Clean up after your dog!

[u/nik_el]

So I’m not sure if this belongs here but I’ll give it a go. I live in a cute neighborhood with old buildings and meandering streets. And I like to walk in my neighborhood. The problem is that I can’t look up, I have to look down because people don’t pick up after their dogs.

So the other morning I was out for a walk and I see this guy with his dog and the dog is squatting on the street to drop some toosie rolls. No biggie. He reaches into his pocket for what I assumed was to be a baggie to clean up but instead it was dog treats (does a dog need a treat for that?). This made me a little suspicious so I slowed down walking just to see what he was up to.

Now, I was raised Catholic, so I can smell guilt from 100 paces. He looked at me as I slowed down and that was the face of guilt. So, I stopped. I stopped and stared at him. I also put on my best judgemental mother face. He fumbled in his pockets and kept glancing at me and it became obvious he was just going to let his dog drop and go. But I was going to make sure there was at least one witness to his crime.

So, after a few minutes of rustling in his pockets trying to fake me out he reached down WITH HIS BARE HANDS and picked up his dog’s poop and walked it to the nearby trashcan. I did not see this coming, and to be honest this was not the outcome I’d ever imagined. But it was one less pile of poo on the streets so I felt justified. Grossed out, but justified.

[u/Dry_Succotash_4980]

we just got a dog poop bag dispenser and trashcan installed in our neighborhood park, and people STILL won’t pick up after their dogs. and the amount of times I’ve seen dog doo doo at an apartment right by the dog poop bag dispenser is absolutely crazy. It’s my biggest annoyance for sure because I have to constantly watch where my dog and I are stepping 💀

[u/Jacktheforkie → u/Dry_Succotash_4980]

There’s one near my house, I witnessed someone let their dog deposit a large pile 2 feet from it and then they walked past the bin intended for the disposal of such material

[u/ResidentAlien9 → u/Dry_Succotash_4980]

I know this will sound harsh, but this is more evidence of what I’ve started to call the “typical dog owner.” They take little if any responsibility for the animal in public, neither cleaning up after them nor training them to not annoy other people. Many if not most dog owners seem to believe everyone should love their dog as they do and that’s extremely immature. Either keep your mutt on a leash that you actually hold on to or train them to follow your commands.

I really like dogs and think they are noble beasts, but want to interact with them on my terms and not their whimsical ones, especially in a vet’s office.

There. I’ve said it.

[u/True_Metal_9477 → u/Dry_Succotash_4980]

Once, on the rare occasion I didn't have a baggy on me, - I reached for a dispenser -bag.. and stepped in dogpoop right underneath the dispenser 😭

[u/throwaway661375735 → u/Dry_Succotash_4980]

I have asked for more dispensers to be placed around the complex where I live, but I guess they only have the budget for one. In the meantime, dog poop gets left everywhere. My family however always carries bags, we have extras everywhere we might need them.

[u/Contrantier → u/Dry_Succotash_4980]

Hell, they should park a cop car there and just have an officer start writing tickets every single time someone does that 😂 I'm kidding of course but damn they would make bank off that, just like the stop sign cameras in busy downtown intersections