To say don’t put dog poo in bags

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…if you’re not going to take the bag with you or stick it in the bin.

Went for a walk in local woodland for the first time since last summer and the path is strewn with poo filled bags. It’s really revolting. If you’re not going to take it home, it would be far better to flick it into the undergrowth and let it decompose. Leaving the bagged poo is surely the worst option?

If they're going to leave it, i'd rather it is bagged, then i can't not see it and step in it and get dog shit on me. Most dog poo bags are biodegradeable/compostable.

On a pavement, I agree, but in the woods, no.

I feel in a bag it's more likely to get cleared by someone picking litter. And it's easier not to step on, or if you do, hopefully will be less messy.

But all solutions are bad!

Everyone should pick up their poo , bag and dispose of it

The bags are compostable but it still takes years and years for that to happen. I often wonder if flicking into the undergrowth is the better thing to do.

The bags are truly awful for the planet, even the goods ones.

All out local country parks have signs up to say flick don't pick.

Mines takes 2 months. I left one in my jacket. When I went back to it, it was dust

I ride a horse, the amount of dog crap on the off road tracks is shocking, the worst I can remember it.
People don't even bother flicking it, it stays wherever it was laid.
There are some scruffy people around.

It's quite a lot of faff to bag a poo.

I feel confident that for every single bagged poo the owner genuinely thought 'i'll pick this up on the way back' or 'ill just put this down while I check my messages'. Which is why they are often hung on tree branches 'that will remind me'

So here's my solution.

If you have ever bagged a poo then you have certainly - at some point, perhaps often- accidentally left a bagged poo lying around. Therefore, if you own a dog, you should pick up and bin a bagged poo when you see one. It's the only way to restore the equilibrium.

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Flicking it into the undergrowth still harms the plant and insect life in that undergrowth and, ultimately, the water table. Just pick it up.

Also if you flick it in the undergrowth my dog will find it and eat it 😒

Local authorities and charities have to arrange dog poo collection by the tonne and it costs ten of thousands of pounds per site.Charities don’t like to advertise how much of their funding goes on disposing of this hazardous waste in case it impacts donations. I know land owners who are unable to grow crops on fields next to footpaths due to the high nitrate levels caused by high levels of dogs using the area. I have met people who think they are doing a favour by bagging and leaving it ‘for the wardens to pick up’. You can tell natural areas that have a problem; look near the public car parks and note the type of vegetation encouraged by dog waste- the oooosite of what our natural Heath and woodland need. There are 10-15 million dogs in the uk. We seriously need to think how we can cope properly.PS I am a dog lover!

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Bag it up and take it with you. I am fed up of going on walks where there is a lingereing smell of dog poo. It does harm to the flora and fauna.

My dog is rather stupid and (used to) eat other dog's poo. so I'd prefer everyone to bag it, and everyone to bin it.

Bloody lazy people not picking up and disposing of poo from their dogs. It makes me furious because little kids could run along and fall over in it. At least bagged up is not so bad, but still no excuse not to take it home and throw in bin.

Thank you!

Also, birds. How could I forget birds? There are birds that nest on the ground. You can't just go around flicking pet waste onto bird habitats.

@Boredlass please can you tell me the brand you are using I’ve bought a few that are meant to do that which just don’t - you may have my holy grail

Really the ideal would be for dog owners to do as guide dog trainers do and get their dogs to poo in a designated outdoor place within the bounds of their property, and then dispose of it.

Obviously not everyone can/will achieve that but it's a better starting point for expectations than "don't worry about it; just shove it under a bush".

With so many dogs and everywhere being dog friendly it’s about time there were dog poo bins everywhere and emptied regularly

Our local park every summer on hot days smells putrid its just hot dog shit

I often see full poo bags hanging on trees. Can owners not just walk to the nearest bin and drop them in...?

What's wrong with this country? Filth and plastic left everywhere - no respect for others, no respect for nature. Just so sad.

Really? So what about the other wildlife - the foxes, wild rabbits, badgers, deer or the horses being ridden through the same woodland? It’s a wildlife area where LOTS of animals are pooping and peeing every day, all day. Every bit of soil you walk on has likely been pooped or shat on by some animal at some point, and composted!

I still remove my dogs’ poops though, just to be clear.

Dogs aren't wildlife.

I have never bagged a poo then not taken it!

I have done stick n flick in suitable places (ie into a thick hedgerow where no one will be walking, into deep nettles etc, not just off the edge of the path where someone may still reasonably tread) when I was running low on bags and didn't want to waste one where there is a stick n flick policy.

I have collected poo that wasn't 'mine' when my dog pooed and I couldn't find it (this happens more often than you may imagine if on some sorts of terrain, especially close to dark). I figured one out, one in, but also if I can't find it, the chances of someone else stepping in it are pretty low!