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?

Stick and flick turns our woodlands into giant litter trays, with shit-sticks left around for anyone to pick up.

If you leave it you spread roundworms and any other internal parasites your dog is carrying.

Don't be ridiculous cardibach. My point is that farmers dogs on farmers land is fine. Anyone else's dogs = not ok.

Now that compulsory Microchiping is a thing, hopefully the DNA testing won't be far behind and the days of parts of the country being liberally covered in dog shit will come to an end.

YANBU but people will act like you've killed your grandma

I find it incredible that so many people on here and IRL think its ok just to leave dog shit - what about those of us who would like to be able to use open spaces without having to dodge hazardous and disgusting dog shit?

Whilst I see your point to an extent, would it really be that much trouble to pick it up and dispose of it appropriately?

From my point of view YANBU, but I know others will differ.

I would not like to go foraging in those bushes.

YABVU. My dog, like some others, eats any poo that she finds. It makes her ill.

Just because you're too bloody lazy to pick it up, or too bloody sensitive to put up with the smell? Double or triple bag it if you need to, but don't excuse your lazy inconsiderate behaviour. It's inexcusable.

In the park I normally walk my dog there are some people like you. I photograph them and shame them on the public park Facebook page.

The park gardeners end up treading in it. One had some splatter over his face and into his mouth when he was using a strimmer.

It's gross. Stop it. You cannot possibly know that no other person or creature would ever stumble across it.

If it's anywhere near paths or civilisation accessible, I pick it up. If it's truly in the middle of nowhere, I have a pocket trowel to make sure it's properly buried. Their worming schedule is strictly adhered to, so there shouldn't be parasites, but I don't just leave it unless it's deep in a gorse bush or similar. I have a locking plastic bin on a lanyard that makes carrying it home a much less disgusting task, I'd recommend that. With having three big dogs it's invaluable because it's hands free carrying, you can't smell anything and you know they're not going to burst the bags going home in the boot if there are no bins where you're walking.

Why are people saying the OP is leaving it for people to stumble/fall/tread into? She's already said she puts it somewhere people don't walk? Who walk in a thick hedge? It's impossible.

You do all know poo bio-degrades?

It's much more environmentally friendly to leave the poo under a hedge than to wrap it in plastic and put it in a landfill sight. Someone is much more likely to come across your slimy bag of poo in years to come than the OP's.

Good point about the plastic in conventional dog poo bags. I go for biodegradable bags, although in the anaerobic conditions of most landfill I'm not entirely sure it's as massive an advantage as all that!

I pick up if it's on a path but we walk in the forest and mostly I leave the poo to bio degrade rather than use more plastic in the world. I'd flick in your situation I think

To avoid having to use plastic when disposing of your dogs poo, all dog owners should train their dogs to poo in their own gardens / outside space. It could then be picked up and flushed along with your own poo. Would solve 2 problems in one!

AnthonyBlanche does dna testing the poo actually work? If so I like your idea.
Can it be applied to cats too please? That may be another thread.

YANBU. I always pick up my dogs poo when it is on / near footpaths, parks, inhabited areas, anywhere I think someone could get to it or would have to dodge it.

But when I can avoid putting another plastic bag in landfill, I will. Poo degrades, plastic does not. On National Trust property and in other large outdoor parks (and in this case I mean parks as in moors and heath, not swings and picnic areas) and so forth I do the stick and flick method that they themselves recommend.

Yes, it does work Hiding

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11567422/Dog-poo-to-be-DNA-tested-in-council-plan-to-track-down-lazy-owners.html

YABVVVU.
I live in the middle of nowhere and hate this.
I always, always pick up dog poo - middle of the woods/middle of a field - wherever. I also have an 8 year old who walks out with us most of the time and I am sick to death of having to tell her to watch where she is walking when she should be able to run around off the paths without having to watch out for poo.
It's disgusting, it's inconsiderate and it's lazy.

So what if you have to carry a bag of poo for 3 miles - if it bothers you don't have a dog. Even my child picks it up - FFS.

Oh, and if your dog is pooping somewhere unaccessible (or you cba 'clambering' to get it) you should teach it to go elsewhere so you CAN pick it up.

I like the sound of this idea www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10098430/Spanish-town-posts-dog-mess-back-to-offending-hound-owners.html too!

Thanks for the link, I wonder whether £80 would cover all the costs, but I can see it would work.
This made me laugh
Brunete, a town 20 miles west of Madrid, launched a campaign whereby they sent the offending deposits back to the owners in an official box marked 'Lost Property'.
Awesome

Those of us who are sick of other people's dog shit all over the place should start lobbying the govt/ councils to introduce the DNA test.

Massive fines for everyone who fails to pick up would help towards costs Hiding

YANBU.

On a pavement/path/lane/side of a lane - anywhere a person is likely to walk on or near - then yes, it gets picked up.

I walk my dog in very rural areas too though. And if he squeezes through a net of brambles and goes right in the middle of them, or gets halfway up a rocky hill covered in heather that no person in their right minds would walk up - then yes, it gets left to biodegrade, along with any bird/fox/badger/sheep/squirrel and any other poo that lands in non-people-frequented-places.