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to expect dog owner to pick up their flmg dog turds!!

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rantinghousewife · 28/03/2007 13:38

Argghh!! Just came out of my daughters school and stepped right in it. Right outside the gate FFS!! Can't you just pick it up with one of those charming little poop-a-scoop things. Evil, evil, evil. Rant over.

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Mossie · 28/03/2007 13:53

You're not being unreasonable. I pick up my dogs' turds so it infuriates me to see dogs and their owners being given a bad name by those that don't clean up.

Having said that, the story is funny, but it does really annoy me when one of my dogs does a poo, and I'm given a nasty glare or asked "are you going to pick that up then?" before the poor bugger's even finished his poo and I've even had a chance to get my plastic bag out!!

But I don't wear one of those jackets.

When his back is still humped up 🤣🤣🤣

kamikayzed · 29/03/2007 21:35

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Rachmumoftwo · 29/03/2007 21:26

A friend of mine (now in thirties) is blind in one eye because of dog poo worms (there is a medical name- toxisomethingorother). I have a dog & always pick up after her using nappy sacks. I always carry a few in case she does 2 poos so there is no excuse!
I do get very cross at other people, as the ones who don't bother to clear up probably don't bother to worm their dogs either!

oatcake · 29/03/2007 19:53

I was fortunate enough to catch a dog owner let his dog poop outside my house two weeks ago.

After shouting very loudly "Excuse me, your dog has just crapped outside of my house" (I was not bothered that he was on his mobile at the time) he apologised saying that he was new to the area (so what!) and did not have a bag on him. Luckily I did. Having watched him pick it up, I went inside.

Half an hour later my neighbour came over to tell me she'd seen the whole thing. Thinking the bloke looked dodgy, she watched him walk down the road, taking backward glances at my house. Once he'd established I was safely inside, he deposited his dog's poop in someone's bin!

I called the council's environment department. They took the whole thing very seriously and actually 2 representatives called at my house to say they were checking the area out and then there were new signs about "picking it up" all down the road.

They also informed the police and we've had a community police officer patrol our road and neighbouring roads for the last week.

I've seen him since and he has his own child! She's in a pushchair so I assume he has not had the pleasure of scraping poo out of shoe treads yet...

magicfarawaytree · 29/03/2007 19:38

lol troutpout

Troutpout · 29/03/2007 11:13

Yes..of course on the dog rantinghousewife.
Solves all our problems.
That tesco piss bag woman...i reckon she was doing a protest and starting the revolution... 'you let your dog poo on the street? i'll let my kids piss in bags '
Power to the people

Nightynight · 28/03/2007 22:36

lol inviting soft earth is the cat equivalent of andrex
paving slabs & cacti in the whole garden should do the trick.

magicfarawaytree · 28/03/2007 22:28

did anyone see the programme with cheryl tweedy et al before she married ashley cole. She and her beloved Ashley were in a park and her puppy pooed - so she said to Ashely oh no will you pick it up - He flatly refused so she laughed and said its on a small one leave it. so they left it in the public place a park it looked like. the route to pick up dd from school is litter with shit. I feel like lobbing at the next person it see letting their dog crap and go. not very dignified I know.

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SparklyGothKat · 28/03/2007 21:54

I pick up my dog's poo, hate doing it, but would never leave it where a child could fall into it. But the other day we drove past the park and saw a woman let her dog poo on the grass and just walk away, this is in a estate where there are small play area for KIDS, and she made me mad.

Another lady lets her dog off the lead walking around the streets, the dog started to rip open my binbags, and when MIL arrived here, she shooed the dog away. The owner had a go at her about my binbags!!! MIL just said 'well THAT thing should be on lead around the street where there are kids'
Some people shouldn't own dogs

rantinghousewife · 28/03/2007 21:46

Couldn't agree more mitzy, would be tempted to do it tho' if it got the point across. If I were brave enough!!

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mitzy1515 · 28/03/2007 21:44

the dog poo that is - to put on the doorstep !!!!

mitzy1515 · 28/03/2007 21:43

Dont think I could bring myself to actually pick it up though - think i would be sick first.

rantinghousewife · 28/03/2007 21:43

Oh inviting soft earth. That sounds really lush!!

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Nightynight · 28/03/2007 21:42

lol ranting. I would lie in wait for the offending cats with a water pistol, I think. completely sympathise with clearing up shit, really offensive. Evidently your garden has got more inviting soft earth than theirs.

paulaplumpbottom · 28/03/2007 21:40

Thats exactly what I would do to

rantinghousewife · 28/03/2007 21:40

Troutpout, on the dog?

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rantinghousewife · 28/03/2007 21:39

Mitzy, if I were brave enough I'd do what kerrymums neighbour did, pick it up and knock on their door and say 'I believe this belongs to you'. I'm not that brave tho'

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Troutpout · 28/03/2007 21:35

dirty birdies
I've said it before..
Nappies
Little doggie nappies

mitzy1515 · 28/03/2007 21:27

I have never posted here before but when I saw this thread I thought I would. For the last 12 months or so we have constantly been trying to deter cats from using our garden as a toilet. There is ALWAYS cat poo, we only have a small garden and 2 toddlers so every morning we have had to 'poop scoop'. I choose NOT to have pets for that exact reason and yet here I am still cleaning up s**t

I also have a neighbour (few doors away) that I know lets their dog poo anywhere it likes and they NEVER clean up after it. I have witnessed this several times. What I find so shocking is that they too have 2 little toddlers that they take with them on their 'dog walks' and they let them wander in the grass etc .

I have complained to the relevant department in the council but they say they need names but I am reluctant to do this as dont want to start a neighbourhood feud. What would you do?

Harryjake · 28/03/2007 16:58

Our local park has sectioned off an area where dogs are allowed to run and poo to their hearts content and the rest of the park is dog free so the hundreds of school children who use it every day can play safely. Seems more councils should adopt this idea. In France once I saw an actual dog toilet in a park, which was basically a big sand pit, but it meant dog owners had no excuse for letting their pets poo all over the grass.

idlemum · 28/03/2007 16:53

I'm right with you on this one Kerrymum. I would add though that never have I found dog poo in my garden that isn't from my own dog - dogs simply don't wander in and out of gardens in the same way that cats do. And -Mossie - as I don't always witness the cats crapping it is impossible to tackle a guilty owner correctly. And the cat poo is never buried.

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