To not always pick up dog poo...

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I walk my dog in a very remote, rural area. She is pretty consistent in the general area that she normally goes to toilet on a very old, rarely used lane which is bordered by a massive over grown thicket hedge and woodland. I usually get a stick and knock it into the hedge. No one really walks down here, no one would ever get through that hedge and see it no different than a fox having a poo there - which many do! If I am in a public place, on a public footpath etc of course I'd always pick it up. But picking it up there means carrying smelly poo for three miles home as no bins etc and seems unnecessary
AIBU?

Why do you ask OP?

no, it doesn't sound unreasonable

Well I think you;ll get flamed on here....but as you describe it I don't think you're unreasonable. A thick hedge in an un-used lane....why would that be an issue?

Just pick it up if you get caught ypu could be fined is it not more hassle to flick it into a hedge than bending and picking it up

Yes. How do you know nobody walks down there? You should always pick up your dogs poo regardless of where it shits

That's disgusting. Your dog. Pick it up and take it home.

My DH says yabu because it will stink...and Foxes eat differently than dogs...and the law says you need to collect it.

Yes

But what if your dog disappears into the undergrowth to poo?

The National Trust advocates "Stick and Flick" in the forest/woodlands. I don't see an issue with what you are doing, but you will get numerous posters come on here now and tell you that you are UR, plus disgusting/stupid/the cause of all world wars etc.

Good luck.

If another owner goes to pick up their dog shit they might put there hand on it yuck

There are signs in the woods here that ask you to flick it into the hedge.

If I stick and flicked I would end up with it on me

Not a problem at all.

just don't leave the bags lying around, bad for the wild life.
assuming the poo dissolves, gets washed away or eaten

I say YABU, on the basis (or rather hunch) that it might upset the ecology of the area by introducing diseases that otherwise wouldn't exist there. I am quite possibly talking shit however. Pun unavoidable.

I live in a fairly rural area and we like to forage. There is a big problem with people not picking up poo. I would say it is about reasonable common sense and flicking poo into a seriously overgrown thicket is fine but I would be careful, if that thicket is full of brambles then in blackberry season it isn't fine! The dc and I have been caught out a few times scrambling through undergrowth for elderflower/nuts/brambles/rosehips and so on and it just isn't nice.

It sounds a bit gross and I say that as a dog owner. Yabu

I pick and bag always if I can reach it, however my dogs both tend to go into thick/steep wooded areas. I would no doubt have to call mountain rescue to save me if I tried so I'm doubtful anyone else will come across it.

But yes the forestry commission do advocate stick and flick. I think you need to use your judgment as to whether the flicking destination is anywhere where it will cause an issue.

Oh I would rather have poop in weeds or hedges than bloody poo bags everywhere I have slid on a bag of shit

IAmAPaleontologist don't worry definitely isn't - we too are keen forages!

Interesting responses. I was reflecting on it this morning when I spotted a dog bin poo bin overflowing with plastic bags which will take years to dissolve and thought how is that better for the environment. And I am keen member of the national trust and always seen this policy advocated but did wonder what others thought, so thank you for the responses I will reflect on them.

If the stick and flick.thing is recommended then do that but do be mindful of where it lands

I usually kick it in the bush (if you lump some mud in front of it you can kick it without it touching your foot), and then kick some dirt on top of it so it's not stinky/gonna get trodden on.

Or I use biodegradable vege plastic baggies.

I will add I only do the kick and bury if I'm in the middle of nowhere or on national trust land though.

Yuck - you are definitely unreasonable. The only reason stick and flick is recommended in some places is becuase it is a better alternative to people bagging and then leaving bags lying. You should always pick up after your dog, why should it be ok for your dog to pollute the countryside? Would you think it ok if I let my children shit on the country lane you refer to and just left it there or flicked it onto the verge/hedge? Dog shit is just as revolting and hazardous as human shit. If you have a dog it should be shitting on your own land not in public places.