Horse riders should pick up their poo!!

So, I'm supposed to ride my horse carrying poo clearing equipment, dismount my horse on the road, keep control over it while I shovel its completely harmless and actually beneficial manure into a bag (all with one hand whilst trying to keep said horse from freaking out and causing an accident), then mount whilst hiding the full bag of manure and (presumably) a pitch fork?!

Yeah....RIGHT!!!

Not quite with you on the accidents claim.

But I hate horses. I hate them on the road and I hate their steaming bogging shit on the road. I hate the riders smug little smile when you drive past as well. I love next to a livery, this is not working out well for me

[quote Instagram]www.weeklygripe.co.uk/horse-manure-on-the-road-is-dangerous[/quote]
Got any more? I've almost filled my bingo card. "Road tax", "stuck-up"...

Carry a snow shovel? :o

I have a wonderful image of riders trotting along with them sheathed on their backs like a battle axe.

i agree OP. logistics etc aside it is disgusting

I somehow lost my quotes from my previous message. Here they are:

2nd page, BakedTattie: Hopefully a few cyclists have skidded on it.

5th page, TheOccupier in response to BakedTattie: Hope your horse gets spooked by the next cyclist you see and throws you off.

Tumble weed after BakedTattie's comment and outrage after TheOccupiers comment. Is that because riders are upper class and cyclists are working class so wishing harm to cyclists is funny whilest wishing harm to riders is not? I need an idiot's guide to social class in Britain because they both sound awful to me.

Is horse shit somehow more acceptable than dog shit because only the monied can afford horses?

Erm no. Its because horse shit is grass/hay biodegradable and not toxic to humans and dog shit is meat based stinks can take years to breakdown/become safe and is toxic to humans.

Is horse shit somehow more acceptable than dog shit because only the monied can afford horses?

Erm no. Its because horse shit is grass/hay biodegradable and not toxic to humans and dog shit is meat based stinks can take years to breakdown/become safe and is toxic to humans.

Could someone explain why the horse rider wishing cyclists would skid in horse poo is acceptable or at least not worthy of mentioning, while the cyclist wishing the horse would spook is criticised? Is this one of those famous British social class things? As an outsider they both sounds really unkind things to wish for, but only one of them was picked up and citicised in this thread.

@PyongyangKipperbang are you from a rural area or did you move there to enjoy the countryside and complain about every aspect that doesn't sit well with you and your car

You don’t keep horses then!

I agree it disgusting, it's all over the place where I am. Thankfully the stables close by is being shut down and we won't have to put up with this for much longer. The horses will be thankful as they won't have to cart the big boned stuck up riders anymore.

To be fair, I don’t see how they logistically could, however…
There’s a riding stables local to us that uses the footpaths to bring the horses round my street regularly and it IS awful to try to get a pram up the footpaths without getting covered in horse shit. Even worse when it’s a double pram. Fair enough when they’re actually riding on the road but it’s a different story when it’s actually a space meant for people on foot, kids on bikes etc.

This is a joke right? Clearly you have never ridden a horse! Also, herbivore poo is not hazardous in the way carnivore poo is.

There is a bridlepath between our house and next door. We try to share it fairly.

Loving your work OP. I knew of Somerset Live but had never seen Daily Gripe before. I do love a parody news site 😀.

Actually I am with the OP.

I live in a rural area and am sick of having to either dodge the horse shit or clean it off my car. Is horse shit somehow more acceptable than dog shit because only the monied can afford horses?

If you own any animal that shits in public then you are morally (and should be legally) required to clean up after it. I only exclude cats from this because those little bastards will simply find somewhere else (no. I dont own cats)

Horses are herbivores, it's not in the same league and cat/dog shit.

I'm so glad none of my neighbours seem to mind it, would be a bit bizarre riding out with a shit shovel...

I imagine a future where horse riders actually do pick up their horses poo only to leave in hanging in trees like some dog owners do. Great big multi coloured bin bags of the stuff.

On the shared paths near us, near stables, it would be easy for the stables people to go and collect now and then. The horses tend to walk on the same paths/lanes/bridalways rather than out in the rural countryside

Hahah,a MN at it's very best/worst.

Prove to me that every single cat owner is following their nasty pet around the neighbourhood picking up all the cat shit they let their animals deposit in peoples back gardens.

Then maybe I'll think it might be nice if horse manure (a far more useful & valuable product than cat shit) was scooped off the streets.

Never had an issue with horse owners letting their horses into my garden to drop off a load of manure, but actually I suspect my garden would be really happy if that happened as I normally have to buy it.

Have to say having lived in areas littered with horse owners who regularly rode around including the local hunts, I never ever had an issue with horse poo so they don't leave that much lying around around.

Where are you having this massive problem?

It's the droppings of animals that eat meat that seem to be an issue & even idiots who think they have a vegan cat are wrong if they ever let the animal out of the house - they don't go hunting carrots in the night.

I agree, it’s grim. I’m sick of piles of shot that the dog eats and the kids bike through.

Well the article the OP posted states you have an untrained dog if it's eating horse poo so maybe be a better owner.
As for your children riding through it have you tried telling them not to?