i have noticed an extraordinary amount of DOG POO around my road recently and one of the subjects looks like the dog was very poorly.

i know this is a minging subject so i do apologise if you are sat there with a cuppa and choccy biscuits but... whatever happened to pooper scoopers?

my main point is that if a dog doodied outside my house i think i would clean it up so that me and my guests wouldn't stand in it, like accidently after a few drinks at mine, setting off into town in the darkness - if i was wearing manolo blaniks i would be sooooo annoyed.

my question is not if you poopascoop after your pets but if you do/would clean it up outside your property - no one else on my road does. whats the alternative, spy on dog walkers and let out your pent up anger on them when they dont use the scoop?!

One of my friends had a novel way of catching and stopping a mystery dog and owner from littering his garden.

He got up in the morning, watched the dog and owner walk past and then went jogging just to find out where they live. The next morning he waited for the dog to its business on his garden like clockwork. He got a carrier bag, put the dog poo in the bag, and delivered it to the owners house, knocked on the door and just said 'This is yours.'

He also warned them that if he caught the owner letting the dog do it again, he would contact the police and council or worse still, go to this persons house, drop his pants and do it right in front of the window.

Suffice to say it didn't happen again!!!

yes but some of this is SLOPPY stuffe. needs hoesing away.

think i might collect the solids, place in brown paper bag, put on offenders doorstep, ring bell, light paper bag, run away whilst they stamp the fire out with their pikey shoes!!! oh and then laugh alot!!!

Ooh don't get me started! There seems to be a problem with this on my road too. I've parked up, stepped out of my car and ... :evil: . There's young children who play in my road too. I wish I could catch whoever he/she/they are who let their dog poop in my road without scooping, but I'd probably chicken out of saying something. Maybe if I just ask politely "Would you mind scooping please?"...

why is it that pregnant women and children always want to roll around in dog poo?

and how come you don't see white dog poo anymore?

and what on earth are pikey shoes and where can i get some?!

OK, kids are not necessarily anymore likely to stand dog poo than anyone else, but it happened easy enough to me getting in and out of my car.
And I'm sure the parents of one of the little girls that plays in my road would be really happy if their daughter sat in dog poo since I saw her sat on the kerb eating a yoghurt the other day...

My old man caught a woman letting her greyhound sh*t outside his house. He asked he to pick it up but she refuse and rushed off, sSo he went and got a spade, scooped it up and followed her all the way home and left the offending article on her doorstep. He never saw the woman again the he estimated there was a 50% drop in turd crime in the area as a result.

I think you should try something similar. Begin by mounting a "turd watch" and have a spade standing by so you can quickly instigate a scoop and follow procedure. Note: If the offending article is of the sloppy variety then you need to ensure you have enough spade speed and must flick the wrist during the "lift-off" phase. Careful though!!! Too much speed could result in the dreaded "splash-back". Once the turd is secured, follow offending dog and owner to their own house where you may deposit it in garden, through letter box or smear over windows.

Good luck.

This is another Pet Hate™ of mine (pun intended).

Here's an expensive solution. All dogs must be licenced and microchipped by law. Each dog is also extensively DNA profiled.

When an officer of the Poop Police spots a fat dog turd basking in the playground, he scoops it with his vacuum poop-o-matic, and samples it. The hand held sampler uses a solid state chip to do a heuristic (not full) DNA profile and they are immediately told the name and address of Dog and Owner, who are then sent a 'Scooping Ticket': a fixed penalty and a sample of the collected faeces (should they wish to dispute the claim).

Each infringement costs a point on a dog licence, and when a licence is full the individual is banned from owning dogs and the animal is destroyed 'humanely' or rehoused if appropriate.

But otherwise, taking the trouble to return poops to their owners is a fun idea, espcially using the 'Flaming Paper Bag Ploy'.

Maybe our city ambassadors should widen their net to the suburbs and pick up responsibilities for poop.

LOL, thanks Zamo!
I feared I might become a curtain twitcher, spying on people walking down my road! Strange thing is I never seem to see anybody walking a dog along my road (I'd be watching them like a hawk otherwise!). I think it must be people walking early in the morning or late in the evening maybe...
Ah well.

Actually it can be very dangerous - dog poo - esp concerning children. There is something in it that could turn them blind! I'm surprised this isnt more common knowledge :o

People that walk dogs have a responsibility to clear up the mess that they drop. If you see someone do it outside of your house, how about putting it in a bag, following them home, and putting it on their doorstep when they go in?

[QUOTE]Originally posted by spook1210
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and how come you don't see white dog poo anymore?

Hi Spook, I might be able to help here.

Some years ago, dogs were generally fed on fresh unprepared food, hense the term, fit as a butcher's dog. This made the 'stools' white, and once dried (nuturally I mean, don't try putting some in your Zanusi) it would break up and disapear without trace. The stuff that is available today is so 'over prepared' i.e. all of the natural ingredients cooked out of it, and things then added to try to compensate, it is less biodegradable.

Does this answer you question Spook ?

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
Maybe our city ambassadors should widen their net to the suburbs and pick up responsibilities for poop.

Hey don't give our management any ideas:D
I get dirty enough walking through trade waste sites, back alleyways and yards full of other **** other than the dog variety.

I was actually thinking to myself that a litter fine could be given to people in the city centre who let their dogs do that and don't clean it up, Devonshire green being a prime spot for that.
But I can't give out litter fines, if only I could.

I absolutely hate dog crap more than anything else in the unvierse. I detest it.

We've got the only dog on our little estate and he's a good boy :thumbsup:

Only craps in the park in long grass, same place everyday ;)

We have a dog and I always scoop, (usually with a carrier bag, you put your hand inside it then pick the poo up turning the bag inside out)

Confused? try it out in the street, make sure no one is watching before you squat though, or you may get arrested.

:thumbsup:

PS I usually say something if I see people not picking it up

Originally posted by WintersMist
Actually it can be very dangerous - dog poo - esp concerning children. There is something in it that could turn them blind! I'm surprised this isnt more common knowledge :o

Wrong.

Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by a tiny parasite and can cause blindness in an unborn child BUT it is not found in dog poo.
I quote;

Toxoplasmosis can be caught from

1. Raw or undercooked meat.
2. Unwashed,uncooked vegetables and fruit.
3. CAT faeces and soil contaminated by cat faeces. NO other
animal sheds the infective organisms in its faeces.
4. Unpasteurised goat's milk and dairy products made frpom it.


Source ...... The Toxoplasmosis Trust (leaflet given to me when I was pregnant)

So come on you Holy Joe cat owners, when are you going to start cleaning your cats s**t up?
;)

Originally posted by Mo
So come on you Holy Joe cat owners, when are you going to start cleaning your cats s**t up?
;)

When I can find the damn stuff. Cats are a lot cleverer than dogs when it comes to covering their tracks.

Originally posted by max
When I can find the damn stuff. Cats are a lot cleverer than dogs when it comes to covering their tracks.

I take it that you're not a gardener then Max :D

I find a Super Soaker works wonders.