Dog poo etiquette

[HelenLaBloodyAnnoyed]

When walking my dog, he usually poos within the first ten mins. I obviously pick it up but I then leave the bag hanging on a fence or a tree to collect on the way back. I do this because DD has autism and the smell and sight of the poo would bother her the entire time, she'd be gagging or even sick. Tonight a fellow dog walker criticised me for it, saying it spoils the view There are no bins on this particular walk (which takes around an hour and a half) so it's necessary to take it home. Is it unreasonable to collect it on the way back?

@HelenLaBloodyAnnoyed

Just wondering what your daughter does when you pick it back up, as you must surely have it on you for he last ten / fifteen minutes of your walk, if that's how far in he does it?

Is she vomiting then?

I do pick up after my dog as I have very clearly explained
By unobtrusive I mean tucked in a wall out on the moors in the middle of nowhere or similar . As I also said mostly I put it in a special compartment in my rucksack bit on certain walks I do hide it until I get back round there and will continue to do so

Why should I have to spend my free time lobbying for more bins

As long as you do actually pick it back up and bin it yourself you fulfil your legal obligation. I leave mine out of sight so not an eyesore. No one sees it or steps in it and I've never forgotten one yet.

You have a problem with it, you sort a solution.

"By unobtrusive I mean tucked in a wall out on the moors in the middle of nowhere or similar . As I also said mostly I put it in a special compartment in my rucksack bit on certain walks I do hide it until I get back round there and will continue to do so"

no, you do not pick after your dog. You drop litter. Plastic litter on the moor. I know you think it's ok but it isn't.

If you lived where I lived zzzz and saw the landscape reduced to a shitscape of black plastic, all due to people with indivdiual excuses ("oh no what I do is fine, what X does is wrong but what I do is fine") you'd feel differently.

Double bag it in black dog poo bags and stick it a carrier bag?,just a suggestion

Here is a picture of the vet bill I received when my horse ate plastic bags that were tied to the fence of his field.

This is just the bill for the hospital where he had surgery. It came to over £6k. On top of that I paid for three emergency vet call outs and treatment before he went to hospital, plus transport costs and aftercare costs.

He died anyway, because the same thing happened again.

Anyone who ties plastic bags to fences and trees is a vile, selfish person.

If its properly bagged @zzzzz the daughter shouldn't be bothered by it.

There is someone in my town who does this, leaves it on a rock which is on the road outside our house and on our route to school. My child tried to pick it up once wondering what it was, thankfully I stopped her in time.

I understand not liking the smell, but surely thats all part and parcel of having a dog? No one else wants to see/smell your dogs little parcels either I'm afraid.

@GiveMeFiveMinutes

That's so awful.

The thing is @zzzzz it's not just horses who are affected. It's any livestock.

Saying it's ok so long as the person picks it up on the way back doesn't mean that horses / cows / sheep / alpaca / etc won't have a nibble whilst they are off on their walk.

Is it acceptable to do this in more urban areas too? I can't imagine that anyone would think that it's ok if someone left a bag of dog poo hanging from their garden gate, even if they did intend to pick it up later.

Pretty sure if I chuck a pizza box on the ground and say it’s ok I’ll pick it up later when I come back this way, it’s littering.

It's one of the long list of reasons I don't want a dog. It's bad enough shovelling the cat's poo out of the litter tray.

I dog sat once, had to take him for walkies,and I stood there in the pouring rain trying to juggle the umbrella, the dog's lead, the torch and the poo bags before putting my hand in the poobag and picking up the warm poo. Then wandered along with it until I got to the dog poo bin.

Maybe the litter tray isn't so bad after all.

It’s disgusting. Its your dog and therefore your responsibility to carry the poo around until you find a bin. No one wants to see poo in a bag hanging from a fence or bush. This used to make me physically vomit when I was out walking in the first trimester.

Sparking, I'd rather pick up a poop outdoors and bin it than scoop up a turd in my living room!

Our litter tray lives in the utility and I take it out to scoop rededucator, you don't put the litter tray in the living room generally.

I really don’t see how tucking a full poo bag out of the way making sure there are no cows or other livestock around and collecting it an hour later is a problem at all. I would never do it near horses or cows as I’m aware of the danger. People who walk past won’t even know it’s there
It’s hardly the same as leaving it or hanging it off somewhere for everyone to see. I know it doesn’t affect anyone ( waits for someone to make up an unlikely scenario where it does) so I’m going to keep doing it

Let dog out in garden before. The. Take ddog for a walk

I live in a rural place where loads of people come to walk their dogs. Do not leave it on trees. For lots of the reasons that people have said already but because it sets a really bad example to others who may not be so conscientious and gives them license to do the same (but not pick up afterwards) - that's why we're in such a mess! Double, triple bag and then put on a plastic box if necessary but don't do this please.

Bring a tub or triple bag and put it in your pocket if your daughter can't handle you holding it.

Completely unacceptable to leave it hanging... as ALMOST EVERYONE HAS TOLD YOU.

To everyone still having a go at the OP she said she'd get a dicky bag and take it with her.

She asked the question.

Received advice.

Said she'll follow advice.

I think this is a bit like people advising her to cancel the cheque.