It's a dog poo thread - sorry

[MajesticWhine]

I was on my way to school this morning, and cleaned up after my dog who crapped on the pavement. A woman passing said, "there’s dog mess on the pavement" pointing to a bit of skid mark where I had cleared up the poo. Unfortunately without a brush and a water supply, I was not feel I was able to remove the scrape mark. I said “What can I do?” And she said “You should clean it up with your hands. You’re filthy.” I said something like "I’ve done my best” and she then started to say “Fuck off you’re filthy”. She then started pointing to various other marks (poo marks, or dirt, who knows) and saying "look here and here too - filthy”. I said “that wasn’t me” (probably should have already disengaged by now)

I was going to try and clean it up further by rubbing some leaves on it, but she was kind of upsetting me and being quite unpleasant, so I just wanted to get away. So I walked off. AIBU to not want to be told off when I had picked up my dog's poo, when lots of people don’t. Should I actually carry a brush around with me and polish the pavement?

I don't, but my dog only poo's in the garden. She wee's while we're out though and if we're going on a 'street' walk rather than a 'grass' walk I'll take a water bottle (sports top type) and give it a quick squirt. They're only little excitement / territory marking type wee's though, no huge puddles.

As for that woman, I always find a long up and down look and a slow headshake before casually walking away usually sends them scurrying. I am renowned for my resting bitch-face though .

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mrssmith has it spot on. The woman was deranged and you over engaged!

Where I live, people carry squirty water bottles with water when they walk their dogs.

No of course you can't clean up the skids. You should have told her to fuck off and mind her own business.

YANBU, I've never carried a brush or a squirty bottle whilst walking dogs and I won't start now. I obviously pick the pooh up but I draw the line at scrubbing the pavement down. The woman sounds like a fruit loop.

Skid marks should be cleaned with water, nobody expects you to polish the pavement. They are horrible to stand in. This woman however sounds deranged. Bad luck encountering her.

I can't think that I've ever seen a skid mark from dog poo!

She sounds an angry piece of work. I'd have just said "I have scooped my dogs poop up and I'm not getting into a shouting match with you" and walked off.

I live in gorgeous countryside. Lots of people scoop their dog's poops then shove the bags in a dry stone wall, chuck them in a corner, or hang them on a fence. It drives me mad. They may be biodegradable bags, but they will still take years!! I'd rather they didn't bother. I end up having to collect them and bin them for them.

If she gets that worked up about skid marks her head will explode when she learns about bird shit.

Agree that the lady sounds a bit nutty. Probably best not to engage.

However, dog poo skid marks are still dog poo! So if you walk on it, ride your bike through it, push a push chair through it, you'll still get bits of dog shit on your stuff.

As the dog owner you should be responsible for making sure there is no trace of your dog's poo left behind. If you can't do that then only let your dog poo in your garden. Then you can leave all the skid marks you like.

I see some people shove a bag to catch the poo direct. This is the better option imo. Although I'm not sure how distracting it is.. getting the timing right at the point of no return maybe?

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OP, you weren't unreasonable at all, except that you engaged too much with the fruit loop.

I have two dogs and always pick up their poo. Sometimes you get one of the more squishy variety when dogs are excited out on walks. They can be very difficult to pick up without leaving a smear of some sort behind. I try and remember to put a wadge of kitchen roll in my pocket along with the poo bags, but even so, it isn't perfect. You can only do your best.

I have absolutely no intention of trying to hold a bag under my dog to ensure his poo cannot hit the ground as someone suggested. He'd never let that happen anyway, and what a totally ridiculous suggestion.

Nor will I be taking bottles of water except to drink if the weather is warm.

There was a woman on my old street held a yogurt pot under her dogs bum when it pooped. I couldn't look away, she had to swirl it like a Mr whippy, now every time I see Mr whippy ice cream I remember. I wish I could have looked away!

I have seen people catch the poo before it lands. I couldn't look away either it was mesmerising .

YANBU well done for picking it up.

I am the biggest hater of dog poo in the world but wouldn't examine for skid marks lol

My neighbour brings her two large dogs to poo in the carpark (next to my block of flat) every day - the perimeter is completely covered in large dog turds - 100's of them.

I confronted her when I caught her red handed one day and was subject to a tirade of abuse and "Why would anyone want to pick up disgusting dog poo?"

I complained to the council and sent photos of the incident, along with her address etc - the council have basically said if I want to complain I need cast iron evidence and will have to pretty much stake out the car park, document times, take photos etc and supply them with this. It's seems they don't want to get involved at all.

it's so fucking depressing.

Majestic I think what you did was fine. Sure I'd rather there was no dog poo at all, but we have to be pragmatic about it.

Mum and I took Bumble and Tylerdogs to church on our walk last week to drop off something that we had borrowed. Tyler waited till we were on the path right in front of church and did a poo right in the middle of it! Mum was very and picked up what she could! Luckily there is a tap in the church tower and Mum was able to wash the remainder away! I think you did well to pick up what you did. I had the misfortune to slip over and land in some dog poo a few years ago. My coat and jeans had to go in the washing machine and i had to scrub my trainers!

YANBU

You should have just throw the bag at her face told her to piss off and walked away. What a twat.

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She was BU. You do your best.

Although the woman was rude and aggressive, I do agree with her. Smears of dog crap over the pavements are filthy and disgusting, particularly on a route where children walk to school.

Do you think it's ok to get dog shit on your shoes if it's just a bit?

I hate walking places, especially with the DC - no 1 reason - dog shit. Ruins entire areas.

I am particularly pissed off as I've just had to scrub dd's trainers with antibac and jif and following that they went through the washing machine.

The woman sounds like a bit of a looper and probably best not engaged with. However, dogs with sloppy poo often get problems with their anal glands, your dog might appreciate some raw bones in its diet.

My dog once threw up all over my floor because he'd eaten the contents of a pair of pull ups he'd found in the woods but I appreciate that not all parents are anti social enough to do such a thing or even that it might just have been an awful emergency that the parent of the child was unequiped to cope with. I'd be willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

My dog was trained to go on voice command, so I would get him to poo in the gutter at the edge of the road (v quiet cul de sac) or right next to/under the poo bin. That way I figured if I couldn't clean up the last bit of skid mark after I picked up the poo I minimised the risk of someone stepping in it. I did carry baby wipes with me, to help clean up on the odd occasion he did a really squidgy poo.

However, on one occasion, DDog was chased by an aggressive off lead dog. When I found him, he was visibly shaken, and a few hundred metres down the road he suddenly squatted and had diarrhoea all over the pavement before I could move him. I cleaned up as best as I could. But even so, I had a woman come out of her house berating me for 'letting' my dog do that, and why didn't I make him go to the toilet in front of my house? I was so upset, it was obvious that my dog was unwell, and I had done my best not to leave a mess.

Oh my I didn't know we were meant to be catching poos and washing pavements!

I suppose this means we aren't allowed to let our dog wee on other peoples front gardens whilst on walks? (Not intentionally ofcourse.. just when they hope on the edge at the last moment)

Pootrap! Ha ha ha!