WTF dog shit

It is laziness - when we visited Japan there are NO public bins for any rubbish at all. People know it’s their responsibility to dispose of it at home. It’s very much the culture here that it should be someone else’s problem to sort.

It's the ones who bag and sling it in a tree that I worry about

Summerbay23 · Today 14:14
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Is it a bin? It’s not great but I also think the bin should be emptied (or a bigger one provided) particularly if national trust are charging for parking etc”

This. National Trust sites aren’t exactly cheap. Pretty sure it can afford to pay someone to clear the bins on busy public holidays.

Completely agree with this.

Whether there is a bin or not. Whether the bin is full or not. None of these things change the fact that it is dog owner's responsibility to ensure their dog's waste is properly disposed of.

My young kids try to blame others for their own behaviour. You should really have grown out of that mentality by adulthood.

This 👆

I am a dog owner, but it drives me nuts seeing the amount of bags tied to fences / trees / etc.

Also, I would point out how few bins there are at National Trust properties. Quite a few places near me don't have any bins.

I used to live in Bristol and there was a council generated notice satirical referencing the 'dog poo fairy'. It was a hard hitting message for people who might have engaged.

So many posters on here blaming the people responsible for emptying the bins for the disgusting mess on and around that bin.

How about the dog owners taking responsibility for the disposal of their dogs' waste and taking it home and putting it in their own rubbish bins instead of dumping it on and by a bin that is clearly overflowing already and thereby creating a health hazard and eyesore.

Where I frequently walk my dog there are no bins and yet somehow the vast majority of people, who also walk their dogs there, seem to be able to manage, like me, to carry their dogs' waste bags home and put them in their own bins.

It really isn't that difficult.

It you don't want to be responsible for disposing of your dog's waste don't get a dog.

I’m walking on national trust land now. Carrying my dog shit as the closest bins were removed due to people festooning full bins with their dog’s bagged shit.

there are free car parks, paid parking and plenty of people can walk here from their homes. If people keep doing it there will be less bins, not more

Charge dog owners a licence fee that covers the cost of bins and dog wardens

People, thankfully,are at least picking up their dog poo. Your anger should be directed at the trust not emptying the bins enough or putting more bins in the park.

It's not a council bin though, it's National Trust. People pay a fortune at NT sites - adequate bins should be provided.

The real enemy here are those who do not provide big enough bins or do not empty them frequently enough

You are one of the people who make me despair.

Get a zipped bag to carry the poo with you so you don't have to smell it.

Take it home if there is no dog poo bin empty enough to take it.

Yes dealing with shit is not nice - its why I choose not to have a dog - but if you choose to have a dog, part of the deal is that removing your dog's shit is your responsibility.

This!

@Purplebunnie not always. I've seen black and green ones too :)

I'm not a dog owner, but I thought the dog poo bins were red and not green?

Services are being cut left right and centre

Bins are a convenience not a right, I hate seeing bins overflowing and littler blowing everywhere.

eventually there will be no dog poo bins because of the behaviour in the picture.

This happened on a beach walk we did last week. All poo bins full and everyone had dumped their dog poo bags beside the bins. We have a small rucksack we take with us when walking the dog. It has a mesh pocket on the outside. We stuck the bag in there rather than dump it outside the bin, then found a not-full bin about 2 miles along the beach and put it in there. It's not difficult.

We went to the beach the other day. The bin was full so we double bagged the dog poo and took it home. With the weather so windy and awful loads of bags left outside the bin will blow away.

Is it definitely a bin? Kinda looks like it might be an electricity cabinet which just happens to have a please pick up after your dog sign on it.

Doesn't make a difference though, this is horribly unacceptable behaviour. If the wind gets up those are going to blow everywhere. People should take it home if there is no bin, it is that simple. I'm a dog owner and I manage it.

Put more poo bins and empty them regularly. Problem solved.

Really? You'd think they'd see that as indication that more bins were needed, not fewer.

I think if the local council don't put poo bins, then more people will just leave the dog poo like in the old days.

This. I know everyone’s responsible for their own dogs shit, but at least make it a little easier for dog owners. They’ve bagged it and carried it to the bin with the intention of binning it. I wouldn’t be walking miles home carrying shit, or putting bags of shit in the car because the council don’t want to empty the bins

There's always two sides to this:

1. What they're thinking is they've spent £5-£10 on parking for facilities so they don't have to carry crap around with them 🤷‍♀️ (or have to walk a mile back to the car to drop the shit back there before resuming their walk)

Or

1. People who think carrying shit around on a walk or back to the car is reasonable because they own a dog

I always carry my rubbish back to the car but I have masses of sympathy for position 1 as they quite understandably NEED a dog poo bin so they don't have to carry shit on a 5 mile walk

The bin is obviously full, so they’ve left the bags where they will be collected when it’s emptied.