[vikki]

i was walking back from hillsborough today when just outside the park entrance closer to the shops there was a couple with a collie (off lead) that took a big poop on the path fair enough the bloke stopped shouted bloody hell then walked away!!!!!

me being my said very loudly i might add your not a very responsibly owner wheres your poo bag! its right in the middle of the path to his reaponse itll be ok!!!!!!!!

can you belive it!!!!

being a dog owner and always finding poo bags in every pocket in every draw and every bag i found it hard to belive ths man was not bothered. being as nice as i am once he had disappered and couldnt see i picked it up and put it in the poo bin less than 100 yards away!

[JarvisCocker]

Yes it's very annoying isn't it? Even better is when they bag it up and sling it in the nearest tree!!

[teeny]

yep theres a field here where as kids we used to play , well its covered in Poo now and i wouldn't want any child playing there. I always clear up the poo even if I only have 1 poo bag left i try and makesure no poo is left!!!

[Strix]

such incidents should be reported to the dog warden - especially in so close to the shops!

Does the dog know what 'bloody hell' is supposed to mean then?

[f1freak]

This def is my pet hate. Its not hard to make sure your carrying poop bags in your pockets. I never take my dog out without checking we are covered.1000 nappy bags from pound land isnt alot to spend..Silly man.

[dogs4life]

I was walking my dogs the other day along with a few friends when a lady stopped as her dog was doing his business on the path, straight away she looked at us and pulled out a handful of poo bags from her pocket and started waving them in the air. It turned out this was the second "business" he had done - earlier in the walk the first business had not been completed when another walker had grumbled about the state of the path asking if she was going to pick up to which she replied "do you mind if he gets it out of his a*se first I agree it is horrible when owners don't pick up, I hate to see some owners walking on in front of their dogs knowing full well what their dogs are up to - I just hope they get to stand in it on their way back

[H.P]

We have a gennel that runs along the bottom of the gardens on our road, over the last few months one of the dog owners round here has gotten into the habit of ditching said poobags on the gennel.
It has progressed now from slinging them in the gennal to shoving them between the garden wall and shrubery of the end house on our road
It's getting me really mad because standing in poo is bad enough, you dont want to think about the effects of a pooh bag becoming stamped on by a running child
I will be keeping an eye out for said dog owner, and when I do find out who it is I will be returning all his/her poo bags via his/her letterbox

[mc55]

a couple of kids were playing cricket on the road, next to my car last night (yes, cricket ) - there is a patch of grass within a spits distance, but when I suggested they play on the grass in case they hit the cars (ie, shift !!) they said the grass is covered in poo

Sadly there are plenty of irresponsible owners around. I do think it should be harder for people to have animals (and children ) ... make them think twice about the implications.

[beansforyou]

Do Dog Poo bags decompose quicker than plastic carrier bags?

I hate dog poo (obviously, who doesn't) but surely on grass it will decompose alot quicker into the ground than when it's put into a plastic poo bag and thrown in the landfill site?

Or are they made of a material that breaks down quickly?

[sheffladowls]

Originally Posted by dogs4life

I was walking my dogs the other day along with a few friends when a lady stopped as her dog was doing his business on the path, straight away she looked at us and pulled out a handful of poo bags from her pocket and started waving them in the air. It turned out this was the second "business" he had done - earlier in the walk the first business had not been completed when another walker had grumbled about the state of the path asking if she was going to pick up to which she replied "do you mind if he gets it out of his a*se first I agree it is horrible when owners don't pick up, I hate to see some owners walking on in front of their dogs knowing full well what their dogs are up to - I just hope they get to stand in it on their way back

This post has had me in stiches

what you say is true people should pick up the mess their dogs leave behind.

[estweyn]

Some dog pooh bags are biodegradable apparently and most carrier bags are not. I must admit I use carrier bags at times because the little black bags dont really do it for a giant gsd size pooh, normally takes two!! I wonder whether they hang them on trees because they are biodegradable, its the only reason I can think of. Looks terrible. However we have a caravan at skeggy and I moaned about the local dog s--t alley and the council have put a bin at the bottom, its amazing how clear it is now. There are still the odd nitwits though who leave it and get a bad name for all of us.

While on the subject, can anyone recommend a good garden dog loo capable of a large amount of s--t, my dear dog is somewhat productive.

[medusa]

Poo bags marked as 'biodegradable' will degrade in decades in a land fill site (rather than thousands of years for a standard plastic bag). Only those marked as 'compostable' will break down within a few years- and they're expensive so it's fair to assume that anyone who just chucks the bags when they've done won't have invested the 20p+ per bag that they cost.

If you use a dog poo bin most of the time it's actually irrelevant whether you buy biodegradable or compostable bags because by law the contents of all dog poo bins get incinerated, so it's only relevant and worth making the investment if you have a compost bin that you put the bags on.

estweyn- can you get to an IKEA store? Their poo bins are 50 on a roll for 79p and they're decent thickness opaque black plastic and they're big enough for even a GSD's products (I know- I went and bought another 10 rolls on Monday!).

[lyndsayx]

Originally Posted by beansforyou

Do Dog Poo bags decompose quicker than plastic carrier bags?

I hate dog poo (obviously, who doesn't) but surely on grass it will decompose alot quicker into the ground than when it's put into a plastic poo bag and thrown in the landfill site?

Or are they made of a material that breaks down quickly?

There are very good reasons for picking up dog mess, not just because it's messy and smelly.
Have a read of this - http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndC...ng/DG_10025986

"Toxocara canis
Toxocara canis is a roundworm found in dogs. Roundworm eggs are found in dog mess, which can easily be picked up by young children. This causes stomach upsets, sore throats, asthma and in rare cases blindness. The eggs can remain active in the soil for many years, long after the dog mess has weathered away."

[estweyn]

Thank you for that tip on the bags, my son and DIL go quite often so will get them to add it to their list.!!

[beansforyou]

Maybe i'm a bit of an Optimist, but I always thought people dangled their poo bags from trees so they could find them again after their walk, ie, dog has a poo as soon as you go out, you don't want to carry it round with you for an hour, so you hang it up in a tree and then pick it up on your way home?

Got to say I don't have a dog but when I did I took him out for his toilet at home and put his waste in the bin, then went out for a walk.

[estweyn]

Yes- you are an optimist, they are hung there for eternity!!
Know what you mean though, I have been tempted to hide the bag and pick it up on the way home if there are no dog bins.
I always try to encourage him to go before we walk but he normally manages to produce something.
I was wondering also with all the new bin laws etc about getting a new dog loo, my old one is knackered... is dog pooh allowed in a bin, are dirty nappies allowed come to that??
Dont want to fall foul of the bin police!

[dogs4life]

what do you think to this "natural" poo bin - don't think I'll look at worms the same way again

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...F8&me=&seller=

[estweyn]

Product Description
What is a Pet Poo Converter? The Tumbleweed Pet Poo Converter is a worm farm. Instead of feeding the worms vegetable scraps, they are fed dog droppings. The worms convert the dog droppings into worm castings (worm poo) and a liquid fertilizer, both of which can safely be used on the garden. No maintenance costs No chemicals Safe to operate Produces valuable by-products How does it work? The Tumbleweed Pet Poo Converter consists of two sturdy nesting boxes with a lid, which form a neat, compact portable unit. The worms eat and breed in the top box. This has a perforated base to allow any liquid waste to drain through to the bottom (collector) box. The "worm poo" or worm castings remain in the top box and can be harvested as desired. The bottom or catcher box collects the valuable liquid waste which can be diluted and used as a fertilizer on your garden. There is no difficulty in getting the worms to eat dog droppings. Commercial worm farmers rear their worms on manure. However it is not possible to mix diets. They must be fed exclusively on pet poo. If you want to recycle vegetable scraps you must set up a separate farm. Operating a Pet Poo Converter 2000 worms in 10 litres of bedding mix are recommended to start the Pet Poo Converter. Place worms in the top box. Site the Pet Poo Converter in a shady part of the garden near where the dog does his business. Using a "pooper scooper" pop the dog droppings into the top of the Pet Poo Converter and close the lid. The worms and nature will do the rest! The Pet Poo Converter will handle, on average, the droppings of two medium size dogs. Depending upon the size of the dog it will take anything from 3 months to 2 years to fill the top box with worm castings. This price includes worm farm/pet poo convertor, ¼ kilo worms and ten litres of bedding. Delivered complete.


Cor blimey, its a bit expensive nearly £70 and not sure how it works really, it says the worm poo or castings can be harvested as you want from the top box, but cant work this out really, isnt the top box where you put the fresh poo, to be honest they would have to work really really hard to convert the amount of stuff Josh manages to produce in one day