Dog Excrement

[clivebeca]

Dog Excrement

Does anyone have any positive/ even innovative way of dealing with this anti-social problem?
Our pavements and footpaths are a disgrace, and a health hazard. This now seems to have reached epidemic proportions.
“There are no bad dogs, but many, many bad dog owners”.
Sensible answers/suggestions please.

[sandyRoe]

Apart from watching your step there's not much to be done. I clean up after my dog but judging from the state of the streets around here nobody else does.

[EcclesCake]

I must be very fortunate as I cannot recall the last time I encountered dog poo on the pavement.

Although there was the time some years ago when I spotted a pile and as i went to step over it it crawled away, it was actually a toad!

[emmie]

if you have a mobile, or camera take a snapshot, if you take enough of the same suspects owners as well as dogs, then you could forward to your local council. Its a big problem in our parks, and in summer its vile trying to find a place to sit.

[carrust]

I would suggest a 3 strikes & you're out policy. If an owner gets found letting their dog foul public places I would fine them for a 1st offence, for a 2nd offence I would double the fine, & for a 3rd I would have the dog destroyed!! That should concentrate their minds.

[jomifl]

My plan is to get a fluorescent marker aerosol (water soluble) as used for marking pavements and market pitches and draw a circle around each turcl. It might embarass someone enough to get something done.

[sandyRoe]

That's going too far. For the 3rd offence I'd have the owners nose rubbed in the offending mess.

[Prudie]

It's not the dogs' fault. It really needs a brave person to watch and film the offenders and send to the council. It's already against the law, I just can't understand why some people just don't give a $hit about what their dog leaves behind.

[emmie]

you don't have to be right up to them, just somewhere safe enough to take pictures, or tell them off, sometimes it works.

[viv38]

Have the poor dog destroyed carrust because of it's d*ckhead owner - nice one !!!

[Zacs-Master]

Dog walkers are usually habitual and will walk the same route time after time. Stick a little flag in it with 'We know who you are!' written on it.

[FredPuli43]

It is only a healh hazard to other dogs; they can get the parvovirus from it, which can be carried by an older dog without symptoms or ill-effects yet cause serious illness or death in younger ones. The risk to humans; blindness is sometimes mentioned; is theoretical, not real.

But it's a damn nuisance. We shouldn't expect town dwellers to have or need the awareness of faeces underfoot that country people have. On the spot fines would be one answer, but the real answer is in educating dog owners to behave with their dogs as they would do at home. I assume that they don't let their dogs defecate in their houses or on their paths.

[leahbee]

I had dog dirt outside my gates for several days and was absolutely furious when someone walked it into my house. I sat and watched from the bedroom window and sure enough they just walked the dog up to my drive, watched it do it's business then turn round and walk back. They only live a few doors down the road.
I got a plastic bag and went out to pick the dirt up then I went down to their house and rubbed it all over their front door step.
I knocked on the door and when they answered I said " you dropped this outside my house so I am just returning it and just see how you like clearing it up"
Four people came dashing to the door and calling me all the foul names under the sun but I just turned around and walked back up the road. It gave me great satisfaction and I still laugh about it but they never did it again. Just a bit awkward when I pass them in the street.

[viv38]

Well done leahbee. I have a neighbour whose dog constantly pooped outside my house and one day I put a pile of it on a shovel, walked down to her house and dropped it outside her front door. Funnily enough it never happened again !

[leahbee]

Well done Viv. It,s very satisfying is'nt it.

[Peter Pedant]

Fred no shush
dog sh+t is a well known health hazard for small children and everyone else.

I dont know why Divine didnt die after he ate dog poo on video.

[Peter Pedant]

Yeah someone did that to me...

[ Well done leahbee. I have a neighbour whose dog constantly pooped outside my house and one day I put a pile of it on a shovel, walked down to her house and dropped it outside her front door. ]

Big Labby - small poo. Cat poo I thought and no one does it to next door's where all the squalling cats are. I have a dog but that doesnt mean every scrap of poo for 100 y around is down to my lavvy.

[Khandro]

jomifl; //My plan is to get a fluorescent marker aerosol (water soluble) as used for marking pavements and market pitches and draw a circle around each turcl. It might embarass someone enough to get something done.//
I think you might be in line for the next Turner prize with this!

[Baldric]

Or become ^^^ a laughing stock locally!
;-)

[jomifl]

Baldric, I wasnt suggesting it be done at mid-day wearing a clown costume :o)

[Baldric]

Now that would embarass someone!
;-)