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Original poster

To ring the council and ask them to deal with this

355 replies

EauDeLaPoisson · 05/03/2012 09:12

Some c**t has kindly allowed their dog to shit on the corner outside our house- a route commonly used by kids going to school/oldies on their merry way. I cant bring myself to move someone elses dogs shit nor should I have to but I dont want it sat outside the house being trod in and walked all around the neighbourhood. WIBU to ring the council and ask them to sort this environmental health risk as tbh im fucking fuming

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JaneMare · 05/03/2012 09:42

hands OP a Brew

and Thanks

gettingalifenow · 05/03/2012 09:43

The council doesn't have a SWAT team ready to pounce the second an outrages resident gives them a call - if you want it done today, you're doing it yourself

KatyJ26 · 05/03/2012 09:44

I'm sure the council have better things to be doing than clearing up dog sh*t that you can't be bothered to move yourself. I agree, it is really frustrating/disgusting; but in the time it took to make the call, you could have washed it away with a bucket of water. I understand it is not your dog, but it's not their dog either!!!!

Original poster
EauDeLaPoisson · 05/03/2012 09:44

I have a Brew thanks.
Chocolate wouldn't go amiss now though (unless its that novelty dog turd chocolate!)

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DoingTheBestICan · 05/03/2012 09:45

Well our council will come out the same day & who mentioned a swat team?
Being a bit silly now arent we?

TheBigJessie · 05/03/2012 09:46

If we all reported dog excrement, do you think the council would decide to put more preventative work in?

Fining some owners, perhaps, and publicizing it as a deterrent to others, for example. More dog fouling bins. Frequent emptying of said bins.

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EauDeLaPoisson · 05/03/2012 09:46

Can someone just explain to me- WHY should people have to clean other peoples dog crap up? Other than the dog owner themselves?

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cloudpuff · 05/03/2012 09:46

I wouldnt pick it up either but if there was a chance it would end up on my carpet I'd do the bucket of water thing. Much easier than scrubbing shit from floor.

southeastastra · 05/03/2012 09:46

we have contractors who clear this sort of stuff up, it's their job

they get paid for it and everything

JaneMare · 05/03/2012 09:46

i do understand how frustrating it is, OP, but save your temper and bad language for the dog owners?

Groovee · 05/03/2012 09:47

Our enviromental wardens would clean it up and then set up an observation and if caught the fouler's owner would be fined £50 on the spot.

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EauDeLaPoisson · 05/03/2012 09:48

Thats what I think Jessie. But the attitudes on here come accross as no better than the people who allow their dogs to shit on the floor and let someone else deal with it tbph. Everyone who says 'clean it yourself' is just adding to the problem that if people dont take responsibility for their own pets foul then someone else will just deal with it for them- its ok

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WorraLiberty · 05/03/2012 09:48

I wondering how much of the crap we see on pavements are from foxes?

I mean is it easy to tell the difference?

TheCunningStunt · 05/03/2012 09:49

The council don't have a swat team, but it is part of their duties!...I don't see the big deal. Op hasn't asked if she should call the police and DNA test the poo to find its owner. YANBU. A dog did the same outside my front door. It was done by a neighbours dog. Neighbour is not friendly at all...quite thuggish. I contacted the council who talked to her about her dog fouling. Services are provided to be used. Op was in no way abusing the council services here.

iamme43 · 05/03/2012 09:51

I can understand reporting it if you went out every morning for weeks and it was there as the owner should be caught and fined.

But a one off is just silly.

I have a dog and pick up his poo. Last week someone had left dog poo outside the door of a house, the poo was so close it was actually on the door bottom.

So I got out a poo bag and removed it

  1. It was not my dogs poo
  1. I have no idea who lives there.
  1. It was no big deal.
pinkyp · 05/03/2012 09:51

Personally I would move it myself if it bothered me it's only dog poo. If it didn't bother me or I couldn't be bothered / didn't want to then ring council. We were brought up just to crack on with things as a child so IMO YABU Wink

BoysBoysBoysAndMe · 05/03/2012 09:51

Yanbu to expect the owner to have moved it in the first place.

Yanbu to expect the council to move it.

But the council won't do it immediately as they'll have other priorities.

If it concerns you do much you should get a hot bucket like others have suggested and wash it away.

Yabu to start a thread about it and get quite rude and defensive when someone doesn't agree with you though.

It's not a nice part of life but it's trivial.

GetOrfMoiiLand · 05/03/2012 09:51

It would have taken 5 minutes to swill the shite down the drain with a bucket of water. Just for community spirit.

No it isn't pleasant but what a waste of resources calling the environmental health.

And you are very combative.

fuzzywuzzy · 05/03/2012 09:54

YANBU, do it, it drives me insane when people let their dogs shit outside my house resulting in dog crap being spread all over the pavement outside my house and people treading it up my drive way, making it impossible to avoid.

I do not have a dog as I find having to clean up dog shit intolerable, why should I be clearing up after somone elses dog, if they cant be asked they should let the dog crap in their houses/gardens/driveways, I have chosen not to deal with this by not getting a pet dog in the first place.

Yes it's happened recently and I want to scream. I have no inclination to run around with buckets of water trinyg to wash crap into the gutter whilst avoiding getting it on to my property.....

JaneMare · 05/03/2012 09:54

i think dog shit bins and wardens are a waste of time and money tbh

i live near woodland which is very popular with dog-walkers. there are bins at regular intervals which are emptied daily (i can see one from my kitchen window)

and the paths are still shat on and there are little black bags hanging off low branches - the local Forestry Commission land don't provide bins, they ask you flick any shit into the undergrowth where nature will take care of it.

yes, i've washed it away from outside my house, yes i've pulled up dog owners who leave it in full 'glory' and no i don't own a dog..

IUseTooMuchKitchenRoll · 05/03/2012 09:54

No wonder council tax is so high.

BoysBoysBoysAndMe · 05/03/2012 09:55

Nobody SHOULD have to deal with it apart from the dog owner op - completely agree.

But if it was outside my house I would move it bd get on with my day. If that's all you have to worry about you're not doing badly IMO

southeastastra · 05/03/2012 09:55

'If your street is littered with dog mess, you can ask your local council to clean it. Councils now have more power to tackle public dog mess under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005'

i don't see the op at combative just probably bemused by people reactions.

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EauDeLaPoisson · 05/03/2012 09:55

Im sorry but what a load of rot 'community spirit' - and as for 'wasting resources' should people be expected to harm their own health/safety by picking up people's used needles/syringes in the name of 'community spirit'?? And yes im getting a bit arsey as the 'you deal with it' tone of some of these posts are the exact attitude people who allow their pets to do this have.

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IAmBooyhoo · 05/03/2012 09:56

rubber gloves, 10 plastic bags, lift shit, dump, gloves bags and shit in bin, wash hands thoroughly, relax knowing that no-one is going to step in it.

or

ring the council and log a complaint meaning shit is going to be on pavement until a) council picks it up (however long that may take) or b) someone trods on it and spreads it about the neighbourhood or c) your postman trods on it and walks it up your garden path.

you say you want to prevent it being spread all over the area. well, it seems lifting it yourself is the best way to ensure that doesn't happen.