I feel I should correct the misinformation on this thread regarding guide dog poo.
Guide dogs are trained to go on command. Obviously this isn’t a fail safe option and sometimes they just need to go or sometimes they are awkward sods, like if it’s raining, but in a nutshell they shit when told to.
You are supposed to take them to the loo in your designated guide dog toileting place before you work them to decrease the chances of them dropping their arses while working. Again it doen’t work all the time but it generally, if you’re in a good routine, works.
If you can’t see and there is nobody sighted to pick up the poo you have to pick it up yourself, obvioulsy. I’ve had two guide dogs and known loads of guide dog owners and I’ve never come across anybody who runs down the dog’s back while it’s shitting. I’m not sure any dog would tolerate that and I don’t think guide dogs would expect a dog to. Instead you have to have them on the end of the lead, dogs can be trained to go on the end of the lead, and you kind of just have to judge where they are and where the arse is when picking up the shit. It usually involves grovelling around on the ground with a bag on your hand, which isn’t a great look but it’s better than leaving a bloody great dog turd in your wake.
Lastly, the dog doesn’t remain where it shat. this is utter utter bullshit. They are dogs, they tend to skip away from where they’ve dropped the bomb and some of them do the scratching thing with their back feet. My second guide dog used to move around when she was shitting, so her shit would go around in an ark. I had fun trying to find all that, I can tell ya.
Oh, and if you drop a sweet on the bus a guide dog will try to get if if they possibly can. Most guide dogs are labradors, so... Obviously it depends on the dog and the owner, but some dogs will do the commando shuffle, some dogs will blatantly just dive for it, and some of them will sneakily grab it on their way past quick as a flash. If the owner has some sight and is aware that there’s food on the floor they will prevent the dog from getting it, but if you can’t see then that dog is going to get that sweet.
Guide dogs are just dogs. They aren’t special super dogs with special powers, they’re just labradors.