Can someone explain from the dog owning world?

Some people don't particularly like plants, trees. ditches and hedges. That sort of person views nature as a receptacle for unwanted stuff.

It's absolutely disgusting and totally unacceptable. I always just carry the bag with me, to a bin or back to my bin in the garden.

It's a relatively recent trend, too. Our local forest never used to be full of litter and full doggie bags. What's wrong with people?

We have taught every dog we’ve ever had to poo on command ! It’s very easy .

Equally , if our dog does a poo on a walk we pick it up and take it with us ! We wouldn’t DREAM of hanging it on a tree !! Double bag it is you’re worried !!

Our front door opens immediately onto the road, we are on a river bank. Last week some charming dog owner let their dog do a poo, a very large one, right in front of my front doorstep! Thankfully we only use the back door, or I would have probably trodden in it, not expecting it to be there. Disgusting behaviour, by the owner, not the dog.

I have a dog that I walk 3 times a day. It's inexcusable to leave dog poo bags lying around for other people to pick up. I get free poo bags from our local pcso that I think gets them from the council. On my walks, whenever I see dog poo I pick it up and bin it. If I can carry my own dogs poo and others dogs bags too, surely it's not too much to ask that other owners bag up their own dogs mess. It particularly annoys me when I see it on pavements anywhere but near the school gates for the small children to accidentally walk in disgusts me. Our parish council are aware I do this, but not once have they ever thanked me. Still, I know it's better than leaving it there. The people that walk their dogs in the dark have a lot to answer for. Most dog owners do act responsibly, it's just the few that give the rest of us a bad name.

Dog poo (and litter.) Two things that make me crazy! I dread the day when dog owners won't be able to take their dogs anywhere, due to the behaviour of what one always hopes is a minority. I'm a dog owner so always have a poo bag or 3 on me, even when my dogs are at home. I make a point of handing them to anyone who thinks it's fine just to drag their dog along the street pretending they can't see the trail the poor dog is leaving. It's disgusting, it's offensive, it's irresponsible, it's a health risk and people should be fined on the spot. Why don't we all poo in the street or on a walk? Seriously, what's the difference in terms of giving offence? I'm not keen on taking a bag of poo for a long walk, so occasionally on our beach and knowing that I will return the same way, I will leave the tied-up bag on a rock. And no, I don't forget. I collect it on my way back and put it in the litter bin or take it home. It's so simple. It's no different to having a small child : I want people to like my child, and I also want people to like my dogs. So, I make sure they and we don't give offence when out in public. If my dogs make a mess, I'm willing to stop, wait and clean it up anywhere. Think what the streets would be like if everyone just showed that they cared enough to be responsible : we could look at the view and where we're going, rather than staring at the ground whilst navigating around piles left there by dog owners who, quite frankly, should never own dogs. I won't start on those who throw litter in beautiful countryside or drop it next to a bin or, throw it out of car windows. For those, I don't need to post on a forum, I need a shotgun.

I am a dog owner and I find this habit incomprehensible and disgusting. It is totally selfish and not wanting to carry your own dog's poo a long way to a bin or take it home is no excuse. Anyone who chooses to own a dog knows it's going to poo. It isn't great to have to bag it and carry it a long way but that is the price we pay for choosing to have a dog and using walkways used by others.

It doesn't just spoil the walk for non dog owners it spoils the walk for dog owners like me as well. There is no pleasure in seeing the beauty of the countryside ruined by ugly plastic bags hanging all over the place. It is also very dangerous for wild life and is actually worse than leaving it unbagged in the first place. Carrying a bag of dog poo to its nearest disposal point is probably one of the worse parts of having a dog but it is not acceptable to do half the job and spoil the countryside's beauty and endanger wildlife. We have a designated dog bag bought at the pet shop but any small old shoulder bag would do. To be fair the vast majority of dog owners hate the practise of dumping poo bags in trees and on fences as much as non dog owners do.

I own a dog and walk him 2 or 3 times a day, not now obviously, it's once a day in the lockdown. Mindless, incosiderate dog walkers who leave the dogs' excrement e with or without being bagged drives me mad and gives all dog walkers a bad name.

Nice poem Dotty! Should be posted at the trail heads around here!

If I am knowingly returning on the same path, I will leave a bag by a tree/rock and pick it up on the way out. Otherwise, I agree with you all, that this is beyond belief that people would bother to bag it then throw it!

I have owned dogs for 50 years, we never used to pick up pooh in the early days but over the past 20 years I can honestly say I have NEVER left a Pooh bag anywhere. If there are no bins then I will pick up and carry it. I have even been known to tie the bag to the dogs lead if we have a long way to go, she did, she can carry it?

I am told, by serious dog people (who train guide dogs, police dogs etc) that you can train your dog to poo at the same time, in the same place, every day. So you can set aside a corner of your garden, or put newspaper down on a floor, give the dog its cue, then clear up.
Seems a good idea for all

Hanging a poo bag on a tree so you don’t have to carry it about? Coming back for it later? I have heard it all now.
In the meantime, everyone passing it has the pleasure of seeing it. Not nice at all.

If you can’t be bothered to deal with your dog’s poo correctly, you shouldn’t have a dog.

Far, far too many irresponsible dog owners.

Your post has absolutely no connection with the matter being discussed.
How else could we ever explain brexit?

How clearly you display your own limited intelligence, Varian, with yet another cheap jibe. Fortunately you are not representative of your party.

Yes minimoon, I had wondered whether that happens sometimes. I probably took it for my bag! I’ve had to walk round with numerous dog poo bags because I can’t leave them, and I don’t even have a dog! Surely you could manage one bag?

I suppose you'll say that remainers always take their dog poo home and it's only brexiteers who leave it? ?

There are no dog poo fairies
There are no dog poo elves
So if your dog poor
Please pick it up yourself

We do not want to wipe it off our
shoes or off our children's hand
Dog poo is harmful to children
We hope you understand

Please help keep this area clear
Thank you

Here we go......how can Brexit appear in a thread about dog poo? Obsessed or what? ?

As Shandy57 says -"It's a huge problem all over the UK. Too many people with low intelligence, unfortunately."

How else could we ever explain brexit?

You get people who throw their litter away on walks, others leave their dog poo in bags others just leave it where dropped. Why? All these people are selfish, inconsiderate people who have no thoughts of caring for others just themselves.
Unfortunately these people give all dog owners a bad name all we can do is try to train them like we do our dogs!

Drives me mad too! Although I would say there's never enough bins to dispose of it in.

I think some people just forget to pick up their doggy bags. I always carry mine round with me and double bag it so it is not so unpleasant. I live in a rural area and a lot of people do stick and flick.

I really wish the Forestry Commission would stop this stick and flick thing - fat too many dog owners seem to think it just means flick it off the path, which means of course it’s still visible and easily trodden in by children who want to run around.

Spot on SirC - I think you've nailed it. For some of us it's beyond understanding but that makes sense. I don't think it's acceptable to do even once (imagine if everyone did it once) but the problem is magnified hugely when we have the same people doing it on a daily basis. Those people are a pile of poo themselves. ?

Can someone explain you say.
Well no, nobody is going to admit garnishing trees and bushes and my front garden with bags of dog poo are they!
It's disgusting behaviour IMO.