To think that this is especially scuzzy, even for most dog owners

[PeeWeeTree]

Yes, it's a dog one.

I live opposite a green where over the last couple of days, people have been putting out there live (now dead) xmas trees, ready for collection. Looking out of my window, I see a couple walking their dog, sniffing around the trees (fine!), then cock its leg and begin urinating over the trees. Some poor tree collector guy will be along to retrieve these trees, perhaps he is wearing gloves, perhaps not - even if he is, I doubt he'll take them off between pick-ups, meaning he'll be transferring dog piss on the steering wheel.

Or is it no big deal, and the trees may have squirrel pee on them anyway and he'll know it's a dirty job?

YANBU - it's gross and thoughtless
YABU - meh, don't care

During the summer I volunteer maintaining plants in the village where I work. People constantly let there dogs piss up against the planters, so when I'm bending over to prune I get the lovely stench of hot evaporating piss. Actually the whole village smells of dog piss in the summer.

I've come to the conclusion that in general dog owner's are so desensitised to their pets foul emissions that there's no point arguing with them about it. They figure that because they don't mind the myriad smells produced by their hound, no one else should mind either.

We have all of those too, and yet it’s cat shit I find in my garden, dogs that piss up my garden wall so it stinks, and a trail of dog shit I had to try to avoid on my way to the shop this morning.

Would the foxes not mark it anyway?

I know someone who had a job cutting grass whilst on summer break from uni. He hit a bag of dog shit with his strimmer that some twat had picked up, tied and then dumped next to a lamppost. The bag got whipped up and covered him in dog shit. So I can only imagine a little dog pass is the least of your worries if you work outside.

Use the space for what? Eating?
I pick up her poo (as every dog owner should). Do you want me to somehow siphon up her pee with a straw too?

You're brilliant 😭🥰

Yep, like the vast amounts of very human sewage being pumped into our waterways and the gazillion tons of non degradable toxic waste and plastics in our oceans. Or how about literally billions of disposable nappies or radio active waste that takes millions of years to be safe (and they're not even sure about that). I mean, the list of ways in which humans irreparably defile the planet is actually endless - but you're worried about dog piss on trees. Righty ho then.

Can't believe you started a thread about this

I know. I have to use them on Sunday mornings to clear a sports pitch so that kids can play. What do you do with the wet ones where you can't grab it all?

You really have no idea what people might like to do in, say, a park? It's just your dog's toilet?

Take the grass with it. It's the only way.

This happens to me and my colleagues on a regular basis, so, forgive me, if I curse lazy, entitled dog owners who give no thought to the consequences for outdoor workers. Not all dog owners, of course, but enough for me to feel that many are not fit to have the responsibility of owning a dog

How big is a park? How big is the area in which my dog excretes pee? Do the math.
If you think you are somehow going to find the tiny patch my dog peed on, compared the to area of the place we were in, then I think you are the creepy one for trying to trace my dog's pee.

You're scuzzy

It's the world! It belongs to all creatures. Where are dogs allowed to pee then?

I am still waiting for you to do the maths.

perhaps he is wearing gloves, perhaps not - even if he is, I doubt he'll take them off between pick-ups, meaning he'll be transferring dog piss on the steering wheel.

Big stretch - the people who collect my rubbish are very savvy about safety equipment and the guy who drives the van does not collect the bins. But has gloves if he needs to.

I will try to control the retching and do that next time! 🤢

Good luck!

Christmas trees are a crop, much like any other that is grown. The planting, cultivation and cutting down for Christmas decoration provides plenty of jobs year round.
You could say the same about cut flowers, trees cut down for firewood etc.

I would say that on average I pick up 3 shits every Sunday from a standard rugby pitch.

Worse IMHO is the moron that allowed their dog to mess in the lift on a ferry that was used by disabled people who had no other way of reaching the car deck to leave the ship. Apparently it was just left there for the crew to clean up and any individuals using the lift had to put up with the stench in an enclosed space. Totally disgusting.

That is true!
I like reading about the places that loan you a tree, and take it back to sit in soil and grow more.... year on year until it is "retired".

That is literally the same as picking up a needle in a haystack.

I see the difference. I just think it's considerate to not allow your dog to pee on something that'll be handled by someone.

This has got me 🤣🤣