streams all a dog could want. We find lots of plastic bags of poop hanging from trees and periodically go around collecting them all in a big bin bag and disposing of them.
At the moment all the locals know it as pretty much a dog park so they don't mind the dogs running around off leash, it only takes essentially littering like what a lot of people do to change peoples opinions / tolerance.
To top it all off the local ranger installed a load of dog poop bins every 1/4 mile or so and people still throw them in the trees. 😯
Gets my goat too - dog crap disappears fairly quickly. Plastic bags don't. We have taught our dog to crap at home (got loads of scrubland here - perfect to dog merde) or out of sight of people - some of the lengths she goes to to crap somewhere subtle are quite funny. If she does it in public (very rare) we pick scoop it and chuck it away properly.
Some dog walkers expect bins to be EVERYWHERE. simply chuck into something deep and overgrown or flick it away from the trails.
I'd bring back the bag it and take it home personally, at least when it's in a bag you can't smell it, or ride/step in it when they just flick it to the edge of the path.
Makes a good hand warmer too!
as a dog owner I can't get my head round ppl using a plastic bag and then hanging it from a tree, fricken disgusting.
simply chuck into something deep and overgrown or flick it away from the trails
pardon the pun but IMO that's a shit solution.
If your dog craps in public places then either bin it or take it home*
[i]*Unless it's one of those super runny ones which make you want to vomit then kick some dirt over it or something[/i]
hmm, i can see their logic, but have you ever tried to flick dog shit with a stick? All that will happen is you'll end up with lots of smears of dog poo everywhere.
I am feeling quite nauseous at the thought
when we cleaned up the local cycle path recently, the amount of bagged dog poo was phenomenal. As first I thought I'd just come across a section where someone must have dropped a box of poo-bags and they'd blown into the hedges and filled with maybe rainwater or something to make them heavy. But nope, just loads and loads of poo-filled bags flung away.
I told the council, suggesting more bins and / or signage. Not interested whatsoever.
z1ppy - Member
as a dog owner I can't get my head round ppl using a plastic bag and then hanging it from a tree, fricken disgusting.
Exactly...
I had to carry two "goodie bags " down from the top of Snowdon last week as ours decided thats when they wnated to drop the kids off at the pool.
If you have a dog, thats one of the perks.
FC here have bio degradable bags at start of the walks "bag it and throw into the undergrowth if you are not near any appropriate bin" are the instructions.
All I can say is, get a cat
Binners, that's a bit extreme. You only get to shoot them once.
What is really needed is a paint ball gun that shoots dog poo ammo. Unlimited supply in the woods, plenty of legitimate targets if we can get the law changed to make poo bag hangers fair game 🙂 I'm sure most are too dumb to get the message until they had been tagged a few times.
The biggest issue with this for me is small children. My two year old loves to run into woods at the first opportunity and of course half the time seems to come back with dog poo on him, its just a nightmare. Leaving dog poo anywhere, bagged or not, is gross and inconsiderate. Flicking it off the path just makes it harder to spot and avoid.
ddmonkey - that should teach you to have better control of your kids and be a responsible parent.
TooTall I assume that is a joke?
Or would you rather I sit him in front of the TV and feed him sweets all day like a responsible parent should? Heaven forbid children being allowed to run around in the fresh air whatever next, cycling?
It's Monday, my Bin is out for the dustman to empty.
Bloody Dog walkers chuck their doggy bag of poop into my bloody bin.
Ok better than being on the street. But the lazy ****ers want my bin to stink.
I think people should have lessons or experience before owning a dog.
I won't pick up dog doo hence I don't have a dog.
I don't get it, how do i get my dog to sh!t in a bag and throw it into a tree?
The lazy bugger just does it on the floor and leaves it there.
Thats interesting bruneep -
Guy round the corner has a big German Sheperd. He walks it but (so he claimed to my neighbour) allows it to sh*t on the road but not on the pavement as this is legal (?)
I dont know what he feeds it but they are the biggest I have seen. Its gets spread all over the road, up driveways etc.
My wife saw his dog do a load outside our house so I simply picked it up with a bag and dropped it on his drive while he was in the house.
Havent seen him for a while.
Hope you didn't use a Tesco bag with holes in it. 😯
Well done surfer, I've sat in an autopsy, examined dead tissue but I couldn't pick up other sh*t, it's my kryptonite. 😳
Did you drop the bag or the dog doo on his drive? nice work, hopefully teach that guy to pick up his dog mess. 😀
I was on a walk with my mate and his kids at the weekend, properly out in the countryside with no poo bins anywhere. He bagged his dog's turds and then tucked them away in the undergrowth so he could then pick them up as we passed the same spot on the way back, as opposed to walking for an hour with a bag'o'shite.
I wonder how many - if any - of the hangers intend to collect them later only to find a do-gooder with a black bag's beaten them to it?
I thought not......
Think yourselves lucky. I was once out on a ride and suddenly got a nasty wiff of dog sh!t. I stopped and got off the bike and rotated each tyre as you do in an attempt to find the offending mess, but found nothing. I then proceeded to look at my saddle which to my horror was covered in crap. I then took a look between my legs and my shorts were also covered in it. I then realised that a whole log must have been thrown up by my back tyre whilst descending my favourite trail which then landed on my saddle and I then decided to sit down. 😥
12 miles from home and stinking of dog sh!t. Nice!
there has been a couple of times when I've walked my dog around my local country park (where they have 1 bin in the entire place because of vandalism) that when my dog has done its business...I'll pick it up..bag it...and then leave it out of the way somewhere to pick up on my way back to save carrying it all the way round my walk.
People shouldnt just leave it though
I have been trying to teach mine to crap in the bag but shes having none of it. Where am I going wrong?
I can't see why this is difficult - we always bad our dogs poo and it goes in a bin. Moreover there are plenty of dog poo bags which are degradable and won't be around for the future:
[url= http://www.bagnboxman.co.uk/acatalog/eco-friendly-biodegradable-dog-poop-bags.html ]here is one[/url]
and these are made of the same stuff they use for dishwasher tablets so are water soluble - gives you the option of flushing them down the loo
[url= http://www.flushablepoobags.co.uk/ ]flushing ones[/url]
really annoys me when I see loose dog eggs as it just makes life more difficult for those of us who don't leave it/make it in tree decorations.
rant over.
What do blind people with guide dogs do?
What do blind people with guide dogs do?
Same as the rest of us, use a toilet. As for their dogs, well... 😉
Tiger6791 - Member
What do blind people with guide dogs do?
guild dogs are trained to go on command. so i guess they do it at home.
Surely it's just a matter of time before someone comes round a blind corner and gets one of these hanging dog eggs full in the face.
I can only imagine that the people doing this resent being told to pick up their dogs * and hang it in the trees as some sort of protest at the fact there isn't a bin exactly where their dog decided to empty its guts.
As part of my commute I use one of the multi-user trails created by Sustrans and to be honest (at the time I use the trail at least) 90% of other trail users are dog walkers just letting their dog out for a post-work *.
The trail is filthy with dirty dog eggs in places. 👿
You could hook a plastic bag over a dog's back end, by looping the handles over it's back legs. Hey presto- no having to bend down to pick up eggs.
I have heard tell of someone being smacked in the face with a dog-egg bag, and the bag bursting on impact....
On Saturday's ride we came across a pile of these bags propped up on a grass verge in a local beauty spot.
Beside it was a large handwritten note by the farmer, saying would whoever is leaving this here remove it, as its destroying the enjoyment for others.
We followed a chap one afternoon walking his rottweiler along the canal. The dogs drops a huge one right in the centre of the towpath making no effort to pick it up or remove it. I was too scared to say anything, 'cos he looked like he'd knock me into the canal.
Disgusting.
Protest, no, pooberry trees are just a sign of bone idleness, stupidity or being away with the pooberry fairies (they harvest the pooberries in the middle of the night). Apparently.
I caught someone in the middle of hanging their tribute on a tree just up in the hills, so I asked "Why do you do that", she responded "Oh, it's to make it easier for the rangers to see it and tidy it up". I wish I had some witty retort to report but I was just struck dumb. I think she genuinely thought she was being really thoughtful.
I once had a job strimming the South West Coast path in Torbay which we named 'dog st alley' and the bags in bushes thing was a common problem. People want to conserve their 'reputation' by being seen to pick it up when really they couldn't give a f.
People want to conserve their 'reputation' by being seen to pick it up when really they couldn't give a f***.
too true
unless it's a "trail hound" then you don't even have to bother bagging it
this thread has bust me up
As a responsible dog owner it really does my head in.
Out on dog walks I have to dodge piles of poo in the fields. Also when the dog in season she has a nasty habbit of rolling in mess left by another in season bitch - we have to keep a close eye on her. Only time we ever leave poo is when it is REALLY runny and can't even be scooped up in leaves. In that I case I either cover it in loose mud or put a rock on it - depending on where it is and what is around.
Sometimes we hide bags somewhere to pick up on the way back but that is rarely. Just depends were abouts on the walk we are going and if we know that we will pass that place on the way back.
Always have to remember to take enough bags to double/triple bag it when out on the mountain bike though as it sloshes around a lot hanging off the saddle rails until I find a bin (I ain't putting it in my backpack).
I raised this in a chat forum thread a week or two ago and a dog owner there said it was because they were biodegradable bags. Still doesn't make any sense to me?
Still doesn't make any sense to me?
you're not a dog owner therefore it will never make any sense, their logic is "unique"
I would like to see non-biodegradable bags and nappy bags banned by the government. Sometimes you need some and you just can't find them.
Seems utter madness to pick up dog poo in a non-degradable bag so it sits in the bag in land fill for hundreds of years!
My Mum was once having a tea party with some snooty lady friends from the WI. Her setter wandered into view in the garden, which provoked all kinds of oohs and aahs, until the dog squatted down and nipped off a huge steaming log. That was bad enough, but then the dog turned round and scoffed it!
So that's the answer: train dogs to eat their poos.
urgh! that is gross.
And a sign of a dog that is not on enough or the right food or sometimes fed once a day instead of twice.
Not long ago, all the dog walkers were having a nice chat, right underneath this particular tree. Utterly oblivious to the scene at their feet.
I wandered up, and took said photos right in front of them all. I got asked "What are you going to do with those?". I said something like "I don't know yet..".
Anyway, a couple of days later it was mysteriously cleared up.
Needless to say the little collection is growing again as we speak, both here and hanging about delicately in the nearby bushes.
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andyl - I got hold of a plastic container with a wide mouth and a secure screw on lid which gets strapped to the outside of my rucksack and the bagged poo goes in there. I don't really want the bags bursting in the event of a crash!
Wouldn't this be a better solution....
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globalti - Memberthe dog squatted down and nipped off a huge steaming log. That was bad enough, but then the dog turned round and scoffed it!
I'll have a LOL please.
Ditch_jockey - yeah I was thinking I have some suitable bottles in the lab. Or I might just get a cheap water bottle and use that - could just put it in the bottle cage then if if I dont have the backpack or it's rammed. Just have to remember not to use it to drink from!
You can now get compostable poop bags that degrade in a matter of 3 months and carry the EN13432 logo to prove it, just the thing if you like to bag it and leave it! (Also available are wormeries where the worms eat the bags and the poo), the resulting compost is great for the flowerbed but not to be used on your homegrown veg though. I know because my wife sells them at www.dogpoopbags.co.uk and a very good price they are too.
Another thing, anybody know any good 24" tyres for a bit of junior downhilling for our son, I was trying to get the super tacky High Rollers in 2.5 width but can't seem to find a seller.
Hairy Wolfhound - Member
You can now get compostable poop bags that degrade in a matter of 3 months and carry the EN13432 logo to prove it, just the thing if you like to bag it and leave it! (Also available are wormeries where the worms eat the bags and the poo), the resulting compost is great for the flowerbed but not to be used on your homegrown veg though. I know because my wife sells them at http://www.dogpoopbags.co.uk and a very good price they are too.
Another thing, anybody know any good 24" tyres for a bit of junior downhilling for our son, I was trying to get the super tacky High Rollers in 2.5 width but can't seem to find a seller.
This still does not answer why bag it and leave it? The shit will biodegradable faster than 3 months if left unbagged so if you are not going to do the job properly and bin it why bag it? You seem to be encouraging this retarded and selfish action.
You seem to be encouraging this retarded and selfish action.
what !! dog owners selfish and retarded!!!
free stuff from Keep Britian Tidy
http://www.keepbritaintidy.org/OrderMaterials/Default.aspx?catID=85
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Not encouraging it, are you daft, It bothers me as much as the next sensible person.
The poop bags are for putting the poo in and then bining it, not for chucking it. It bugs the hell out of me, better to leave it and let the slugs eat it up, if you're not going to bin it.
You can now get compostable poop bags that degrade in a matter of 3 months and carry the EN13432 logo to prove it, just the thing if you like to bag it and leave it!
interesting but the roundworm eggs which cause toxocariasis are killed by UV and can survive for several months in the environment, which I imagine is what your bags shield it from,
Bag it and bin it, no excuses
Yeah, even if it means cycling, walking for miles or driving with it, BIN IT.
Symptomatic of today's society's 'not my problem' attitude. The same people piss everywhere in public toilets as someone else sorts that out; and leaves litter in shopping trolleys. Some other schmuck can sort that out, too.
I'm with binners, the sensible approaches just don't seem to register with them.
Don't kick it in the edge, I have to cut that. Don't sling it into the trees, that's where I work too. Tell you what, I'll come and take a dump on your desk.
http://www.keepbritaintidy.org/OrderMaterials/Default.aspx?catID=85
Good resources - unfortunately, according to their website, Keep [b]BRITAIN[/b] Tidy only operates in England...
Good resources - unfortunately, according to their website, Keep BRITAIN Tidy only operates in England...
I'll send you some stickers when mine land 😉
Keep BRITAIN Tidy only operates in England
well that's devolution for you
I can certainly echo the sentiments above about cycle ways becoming dog shit alleys and dog parks full of poo berries that are no go areas.
What I want to know is who is responsible for cleaning up after the equestrians?
who is responsible for cleaning up after the equestrians?
Well one of our collies makes a pretty good go of getting rid of any fresh horse apples round our way - apparently it's best when it's still warm and tender.
This is what devolution actually does:
http://www.keepwalestidy.org/campaigns/dogfouling
(It has nothing to do with devolution really) they are almost the same organisation (autonomous?) and run some campaigns the same and some campaigns that the other doesn't.
And for those over the other borders there is KeeptScotlandTidy and TidyNorthernIreland too.
I pick up after my dog who always goes in the first 5 minutes of the walk. As the council have removed the bins from the playground I walk through into the woods I normally leave said bags by the side of the path to pick up on my way home. 95% of the time when I get back to collect them they have gone 😯 Saves me carrying them home and putting them in our bin but I'm intrigued as to who moves them... This happens at whatever time of the day or night I walk the dog too.
What if some smart person could use the dog poo to produce gas, could that be used for heating say in a localised ring? I'm sure I've heard of something like that.
Bit of light reading (for kids really) the Giggler Treatment books by Roddie Doyle.
Most owners do bin it, just takes one dogs poo being left and after a week of walking it every day there's 7 stinking dumps waiting for you.
OMG you mean that wasn't chocolate...............
interesting but the roundworm eggs which cause toxocariasis are killed by UV and can survive for several months in the environment, which I imagine is what your bags shield it from,Bag it and bin it, no excuses
Most folk look after their dog's health to control worm infestations but sadly but there are 10-20 cases of [u]permanent child blindness[/u] in the UK every year caused by ingesting worm-infected dogsh*t. This is Toxocara Canis, as above. All due to lazy selfish ignorant behaviour by a few dog owners. It's not just about the foul smell.
Saves me carrying them home and putting them in our bin but I'm intrigued as to who moves them... This happens at whatever time of the day or night I walk the dog too.
it will be the wildlife taking them, you know, rats and the like
I was out riding with the kids today just outside Shrewsbury, Haughmond Hill. As usual had to warn them about dogshit, as usual it's everywhere, saw a few bags hanging from trees but most of it was just on the paths and tracks, with footprints or tyre prints squidging it about.
Went to a spot that the kids like to have our mid-snack ride and found a nappy there, all wrapped up and just left, for the nappy fairy to pick up, presumably. Loads of general rubbish about too.
It does grieve me somewhat that I have to share this planet with people who do this, just don't understand it at all.
I'm intrigued as to who moves them..
Probably someone who thinks you're a **** for leaving dogshit in bags instead of taking them home.
I just don't buy the whole 'I was going to pick it up later', yeah right, anyway why should anyone have to even see a plastic bag with a turd in it, doesn't exactly blend in.
If you're taking your dog out for a shit then at least have the ****ing decency to not inflict that on other people. Why can't your dog do it's business at home?
I thought this was going to be another Wiggle bargain thread.