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to think that dog poo should always be picked up?

114 replies

Prudence69 · 21/01/2009 12:57

Because I'm getting sick of going for walks with MIL, her little dog doing poops and her saying, "Oh, you can't see that, it's in the roots of a tree,", me saying, "But a child could fall in that. It's disgusting." I once even said, "What kind of a pig leaves dog shit lying around?" but it's the same every time.

She just doesn't get it. I get really annoyed because each of my DCs have fallen with their hands in poop and it's the most disgusting thing ever.

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oldraver · 21/01/2009 20:23

Prudence....if you could stomach it I would be tempted to smear poo on her shoes and when she notices say "oh some lazy person must not of scooped"

hatwoman · 21/01/2009 20:25

nomoreamover - I don't know any farmers but I too thought that it was very doubtful that they would all worm their dogs.

next time I see a farmer (it won't be long I'm sure) I'm going to ask him/her about this whole poo thing.

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Prudence69 · 21/01/2009 20:27

LOL at Oldraver. May use the contents of one of DD's nappies for that trick. MIL will be very irritated and will rant. She loves to rant about what others should and shouldn't do.

I think wherever your dog poos, pick it up. Just do it be it countryside, tree roots, park, crag - it's filthy and should be contained.

Rant over!

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WinkyWinkola · 21/01/2009 20:28

Yeah but I would never again ask a dog owner to pick up their dog's doo doo if they'd left it.

I did once - very politely - and wow, the man went mental at me.

I guess it doesn't really matter to some folk.

hellymelly · 21/01/2009 20:29

I hate it when people don't pick up,as a dog owner it makes it harder as it gets dogs banned from places where they would otherwise have been welcomed and it is horrible and anti-social.Even my 20 month old pretends to pick up after her toy doggie with a little hankie over her hand!

nomoreamover · 21/01/2009 20:30

hellymelly - well trained on your part!

fledtoscotland · 21/01/2009 20:31

I'm all for picking up dog poo. i always pick up after both of my dogs and get heartily fed up with being the only dog owner round here who does.

however what does get my goat it that the poo bins are either non-existent or vandilised by the very kids that dont want to play football in dog-poo. its not pleasant pushing a pram and holding a bag of dog-poo.

nomoreamover · 21/01/2009 20:34

fledto - here they are never emptied so overflowing and with piles of bags underneath them - how yummy...

fledtoscotland · 21/01/2009 20:36

nomoreamover - at least you have bins. the council put up about a dozen new ones last summer and they have either gone walkies themselves or been set fire too. the two remaining ones are always full.

IAteMakkaPakka · 21/01/2009 21:38

I'm intrigued about all these farmers who don't worm their dogs. Their vet's not doing their job! I'm a vet and our clients are made well aware that their dogs, pet and working, should be wormed every 3 months as a minimum.

sarah293 · 22/01/2009 08:45

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ilovemydogandMrObama · 22/01/2009 08:52

There is a dog warden that sometimes visits Oldbury Court. Don't even get me started on her

Yes, people should always pick up, but what about in the middle of a forest?

mysterymoniker · 22/01/2009 09:09

I'm with abraid - huge huge difference between public footpaths/streets/parks and the middle of nowhere

you should always pick up in town or kick it into a ditch on a remote public footpath, I wouldn't wade through a crop to pick up dog poo

sarah293 · 22/01/2009 09:09

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historyofit · 22/01/2009 09:13

No, the owners should have corks up theirs.

Stayingsunnygirl · 22/01/2009 09:22

When ds1 was in year 2, he came home one day with his coat in a black bin bag. His class had gone straight into the hall at the start of school, and had been told to sit down on their coats, and when ds1 did so, the dog poo he'd picked up on the sole of his shoe smeared all over the inside of his coat!

He had to borrow a coat from lost property for the rest of the day, and I had to scrub dog poo off the inside of his coat - which couldn't go in the wash because it was a waxed cotton jacket. I still ended up having to rewax it because I had to use detergent to get the poo off his coat.

And the waxed jacket wasn't as stupid a purchase for a child as it might sound - they were reduced in M&S, so similar price to an ordinary coat, and it would pass down to his brother.

ilovemydogandMrObama · 22/01/2009 09:26

Oh good idea history -- that will solve it.

ipanemagirl · 22/01/2009 09:34

We live near a section of forest which is open to the whole community. Hardly any of the dog owners, posh, not posh, scuttlers and all, pick up the dog poo because 'it's the forest' it's why they walk their dogs there!
But the rest of us have to walk in it or, joy of joys, get our BUGGY WHEELS caked in it when we risk enjoying the great outdoors!
Public open space should not be crapped all over by dogs either, but tell that to the owners!
My ds's pavement to school has recently been covered in crap, nothing depresses me more.
I'd have CCTV on every inch of the UK if it caught and punished the people who let their dogs do this.

  • dog - confiscated, massive fine, repeated offenders prison - I'd vote for that!!!
ipanemagirl · 22/01/2009 09:38

fledtoscotland, 'it's not pleasant walking around with a bag of dog poo'

Well, it's not pleasant for the rest of us to walk in it, but we all have to! IF it's not pleasant then don't have a dog!

I think dog owners should live on farms, urban dogs are nonsense to me unless the owners pick up every bit of crap the dog produces.. It should be enforced much more aggressively than it is.

StripeyKnickersSpottySocks · 22/01/2009 09:39

What I don't understand is people who bag up their dog poo and then tie the bags of crap to the hedge. Have noticed this a lot recently both in the village where I live and also in a nearby country park. WTF is that about? Gross.

Ingles2 · 22/01/2009 09:42

we live surrounded by farmland. I always pick up poo from any footpath, right of way etc but I don't pick up from fields.
With this thread in mind I asked when I saw the farmer this morning: conversation went like this.
Me: B, do you think I should pick up dog poo from the fields.
Him: don't be so bloody ridiculous, you don't go stomping across my field to pick up dog crap.
He thought I was an idiot.

mysterymoniker · 22/01/2009 09:49

most right thinking people would agree ingles!

mysterymoniker · 22/01/2009 09:50

argh I don't mean that you are an idiot

I mean stomping across fields . . .

Ingles2 · 22/01/2009 09:52
Grin
ipanemagirl · 22/01/2009 09:55

Ingles2, maybe not from fields but from paths in open forest that is widely used by walkers I think all poo should be picked up.

But ethically I still can't get my head round the millions of cat owners who happily let their cats crap all over the gardens of the non cat owners. I think these people actually think their cats don't crap! And of course if they admit that they do crap, the crap is nothing to do with the owner! Bizarre.

why isn't your cat's poo your responsibility?
Because you don't care, you just want an ickle cat that's lovely, let the neighbours enjoy it's shite!

I don't have a pet because I don't want to spend my life picking up it's crap - simple decision.