To ask a blind woman to pick up her dog's poo near the school gate?

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Actually, I didn't have the nerve to ask, and I can't be 100% sure it was her dog thought the circumstantial evidence was quite compelling.
If it happens again, wwyd?

I would really have thought she must have known it pooed. Dogs do not poo whilst walking along, they need to stop and squat. I'm sure she would have noticed the dog stop and squat, rather than just stop, from the harness, since they are rigid.

But, she most probably couldn't see it, and is exempt from picking it up in any case. I don't think she needed telling anything!

I'd have gone back with a bag and dealt with the poo. and then forgotten all about it

how about issuing a fine, OP?!

I am pretty sure blind or not blind that you know if your dog was doing the toilet unless u are dragging it along anyway. Most dogs stop to do the toilet do they not.

The path outside my childs school is covered in dog poo and it completely gets on my nerves.

Id keep an eye out for her n if it happens again id offer her help picking it up and point her/or the child to the nearest bin to put it in.

Oh fgs, a blind woman who has a very difficult life that is helped by her guide dog - could you just not pick up the poo yourself OP if it bothers you that much?
YABVU to even put this on a thread i think.

If you were picking it up anyway, why would you pass a bag of poo to a preschool child or a blind person to put in a bin? Why not just put it in the bin yourself?

Well, as you didnt see the dog do it theres no way of knowing it was her dog so unless you want to look very petty minded then leave it.

Shitting in one place alone while out for a walk isn't going to become a "chronic habit" for any dog, assistance or otherwise FGS.

For crying out loud, instead of wailing about somebody thinking of the children, if you're so concerned why didn't you clear it up? You've got a small advantage over the blind woman - sight!

If dog poo is a problem in that area there must be plenty of other dog owners you could tackle rather than picking on one who relies on her animal to get about.

So a bit of dog poo is a slight inconvenience and you think the woman with no sight should have to pick it up. How is she too do that? Scrape her hand around on all fours or maybe sniff it out to locate it.

Can little kids no longer scrape the poo off of their shoe on a kerb anymore if an accident happens?

YABVU and actually you come across as being very unpleasant.

I am a guide dog owner.

In theory, guide dogs are trained to go on command. In reality, they are dogs and sometimes this does not happen as we would like it to. The statement that dogs are rejected if they go on walks is I am afraid untrue. In theory this could happen, but in practice it doesn't.

Guide dogs are exempt from fowling laws, however if you know that your dog has fowled on the pavement then it is common courtesey to want to do something about it, regardless of whether you are exempt from doing so. Let's not forget that this guide dog will be poohing somewhere, so somewhere this woman is clearing up her dog's mess - why should it be any different just because she is out.

My dog rarely pooh's while out, and if he needs to go I can generally put him on some grass. But if he went on the pavement and someone saw it I wouldn't be offended if someone pointed it out (and yes, I have a dog who can crap while walking - there is sometimes no indication).

"Can little kids no longer scrape the poo off of their shoe on a kerb anymore if an accident happens?"

Oh boy, don't say that! You'll be accused of condoning dogshit on the streets and non-scooping!

Maybe she needs a monkey butler with a pooper scooper?

Yuk. What a nasty thread.

This has got to be a joke right?

Surely no-one is this insensitive?

Fuck's sake the fact that you felt able to ask or had any doubt in your mind is astonishing.

'hello there, your dog may of may not had done a dump, but either way would you mind groping around on your hands and knees and pick up that steaming pile of shite that you can't see? I'll just stand over here and enjoy the spectacle.'

Ignore it or if it really bothers you pick it up yourself, but you will have a very dull life if you spend it picking up every stray bit of dog shite you come across.

When I was a kid the streets were awash with dig shite, practically no one picked up after their dogs and a lit of dogs would roam the streets loose. Amazingly we had enough sense to not smear the stuff in our eyes or mouths.

Also, if someone pointed out to me that my dog had pooh'ed on the pavement I would simply ask them to show me where it was, and then it's easy enough to deal with, put hand in bag, pick up pooh, turn bag inside out - voila. It's not rocket science - I have to do it if the dogs have an accident in the house, I have to do it when clearing out the dog run (well actually I usually get dh to do it but it can be done), so I don't actually see the offense here. sorry.

wannaBe - do you have partial sight though? What if you could not see the poo to pick it up? And if you didn't sense or feel the dog doing it, then how do you know that it's your dogs poo that you are even picking up?

I cannot believe this is genuine. I really don't WANT to believe that this is genuine. I'd hate to think that someone with the OP's attitude is walking around, potentially confronting elderly blind people.

That's fair enough, wannabe, but wouldn't you appreciate a little human kindness? Someone picking it up for you, maybe with a discreet word/warning that Rover might have an upset tum as it's unusual for guide dogs to poop outside school gates? I mean the sort of kindness that I appreciate when someone holds a door open for me when I'm carrying shopping. Sure, I can open it myself, albeit with a struggle, but I sure appreciate it when someone makes that little bit of effort for me.

YABU. As an aside, it is wise to refrain from saying 'busy' or 'big busy' when in close proximity to a Guide Dog.

I've never met a dog that can poo while walking, I'm impressed!

my parents dog could go on command, the command was 'hurry up' I think 'quick quick' is quite common too!

In general, there is a disconnect between people going on about how dog poo is a huge danger to children but then not picking it up when they see it.

Why don't people pick it up? If it is that big a danger, and people see it on the pavement, why does everybody just walk past it?