dog pooh

[comloulou]

Sorry for the unpleasant nature of this question but how many of you own dogs? those who do, do you clean up the c**p it makes? If not, genuinely, why not?

[rekstout]

I have a dog and carry around a pack of small, thick, biodegradable and fragranced bags which I can use like a glove to pick up and bag any pooh. In our garden she is very clean and will only go on the gravelled flowerbeds. There is a trowel by the backdoor for collecting pooh and putting it into one of thos dog loos. I have trodden in a steaming pile one too many times to wish it on anyone else - hence the reason I clean up, besides, I'm not squeamish about stuff like that - I think that's one of the reasons people are reluctant to deal with pooh - especially when your dog has been "ill".

Horse owners are the worst - leaving foot high piles in the middle of country lanes - I own a low-slung convertible and there is no feeling like rounding a corner, hittong an unavaoidable pile and smearing fresh "horse apples" all over the front, bonnet and, on one occassion, flipping some into the car itself.

[comloulou]

I have to say, living in a town in kent I dont encounter many horses but I can see how unpleasant that would be. It just astounds and disgusts me the volumes of dog t**ds on the streets I walk to work. These are streets where children play and groups of school kids walk. Every single pile has a foot print and a smeared trail after it and all because unlike Rekstout, owners are to lazy to sort it.

[xyzzyplugh]

Living in the countryside, we find horses are a worse problem. Dogs round here get taken into the fields, so our pavements are clean. Cats though seem to like doing it other people's gardens. Birds just drop it anywhere - good thing the cows don't fly but when farmer Giles gets to muck spreading, you would think by the smell enveloping the village, and wishing you could duct-tape your windows, that a whole herd of the dysentry distressed darlings had just flown by. Then the farmers track it all over the roads with their tractors.They will even sell you a bagfull if you want. But worst of all that I feel sorry for is the poor dustmen when Parents put soiled Pampers and Huggies in their trash. How many thousands of those little beauties hover in bin liners for up to a week? - Gross!

[gazzawazza]

We have a yorkie called Holly and we genuinely do clean up after her, and I've actually had an argument with one bloke who let his dog cr*p right outside our house then walked off and left it. In fact, this has just reminded me that when our oldest daughter was 12 she was in the local papers (photos and everything) coz she'd written to the council complaining about this... He-he-he, something to embarrass her with next time her boyfriend pops round...!