To ask why people hang poo on trees?

P.S. What's a Dicky bag?!

I think it's because by doing that,they are under the impression that they are not dropping litter on the ground.

The bags of dog shit are actually more attractive than most of the dogs, at least they don’t try to put their mucky paws on you, when they’re only trying to be friendly.
😉😁😁.

But they don't retrieve them and either find a bin or take it home to put in their own bin do they?

The trouble with hanging it in trees rather than just laying it on the ground is that the bag gets punctured, so I am disinclined to remove it and take it to a bin. I mostly do loops so do leave a bag in a discreet position and collect it on my return. But it is a disgusting habit and I have never seen a perpetrator.

I think the plop will degrade before the bags do (unless the dogs are eating something very questionable!)

Will the bags degrade in time and plop shit on walkers' heads?

Because lots of people are nasty, selfish cretins.

I have a little bag that has 3 separate containers. 1 for poo bags, 1 for used poo bags (bigger container) and 1 for treats. Hanging poo bags on trees is disgusting.

Some people only pick it up because they’re being watched so I assume it’s them. I have a couple of relatives who pretend to scoop/pretend not to notice the dog doing its business etc, whatever they can get away with at the time. They don’t like being shouted at by strangers but they will avoid carrying dog crap around if they can. Oddly enough they are very much against dropping litter in the usual sense.

I think most dog owners are more conscientious though! I don’t assume everyone walking a dog is like this.

Yup totally grim. I have a dog and I take her on long walks, sometimes she poos right at the beginning of a walk and I take the bag with me in the hopes of finding a bin (best case scenario) or taking it home. Very often I don't walk in a loop so the whole "I'll pick it up on the way home" doesn't wash with me.

It’s never occurred to me to do this and I think it’s bizarre. I keep a dedicated silicon bag in my dog walking kit and put the full (closed!) poo bags in there if there are no bins. I’ll find one eventually or worst case take it home!

You are quite right @HotCrossBunplease; it is disgusting.

It is minging. I live somewhere with bins general and specific for dog poo about every 200 yards and there are still bags of dog shit everywhere. I agree, if you really don’t want to carry warm shit around with you that much then you can’t have a dog because you aren’t capable of looking after it. And I call bullshit (or dog shit) on the people who carefully put their dog shit bag down on their route to pick it back up again on the way back as I’ve never seen a bag move once it’s been dumped unless a community litter picker has taken one for the team and removed it.

No, I'm not dealing with other people's dog poo. My conscience is clear as I always pick up my dog poo. There's usually no bins where I walk them so mine go into a sealed container in the back of my car to come home with me. Not going to put the poo of other dogs in there. For all I know those dogs haven't been wormed, might have had a gastro bug I'll come in contact with and give to my dogs, etc. Not worth the risk or the vet bills.

If the land is owned by the charity then the charity would have to provide the bins.

The National Trust, for example.

Likewise all those who own land with public access.

Should these organisations really have to waste money on providing bins for people who want to own a dog but can't be arsed to take its shit home?

Don't get a dog if you don't want to carry a bag of warm dog shit around and dispose of it responsibly at home.

Dog food is full of chemicals? Where are you finding this dog food? I wouldn't buy that kind of thing for my dog. They get real food.

Thank you for doing that. People who leave nappies all over the place are disgusting.

Interesting. Never seen those before. Could be useful I guess but I'm happy to have them in hand. I knot the bag and it's all contained.

It's only dog owners that hang bags full of dog shit on my garden shrubs. It's not the dogs doing it, or people without dogs, it's the dog owners.
So I'll continue to say how fucking disgusting dog owners are, because they're the ones doing it and making me have to pick up and dispose of their dogs' shit.

We live rurally and see this all the time. Even worse when it’s hung on a barbed wire fence and the wind blows it makes it catch on other bits so it’s a nightmare to remove. People that do this are disgusting, skanky people who shouldn’t have dogs. Near us there is actually a bin in the carpark where people start their walks from, so it’s no excuse that there’s no bin.

Half the problem is that a lot of people incapable of tying a decent knot in the bag. If the bag is tied tightly it usually won’t smell. If it does, put that bag inside a second bag and tie it up. I have a cafe for walkers, I let people put poo bags in the general bin, but ask them to tie it tightly. They all say they have, but some of them just do a loose “left over right” and throw them in the bin, which then stinks.

As for those that profess to be collecting them on the way back - most of you are liars. But even if you were doing that, you’re still leaving an ugly mess for everyone else to see on their walk. Would you leave your empty cone can or choc wrappers etc too? It’s simply unacceptable.

They aren't, they are called dicky bags.