To ask why people hang poo on trees?

Not surprised at all. As a gardener, I've had to shed some disgusting, lazy and disrespectful customers since the pandemic because they're too bone idle to clear their smelly, shit ridden lawns!

The only other unsettling thing hanging from trees I've seen are the creepy dolls posted on MN a while back.
Poo bags hanging from trees that's one I haven't seen yet probably because nobody picks it up around here. I went to northern Ireland this year and no dog shit, it was bliss, they get fined if dog dirt isn't picked up. Not quite sure how they'd catch people but they need something like that in England. I'd rather it hung on a tree than my child stepping in it. I'm cleaning dog shit off shoes every other day it seems. Drives me mad.

Well that’s clearly bullcrap because they wouldn’t all be still hanging on a tree would they? ??
I suspect the lazy fuckers think they’re being ‘helpful’ for the magic poo fairy who’s going to come by and clean up after them and are avoiding throwing plastic in the undergrowth or in the plants.
Obvs the answer is - carry it with you on the walk, or do what we do - stay nearer a bin til the dog goes. Not as hard as you think, if we come straight from the house dog is almost certainly going to go early on… may go again on the walk but that’s okay too. You just have to carry it til you’re somewhere to deposit it - and yes sometimes that does mean double bagging and bringing back in the car

I have to keep cleaning the pavement in front of my gate because dog owners constantly let their animals pee on the front hedge or squat on the pavement.

One smiled at me the other day as his dog piddled on the hedge whilst the bitch piddled on the pavement.

How awful - didn’t think of pushchairs etc ripping the bag. I don’t understand why you’d go to the effort of picking it up but then leaving it behind anyway! It winds me up when I see it as a dog owner.

See also just poo left in bags by the side of the road. Very confusing

Oh it will end up on a shoe eventually. A few years ago (when we still did the primary school run) there was a bag of shite on the pavement that was so big (is elephant cross a thing?) and there so long it nearly achieved monument status. Eventually it looked like a bike or pram wheel had gone over and burst it - because the bagger hadn't gone to the trouble of taking their air out when they knotted the bag. A shoe print was eventually added.

I have a puppy and always pick his mess up and carry it round either till I find a bin or I get home. It’s not nice but that’s one of the parts of owning a dog. I’ve always wondered this myself even as a dog owner. When I took my dog a walk today, I saw something even worse. Bagged poo left on the floor in the middle of the pavements numerous times! At least it won’t stick to your shoe however my puppy loves to grab things he shouldn’t so was continuously trying to grab these black bags. If I hadn’t of noticed them and he’d of had one I’d of ended up with a right barrel of laughs because once he’s got something he won’t let go or you have to physically pull it out of his mouth. Sharp teeth = I’m going to end up covered in dog turd anyway! Joys of a beagle, everything must be food 🤦🏼‍♀️😂 x

I get my poo bags off Amazon and they are such nice bright colours. Would make wonderful Chrizzie decs.

Not that I hang out girl's crap on trees in the first place.

If these people are so keen to hang their full poo bag somewhere, you can get little bag holders to attach to leads or dog walking bags for about £1.

So people who give up their free time to litter pick at their local park (I am one of these) now have to collect other people's bags of dog shit along with all the crisp packets, empty plastic bottles, canisters, half full bottles of cider, etc.

Happily I have never personally encountered a poo bag hanging from a tree in our small local park as either litter picker or dog owner.

Do you mean you think that people hang bags of dog shit in trees to give litter pickers something to pick up or am I mistaken? If I'm not then that is an awful attitude. There wouldn't be litter pickers, who are mainly community volunteers fed up of people dropping litter that spend their time making their community better, if people took their litter and dog shit bags home.

Dog owner, I dont do it but I thought it was for the litter pickers to clear or something? I know many forest don't have bins which is annoying but I usually just leave it where dog has done it then walk to a bin. People are lazy

It is not my job to pick up after lazy dog owners.

That is true, ethically speaking. On the other hand, the worse the issue gets, the higher than chances that dogs will end up getting banned from growing numbers of areas. It may be in responsible dog owners' interest to try and stop that from happening, or there'll be fewer places you can walk in future.

This is taking me back to the "pockets" thread we had recently about women's clothes.

Part of the reasons why people (men and women) need to carry bloody bags is so that they can carry any rubbish they generate until they are in a position to dispose of it legally and responsibly. Whether that's nappies, food wrappings, or bags of dogshit.

In the country I live in, there are hardly any rubbish bins in public places so we have to carry out rubbish home, so I don't have a lot of sympathy with people who buy a dog, then whine that they have to carry shit about. Get a proper bag and get a zipup case to put inside it for the dogshit. And while you're at it, please get a water squirty bottle too so you can flush away down a drain any pee your dog does if it "collects" on a road or pavement surface. We don't want to step in that either.

Those of you who are decorating trees with bags of shit before going back and collecting them later - please DON'T DO THIS. Because even if you are responsible, you are sending out messages to other, less responsible people that it's acceptable to do this. And they will hang their bags up too and NOT go back for them.

I'm sick of it. Also of the turds left in front of my front gate and front hedge. I have to keep stocking up with citrus Zoflora in an attempt to get rid of the mess and deter others.

I've had a couple of nappies chucked in my garden over the years, but dog poo bags are the main problem. I guess people see bushes and think "Oh! That'll do!"

I get the same. Also thrown under my boundary hedge. Delightful.

I always pick up after my dog, and I have never hung a bag on a tree.

But you can fuck off if you insist I should pick up other people's dog turds as a way to "redeem" all dog owners.

I suggest you pick up ALL litter you see, as a way to redeem yourself for being a mucky litter dropping human.

The plan is they pick it up on their way back