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AIBU?

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To hate 'stick and flick'

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lozster · 13/03/2017 21:09

A Conservative MP is advocating that owners don't pick up dog poo but instead 'stick and flick' in to undergrowth. This is apparently to avoid plastic poo bag littering. My local forestry commission already have signs advising to do this. Consequently I avoid this area as my toddler loves to run around and pick up sticks. AIBU to want to be able to walk through the countryside with an inquisitive toddler without having to stay exclusively on a path?

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PlayOnWurtz · 13/03/2017 22:36

Can I ask those of you saying stick and flickers are disgusting please tell me an alternative way to deal with my dog when she has dump number 3 on a run which is invariably semi-liquid. Nothing wrong with her. She just has several shits per walk which get runnier as she goes. By the end one she may as well have had a wee.

jellybaby1 · 13/03/2017 22:43

PlayOnWurtz my dog does this...i just leave it as i cant pick it up and dont know what else to do.

PlayOnWurtz · 13/03/2017 22:46

jelly that's what I do. Usually cover it with leaves but not really anything that can be done!

LauderSyme · 13/03/2017 22:47

Wurtz
Barf

I guess you flick it as far out of the way as possible and cover it with something organic.

Leaving dog shit lying carelessly about is immensely anti-social.

Travelledtheworld · 13/03/2017 22:48

It's disgusting.
Dog shit can be harmful to livestock and can contaminate hay and sileage.
It should ALWAYS be bagged up and binned.

Wolfiefan · 13/03/2017 22:49

Tissue over it and pick up. Or carry a bottle of water and wash it away. You can't leave it. And if your dog routinely does runny poos perhaps a change in diet?

PageNowFoundFileUnderSpartacus · 13/03/2017 22:49

PlayOnWurtz You take up the top surface/leaves/grass along with the poo to get as much in the bag as you can, then you cover any remainder over with earth/vegetation - not stones though. as children might be more inclined to pick them up. When PageDog has a runny bum I take a couple of sheets of kitchen towel with me to help with the first bit. It's not perfect but it's better than just leaving it!

PlayOnWurtz · 13/03/2017 22:49

I feel I've painted a delightful picture of my dog on this thread

PlayOnWurtz · 13/03/2017 22:50

Nothing wrong with her diet. Her poos are always solid but on longer walks/runs she will have a couple more along the way that aren't fully formed. Totally normal for dogs.

Wolfiefan · 13/03/2017 22:50

Just a little mention of dicky bags. Carries poo bags ready to use and somewhere to put the full ones! I have a giant breed so need both hands free when walking!

Travelledtheworld · 13/03/2017 22:51

PlayOn Wurtz that's even more disgusting.
Is your dog ill ?
I am told you can train your dog NOT to crap when it is on the lead.
Otherwise why not take a small trowel with you when you go for a walk, and bury the dog shit ?

Wolfiefan · 13/03/2017 22:52

May as well have had a wee.
Diarrhoea! Not aren't fully formed?

Notanotherusernametoremember · 13/03/2017 22:52

I hate dog crap and to be honest I'm getting pretty sick of not being able to go anywhere without there being dog shit or someone's precious mutt running up to me or my kids. Not everyone likes dogs or thinks it's hilarious when they run up and knock your 10 year old over on a beach. So YANBU

PlayOnWurtz · 13/03/2017 22:52

I repeat. She is not unwell. She does not have a dicky stomach. This is normal for dogs that go on longer runs.

PlayOnWurtz · 13/03/2017 22:54

She is a herding breed x and has long off lead runs in an area that is safe for her as a dog reactive dog to do so. This is normal behaviour for them and is brought about by the excitement and adrenaline of bouncing around like a lunatic

PennyPickle · 13/03/2017 22:55

PlayonWurtz I'm all for stick and flick solid matter into the undergrowth. If your dog regularly has runny poos you need to rethink its diet

ShatnersBassoon · 13/03/2017 22:58

You'll get fuckers claiming that everywhere where they can see something green is in the countryside.

We all know that there'll be poo from various omnivores being deposited throughout the land, but those creatures aren't found so often in popular public areas such as those frequented by dog walkers, and they don't have owners who can clear up after them.

Wouldn't a biodegradable shit bag be a solution, like compost caddy bags?

flossyfloss · 13/03/2017 23:05

My dog (cocker spaniel) does the same with first couple of poos normal and then really query as the walk goes on. Combination of excitement/long walk stimulating the bowls - definitely normal, very hard to pick up without tissue

flossyfloss · 13/03/2017 23:05

Watery not query!!

Somewhereundertheduvet · 13/03/2017 23:10

Another vote here for a Dickie Bag.
Like PlayOnWurtz I have a big dog that on any long run or walk can do up to 5 poos; 3 firm and 2 runny. It's normal and induced by exercise.
However they all get picked up and put in my Dicky Bag and either put in a bin or taken home.
It really annoys me when people think that dog poo left in the Countryside is acceptable - it isn't.

www.dickybag.com/

wellhonestly · 13/03/2017 23:16

I live in the countryside on the edge of a town and there are a lot of dogwalkers.

It gives me the boak when people leave their dog's shit for me to step in on the track down to the main road. More so when my kids were small and had to be reminded to watch their step the whole time. My teenage son went for a run the other day and ... you've guessed it.

Stick and flick would not have been my choice either as we also like to walk in the woods ... and my kids enjoyed making dens in the undergrowth, climbing the tall shrubs opposite the house etc etc.

Other animals' faeces has not (in my experience) been the same kind of problem, they have tended to avoid the track so it follows there isn't much fox/ badger/ otter/ deer poop to step in.

If you enjoy walking your dog in the countryside, you should understand that other people also want to enjoy the countryside.

Dog poo bags in trees or in the undergrowth and also horrible. ffs take it home! We really don't want it.

SemiNormal · 13/03/2017 23:16

definitely normal, very hard to pick up without tissue - But if this is 'normal' for your dog then just carry tissues, just leaving it shouldn't be an option.

Jux · 13/03/2017 23:20

I think that the sticks used should be pushed into the ground pooey-end first. That way no one is likel to just pull one out of a bush to sword fight with....

wellhonestly · 13/03/2017 23:21

PS Re runny dogs' bowels: I think it's still your dog, your responsibility. If you know your dog does this routinely, can you not bring kitchen roll on a walk to facilitate bagging, or a bottle of water to wash it away as PPs have suggested?

user1489189598 · 13/03/2017 23:31

I think this time of year is quite specific... Weather getting nicer and days getting longer = more people who aren't usually out and about getting out and about. in a few weeks, everywhere I walk where the sticks flick will be covered in nettles, and no toddler will go there, so no one will mind. At the moment, no nettles so people do object.

Whilst everyone on this thread is right about people taking it home with them and everyone should be allowed to enjoy the countryside... I'm not disagreeing with any of that, BUT I do walk my dog the same route twice a day more-or-less every single day of the year. I'm there in rain, and sleet and snow. But on a nice summers day, some people like to come along and have a picnic and generally leave all their litter behind. I object to you and your non-recycling waste as much as you object to my dog's. And her waste is, at least, organic.

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