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Dog poo - again! This time I want to fight back...

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Wheniwasyourage Mon 20-Jan-20 14:59:47

The other day we were leaving the house early, so that it wasn't light, and guess what I stepped in! angry Some clown has been going about letting his/her dog leave little piles, very often just outside people's gates, which makes me wonder if it is being done on purpose.

I know that spraying the piles with something bright both warns innocent pedestrians and has a shaming effect on the half-witted dog owners, but I don't know what to use. Ideally it should be something which will wash away before too long, so not paint. Can you get spray-on fluorescent hair-dye, or something like that? Any ideas welcome, and thank you in advance.

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Newquay Thu 23-Jan-20 18:39:06

My dear sister is almost blind in one eye and a friend is registered partially sighted because of dog poo-toxicara canis!
I heard the slogan-don’t buy or breed, rescue! And sterilise too!
Enough!

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MissAdventure Thu 23-Jan-20 18:43:35

We have a man who walks his dog along what is laughingly described as our 'communal gardens' in our council handbook.

The point being that he waves around a poo bag, presumably so that people like me can see it, then when doggy does a turd like a battleship, walks briskly away.

The worst of it is, I'm too cowardly to say anything. blush

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Chestnut Thu 23-Jan-20 18:52:37

Oh Newquay I'm so sorry to hear that. There was much campaigning and media coverage on toxocariasis back in the 1980s but it now seems to have dropped off the radar.
People should remember that just one tiny larva inside a microscopic toxocara canis egg could hatch inside you and then burrow and migrate to various organs. It it travels to the eye this can cause blindness, but it can migrate to other organs causing unidentified illnesses. People rarely know the cause of their illness is toxocariasis because it is rarely tested for.
Very regular dog worming is essential, but sadly we can't control what other people do which is why washing hands after a trip to the park is so important. Park soil is very contaminated.

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NotSpaghetti Fri 24-Jan-20 00:20:14

Cats only dig when it's light, dry, easily dug soil ....but they defecate everywhere in my garden. No sign of digging, irrespective of soil type.

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