HORSE POO

Brunette10 - you are VERY lucky to be able to walk in an environment where there are horses and riders, and given that you are doing that in what must be your new exercise regime, it is you who are the intruders and not the horses. And presumably as you are not in an urban setting you would expect this. Now here is a big question for you - would you rather while on your idyllic walk, spot quantities of horse poo that you can definitely avoid, or would you prefer to be passed by cars with windows down and deafening music blaring out? You pay your money, you take your choice - as my grandmother used to say.

Sussexborn Vegan poo does not smell that much.... I live on a boat and have to dispose of my waste every week. It collects in a container under toilet so I speak from experience. I agree with everything said about horse poo. Locally horse owners bag it up when they muck out and sell for 50p a bag. Brilliant for roses.

Pick it up and put it on the roses :P

It's just digested grass and cereal basically, not a health hazard. I can't think why anyone would get upset by it being in the road.

On a trip to Ireland a couple if years ago, I was in a pony and trap and whenever the pony passed his droppings, the driver would stop, get out his shovel and bucket, clean up then resume our trip.
Apparently it was a prerequisite of having his licence to drive visitors around the town.

When I was little we had a neighbour who used to follow the milkman’s horse with a bucket and shovel hoping for manure for his roses.
On a more serious note, if this happens regularly on the same route I am surprised someone from the farm doesn’t notice and clear it up. Personally I love horse manure and buy it by the bag at the local farm.

In New York, we went on a carriage ride in Central Park. The horses there had a special bag to catch the "offerings." I understand where the OP is coming from. There is a riding school near us and at one point they were riding the horses through our residential area with no need as there are plenty of other nearby places. None of us were keen on this for precisely the reason already mentioned, particularly as the horses often performed at a primary school entrance.

Back in the early fifties, my grandparents lived in the country and I recall that when driving us anywhere, my Grandpa would stop the car and take out the bucket and shovel (kept in the boot) to scoop up horse manure from the road. (He prized it for the garden.) I don't remember it being a horrible smell at all.

I think that the poo receptacle is attached to the carriage not the horse.

No Horse Poo round here! And like a lot of people it was regarded as gardener's gold when I was little. Not sure why it would bother you unless you walk down the middle of the street.

In cities where pony and carriage ride tours are offered there is usually a receptacle attached at the back of the horse to catch any manure. Can't have the streets littered with horse poo. Perhaps the local horse riders could be persuaded to invest in on such equipment. Or, collect and use on your garden; such a rarity nowadays you will be envied.

My Grandma used to dash out after the milkman's horse had been past & put any offerings left on her roses. I don't remember her composting it but her roses were a picture.

Pigeon poo on the patio here.When it turns purple I know they have been at my blueberries.Better defences this year methinks.

I remember seeing horses in nappies in a seaside town near me too, when they were pulling carriages up and down the sea front area clip clopping along with visitors sitting in them I thought how uncomfortable it must have been for them when they were full
brunette lots of horse poo lying in roads and on pavements
I ve never seen a horse on a pavement are you sure you ve not been having a dream or are you just thinking of something to have a winge about

We found some hedgehog poo in the garden.
We're really excited about it!!

I don’t think it’s a windup sadly. When we lived in the countryside you’d often get the townies who’d moved out there moaning about just that...horse droppings (as we prefer to call it) and cockerels crowing and even the dawn chorus.

How dare birds leave their droppings everywhere! It's not fair! Why should they get away with it? They should wear nappies.

NanaandGrampy, I saw a field mouse in my garden today, shocking isn’t it. I suspect it was after the tiny bits of bird food the ungrateful blue tits dropped

Well I’m a bit miffed about bird poo on the orangery roof ?

Meant don't pick up dog poo obviously!

Oh my goodness.If this is the only thing you have to worry about lucky you!I'm a dog owner and always pick up and hate other dog owners that do.But horse poo is in the road,biodegrades or washes away in the rain and is easy to see and avoid.Now don't get me started on fly tipping.Apparently it's rocketing with tips closed.

Like others, I don't know what a rider can do about it, unless he/she carries a spade and a bucket slung behind the saddle, and dismounts to collect it and tie the bucket back on again, and you have said that you don't expect them to do that. The horse doesn't even stop and squat, it just lifts its tail and lets it drop - the rider can't even see what is going on. If they dropped some outside my house, I'd be out there to shovel it up for the compost heap, but people don't ride along my suburban street.

Iam64 but complaining horses poo in the street?
It’s like complaining that birds sing or cocks crow or churches have bells which they ring before services!

Horse nappies aren't new; from October 2006:

Blackpool horses to get nappies
Horse drawn carriages in Blackpool are being fitted with nappies to stop horse droppings littering the promenade.
Landau drivers in the seaside resort had volunteered to follow carriages with a bucket a shovel.
But the landaus, which are a common sight along the promenade, are to be fitted with a rubber and plastic nappy that will collect the droppings.
The first will be tried out on Thursday with other landaus joining the trial in coming months.

Couldn't
Oh dear