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Directly correlate to the quality of your neighbourhood ?
It continually astonishes me why people think its acceptable to not pick up their dog's turds. My street is covered in the stuff.. Walked past 3 on the pavement in 100 yards
As a dog owner I was actually embarrassed the other day when someone thanked me for picking my dogs shit rather than leaving it on the pavement...
We've had dog shit gate in our village, tbh tho some of the dog owners need a good shoeing for not cleaning up, our house is at the end of a tarmac lane just as it changes to a farm track, and the amount of owners think its ok to let their dog crap by our kitchen window, quite amusing when they get shouted at to clean it up.
Yes, some people are too posh to pick up
Apparently I live in the 'nice' part of town yet there's plenty of dog crap around to the point of not allowing my 18 month old onto grass areas in case he steps in any/touches any. People get surprisingly pissed off when I offer a poo bag in a passive aggressive manner if they don't pick up after their precious pooch.
It's a perfect example of folks that simply don't give a shit about anyone but themselves. It's not something you ever see in a nice neighbourhood, where common decencency applies.
What can you do about it though?? I've challenged a few people when I've seen it happen and been met with barage of abuse.
As a dog owner, one of the "groups" of people who piss me off the most right now, are dog walkers.
Not just the dog poo on the track up to the fields (come on people, there's a good chance you'll step in it tomorrow, it's in your dog walk too). To bags of poo at the side of the path (there are no park rangers, it's farm land, and it's a **** excuse anyway). To the out of control dogs with no recall or doggy manners that run up to my dog who is on lead, get right up in her face and then the owner get all defensive if she gives them what for. I'd rather my dog wasn't put in that position, and I think she would agree.
Stop being so ****ing lazy! Being a dog owner is a lot more involved that feeding it and (occasionally) walking it.
And breath.
It’s a perfect example of folks that simply don’t give a shit about anyone but themselves.
Eh, they're demonstrably giving a shit.
We’re lucky enough to have trees along the road and little patches of soil at the base of them of course, Dog owners used to let them shit on them, which was a bit rude given a) it stinks and b) people have spent their own time and money to plant flowers in there.
One of my neighbors had taken to writing ‘Pick up after your dog’ on the pavement in chalk and remarkably it’s working
Either too posh, stupid or inconsiderate, excuse my language ****ers. I do hate when people don't know where their dog has shit and I'm walking mine. Pay attention. I have shown people and offered poo bags as I carry loads. And why carry just a couple of bags?! It's easier to grab a handful and chuck them in a pocket and for me thats on top of the little bag full of them attached to the lead.
It should be illegal to own or keep pets.
It should be illegal to own or keep pets.
It should be illegal for anyone that doesn't pick up after their dogs to own a pet. Not just because I find the turds on the pavement disgusting.. But because I feel sorry for any pet owned by such a scumbag
It's amazing how scummy some people are - there's an alley I ride through on my commute, not much wider than my handlebars - big lump of dog shit right in the middle. Someone once left a pile right by where I get in my car too - on my driveway (a path goes passed). Must be scumbags from other streets because these are NICE areas!
I only let my dog do her shit in scruffy streets, usually where there's already poo from various species smeared around the pavements. I'm considerate, me.
The real question is why do people bag up the dogsh and then leave it?
NI is the place for dog shit though. You don't know what dogsh is until you have walked from your digs to the pub at night during a power cut. Still makes me shudder.
Dogshit, Gypsies and Cyclists, middle Britains favourite groan.
Personally I hate people who do noisy DIY, Pavement parking and Arab religions but each to their own.
I picked up a load yesterday from the pavement along my hedge line and the grass verge, about 70m long including some of two neighbours stretches. Half a carrier bag full. I then sprayed the pavements, lamp posts, and gateways with a strong dilution of Jeyes fluid. The Jeyes absolutely stinks, so hopefully it will mask the scant of all the dog shit.
As I was spraying a local woman promptly let her dog shit in my gateway and was about to leave it when a came round the corner. She was told in no uncertain terms what would happen if she didn't pick it up. It's just ****ing laziness. She didn't like having her photo taken and told that I'd be reporting her to the police and the local council enforcement team. She huffed off with a bag of dog shit in her pocket muttering about her husband coming to have a word. I'm still waiting.
Dogshit. Litter. Racism. Britain.
Some people are selfish with no sense of community
They are poor, rich or middle class. The thing that unites them is being complete and utter .....!
baffles me beyond belief that people would get a dog or animal in the first place, who the hell needs daily picking up of dog shit in their life? 😆 manics!
Another thing that correlates with general 'shitttyness'...ice cream vans.
if only the ice cream vans could vacuum up the poo as they went about their business.
failure to clear up after your dog warrants a fine, but if the owners are too lazy, surely they can train their pooch to defecate over the metal drain thingy?
baffles me beyond belief that people would get a dog or animal in the first place, who the hell needs daily picking up of dog shit in their life? manics
+1
I'm going to try the chalked message thing on our road.
baffles me beyond belief that people would get a dog or animal in the first place, who the hell needs daily picking up of dog shit in their life?
Baffles me why anyone would have kids but everyone is different. As for dog shit on pavements, there are no pavements where I live so the dog shit just gets flicked up into the hedgerow. No need for bags, no need to pick up poo.
When I lived in Pembrokeshire one of the local National Trust places had a massive problem with people flicking dog crap into the bushes. Effectively the large amounts of it acted as fertiliser for the faster growing plants meaning that the brambles and weeds went nuts and practically strangled the life out of the other plants. And when volunteers tried to clear the brambles & weeds, it was gross as they were constantly tiptoeing around dog crap. Just bag it and bin it.
I like the idea of the chalk message on the pavement, might try that.
It’s a perfect example of folks that simply don’t give a shit about anyone but themselves. It’s not something you ever see in a nice neighbourhood, where common decencency applies.
It's incredibly selfish behaviour, wherever it happens. Some people are just dicks though.
What makes a 'nice' neighbourhood? The quality of the people, or a wealthy area? 'Poor' areas just tend to be more crowded. The occurrence (density) of dicks who don't clear up after their dogs might be the same, there is just more of them in the same space. I know of a couple of people who have been attacked (one verbally, one physically) for offering poo bags in our relatively wealthy, widely spaced, and generally nice village.
No one likes being challenged but to be abusive/aggressive back is a prime indicator of dickishness. The other day my missus politely pointed out to a mid 20's bloke that he'd parked in a parent and baby space when others were available and that his crap parking was blocking us from getting our son out. His response was to say that he was aware, couldn't care less & that we should **** off. He looked a bit worried when our pram, trolley & car door got a *bit* close to his pride & joy whilst getting our boy back into the car.
No point arguing with people who are just intent of being a dick.
It’s not something you ever see in a nice neighbourhood, where common decencency applies.
It happens everywhere.
The stick and flick thing is just convenient for the t...s that think it's OK
For everyone else it turn the environment into a "don't stray from the path" minefield
It was bad in Waterfoot when we lived there until CivicPride stenciled a silhouette of a dog with pick up it's poo IIRC on all the pavements. It worked with considerable less poo about but it shouldn't be needed.
where I live so the dog shit just gets flicked up into the hedgerow. No need for bags, no need to pick up poo.
Ahh, do you're the reason my bike picked up a load last week in the forest, hidden a couple of metres off the path, or why my kids on DofE got it on rucksack on a break in sunny bit of forest. Why 5m from car park was covered in bags and piles of it.
The ''flick it" policy of FC and FCS has a lot to answer for.
Ahh, do you’re the reason
Nope, I am not the reason for any of your examples unless you wife or kids spend their time crawling underneath hedgerows at the side of the road.
The stick and flick thing is just convenient for the t…s that think it’s OK
For everyone else it turn the environment into a “don’t stray from the path” minefield
There is no path where I live and if you are someone who likes to stray from the road to crawl under hedges then you have other problems to worry about.
As alluded to earlier ..the main reason that I don't have a dog is that I don't particularly like the idea of a daily dose of picking shit up ..that and the needy attention they require / general dog smell in your home.
I like dogs but other peoples where the interaction is in short bursts.. but dog owners who leave their precious pooch's shit lying around need their noses rubbing in it ..until properly trained .
kids spend their time crawling underneath hedgerows at the side of the road
Yes, kids do. They play in undergrowth, off paths. I'm often in places with a class of kids studying biodiversity, needing to get into the undergrowth to look.
So you're flinging this stuff from side of road, where kids walk/play, folk stand aside from car etc?
or in places with no path, meaning folk walk everywhere, as my group were on DofE last week?
Just because your lifestyle and values say you wouldn't, please don't discount others from.
Sorry, we're just going to disagree on this - pick it up. We don't have cat for same reason - they shit everywhere and kill have the neighbourhood birds and mice.
Yes, kids do. They play in undergrowth, off paths.
No, they really don't. These are narrow country lanes with no pavement.
Remember I am talking about where I live as the question is about the neighbourhoods we live in. As you don't know what it is like where I live it is probably best for you to stop being so judgemental. Or maybe get a pet and relax a bit.
No. Dog shit everywhere especially around well off areas. Dog owners all say they pick it up. They all lie. They also suffer from alzhiemers as they leave it in little bags "to pick up on the way back" and never do.
The Urban canine needs to be banned or taxed heavily unless it has an actual purpose. Dog toilets provided in parks instead of using areas where children roam.
They smell. They make the owners and houses smell too. even the tiny clean ones still smell.
The number of doggy daycares and walking services shows that the wealthy just outsource the problem to other equally irresponsible people. There is a woman in edinburgh that walks up to 14 dogs off the lead at one time . Thats a lot of shit she is not collecting.
Kerley has form for being a voracious ‘stock n flick’ proponent. He’s VERY sure that it works where he lives, and I dare say he’s right. Logically, if the population density of dogs is low enough, and the undergrowth thick enough, stick n flick will work fine. This doesn’t mean it’s appropriate for most of Britain, with high human and dog populations and a lack of convenient sufficiently thick undergrowth.
Dog poo is highly unpleasant, but it’s also highly biodegradable and will quickly get broken down in a dark damp environment such as thick undergrowth.
@kerley - it's not worth getting into an exchange about it - my dog goes off into the undergrowth to do her business out in the local thicket - I can't even get to it, let alone bag it up, but never feel the need (until now!) to say it on here as there's always someone who knows better than you what you do. I guess they can't get to, or haven't got the bottle to confront those who really cause the problems so feel it's best to have a whinge at someone else on the net.
So when it’s bagged and binned, who un-bags it, sorts it, and where does it go?
^^that would be the worst job. Can’t see a reason for sorting dog poo though. Colour grading? 😅
I was stuck in traffic last week and saw a man walking a boxer. The dog did, what can only be described as, the Mount Everest of poo. The guy just walked off with the dog leaving a tall brown barrier in the middle of the pavement. In all honesty I was genuinely dumbfounded. Normally I’d say something but I just couldn’t believe what I was seeing.
I guess they can’t get to, or haven’t got the bottle to confront those who really cause the problems so feel it’s best to have a whinge at someone else on the net.
I'm quite happy, and embarrass family regularly, by asking folk to pick it up.
I'm also on record on here on saying:
Dog poo is one of the main reasons many schools struggle to get outdoors for learning (my job).
Poop on streets / parks / woods / everywhere is a growing problem it seems. I don't know if this is increase in dog ownership or increase in can't be bothered.
To me (clearly not academically rigorous study) it seems more dog owners than not now don't pick it up. I've friends with dogs who simply '''go to that path" or "that bit of the park" to consciously not have to pick it up, and don't have bags with them.
I've another friend who's business is dog walking. She does pick it up, but does do the "leave the bag to return later" thing. Even she comments it is a growing issue, and that stick n flick is used as an excuse and in places it wasn't intended for.
Edit: yes, I am being a grumpy old fart, but having just cleaned by shoe of it from this morning's run and a bike of it yesterday, I'm fed up.
my dog goes off into the undergrowth to do her business out in the local thicket – I can’t even get to it, let alone bag it up, but never feel the need (until now!)
Aka “ I cant be bothered walking away from the path and getting my shoes muddy. Besides, if I don’t see the dog pooing then it didn’t really happen”
I don't see what's so difficult about picking it up but part of the problem might be what people are feeding their dogs. Ours is on a raw meat and bone diet. Her poo is solid lumps and easy to collect, not particularly large in volume for her size either.
What we often see left are what we refer to as a Bakers poo (named after a particular brand), usually almost orange in colour and very very soft so it's just one pat. Either way, if picking up dog poo is the worst thing you face in life, I envy them as that must be a very easy life they lead.
We don't have children, but from what I've seen, it's a lot less traumatic than changing a nappy.
Dogshit. Litter. Racism. Brexit. Britain.
Well, someone had to, didn't they? 😉
I think the important question here is really, given the clear quantity of dog shit kicking about, why did the white dog shit go out of existence in the late 80s early 90s? 😆
Dog poo is one of the main reasons many schools struggle to get outdoors for learning (my job).
For me at least that's a saving grace. Groups of school children irritate me far more than dog shit under bushes.. Then again, I don't spend my time crawling under bushes.
Nobody blaming Brexit or trump yet? Surprising. Anyway it's the 99% of dog owners that give the rest a bad name.
I live by 2 canals, which are a dog walkers paradise.
The tow path is covered in dog dirt. There are dog dirt bags flung in bushes, trees and left on walls.
It should be a lovely experience riding or walking along these canals, but no, my eyes have to be constantly on the tow path, avoiding the piles of mess.
I'm completely with Mattoutandabout and onzadog on these matters.
Stop being so lazy, pick it up and dispose of it responsibly. It's not hard.
Stop being so lazy, pick it up and dispose of it responsibly. It’s not hard.
No. It's not.
It's squishy and warm.