Dog people - how does the poo not disgust you?

@Girlintheframe

nah, a dogs shit stinks whatever its diet

@Standingtree

like poo bags? They’re plastic. Yeah, dog owners should just scoop up the shit with their bare hands. Save the planet! 🌎

Perhaps the dogs are disgusted by how much plastics you use and throw away?

If a dog is fed properly/well the poo doesn’t really smell. It’s also pretty firm so easy to quickly scoop up. If your dog is unwell, well that’s a different story and yes it can make my stomach turn.

It’s better than cat poo. Marginally. It’s just part of the deal, stoop and scoop. And pray it’s not a runny one.

Never really given it much though, so I guess it doesn't bother me! Had 4 dogs and they were all kibble fed then moved onto raw with helimoor mud supplement. Poos are definitely smaller and a better consistency with raw, less smelly farts as well. The worst was my MIL's GSD who was on some ridiculously expensive Hills 'prescription' food, massive loose smelly shits, often a two bag job to pick it all up.

Mine won’t poo in a built up area. They do it at home or in the rough on a field walk. Literally wouldn’t do it in town no matter how desperate they were, they’d have to have diarrhoea and no control.

Then don't walk behind them. Cross over the road or go another way. I don't know, you're moaning about people who don't pick up poo, but also moaning about walking behind someone who has picked it up.

I'm a dog trainer so I pick up not only my own dog's poo, but the poo of other dogs in my care. It's just part of life. It rarely grosses me out really, unless it's a particularly sloppy or smelly one, and even then I just deal with it and try not to breathe in, as you would with a disgusting nappy.

I don't tend to carry the poo bags, but have a special thing on my waist that I can tie them to until I reach a bin to put them in.

I think when it comes to poop its all about the context.
You would pick up your own dogs poop but other dogs is abit gross, same as kids.
Im a nurse and have absolutely no problem cleaning up peoples poop on the job but would be totally grossed out if I come across people poop on the street.

I think you should quit trying too hard with the "creative writing" bollocks 🙄

I don't think anyone has "misinterpreted" your post. @Fragmentedbrain

Your comments like "some fancily clad person walking along with their luxe takeaway coffee and their pooch"
Plus follow up comments clearly show you are not after people telling their experiences and view. You want people to go on a mass ewwwww its so disgusting..

I have a dog not a pooch.. (I do genuinely have a hound but not in the way you used it. My dog is a hound breed a specific type of dog breed Hound - Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hound

I do not dress fancily clad. More a frumpy middle aged dresser - I'm ok with that.

I do not have a luxe takeaway coffee with me if I go dog walking More likely a reusable cup and on rare occations I do have a takeaway coffee its a plain coffee nothing luxe.

I do not swing the bag merrily after collecting it

I don't love it nor do I hate it. Much like when I changed nappies on my children

I dont touch the "seeping, squishy intestine derived warmth" for longer than it takes to quickly scoop it up into the bag" (tnx for that over the top description btw -not) you can btw get scoopers for this if its a struggle HandiScoop Pro - Tall - Small Pet Select UK https://smallpetselect.co.uk/products/handi-scoop-pro?variant=15585825718315&tw_HandiScoop source=google&twHandiScoop adid=632448095996&twHandiScoop campaign=18792930877&twHandiScoop kwdid=pla-293946777986&gadHandiScoop source=1&gadHandiScoop campaignid=18792930877&gclid=CjwKCAjwtfvEBhAmEiwA-DsKjutBtNu1Z3qDADMUVFYOcBO-aRhe1q054N1UkxRgL9eMTsYnKfb6WxoCWd4QAvDBwE https://share.google/rDLkQNEYkf6YVoJ2Z

I don't care for the smell but I care for my dog and I care about other people having clean spaces. Hence I tidy up after my dog.

My dog gives me great pleasure and research suggests that
People who love animals tend to experience more empathy, social connectedness, and higher oxytocin levels than people who do not love animals.

My dog enriches my life. Due to that I in return deal with the downside of picking up his poop. It doesnt disgust me.

My lab is allergic to chicken (most unfortunate). I took a while to find Orijen dry. It has made such a difference to coat condition etc.

I couldn't carry on with raw due to my wife having a reduced immune system. Did a bunch of research on raw, and the only scientific research I could find showed that cross contamination to owners of things like e-coli was high. Dry is much more convenient. Started him on Burns, which was good apart from the itching, went through several before settling on Orijen.

Oh we have tried all sorts of food over the years as we travel with our 9 year old dog so spent weeks introducing different foods as we cant take raw with us - we haven't found one! The consequences of some have been horrific and refused to eat some. For our dog raw works unless its beef !! But he is quite happy to eat any food left in the park!!

Snot is my absolute kryptonite.
Small kids making snot bubbles. Or when one has a huge bogey and then it is suddenly gone. Nooooo.

Of course it’s gross but it’s just what you have to do. It’s the trade off for having a pet and a nice neighbourhood.

Even though it’s gross I don’t really think about it. It’s over in a second and I don’t even smell it. I find blood or snot way worse.

There is another reason then. There is no scientific evidence that raw is any better. I switched from raw to dry for my dog, no difference in poo at all (apart from when he buries his face in cow shit!)

They're all different. Ours didn't get along with raw and they do better poo on a good quality lamb based kibble than anything with poultry.

My dog is on cheaper food and her poos are firm and just smell of poo.
All dogs are different. Some thrive on cheap food, and some thrive on raw.

I’m not a squeamish person generally which is a good job as I pick up other people’s dog’s poo!

Yes this! I am absolutely fine picking my own dogs poop up, doesn’t bother me. Another dogs poop, ew! Love dogs but I struggle with their poop but not my own dogs.
I don’t think I’d like to change the nappy of another baby either!

My friend feeds hers a good quality, expensive dry food and her dogs poops are still gross in comparison (the smell/consistency)🤢

That is just to do with cheap food, not because it is raw.

Its the reason I never had and never will have a dog as a pet.
YANBU

She's raw fed, she's a small dog, we joke and call them rabbit poops 🤣

I see poops of non raw fed dogs and want to vom 🤮

No need for raw to achieve that. Just decent quality food.