Please tell me to calm down!

Hetty58 - wish I could be a lark like you - I’m an owl, been one all my life 🦉

Well good foryou, Hetty58, but not everyone gets up at 5. I’d hazard a guess that most people don’t. I feel for you Romola, but maybe you could set the alarm just once and get to the window to catch whoever is doing the deed, and then shout at them loudly. Hopefully it’s always the same person and if you confront them once the problem should disappear. I don’t see why you should calm down. I’d be livid too.

I would just be happy that the waste was not being left on the dog walking route. I put poo bags of cat litter clumps in my bin anyway, so wouldn't mind at all.

I'm not sure I'd like it but to be honest, I don't see putting my blood pressure up over it. It doesn't take a lot of space and as long as it is bagged, it will be emptied out again.

Thanks everyone. You have calmed me down somewhat.

My bin collection usually happens about 11-12 am on a wednesday so I bring it in as soon as the bin waggon has gone past. Having said that I only put them out when they are completely full which is about every 8 weeks. It would not occur to me to look to see whats been left in the bottom. Better things to do with my day.

Bellanonna maybe you could set the alarm just once and get to the window to catch whoever is doing the deed, and then shout at them loudly.
As I said, people can be very nasty these days and once they know where you live they may target you in the future. A polite sign may work because politeness always works better than rudeness (even if you are in the right).

I can see why people are saying "it's just a bin, as long as it's bagged..." etc.

But it's the attitude of the dog owners - I'd be too damned embarrassed to do that in case someone was watching me. Because you are basically just dumping your waste on someone else.

Take the bag of poo home - your dog, your waste, your problem.

As for those who hang the bags on trees and in the hedgerows - a huge, whopping great fine is the answer.

I live in a terraced house along a main thoroughfare... people have put bottles, cans, food wrappers, food - and all manner of rubbish in my bin, sometimes filling it so the lid won't close - and then they dump it in my stone flower-planter instead. Inconsiderate, selfish and completely lacking in manners and courtesy. Oafish behaviour.

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Get one of these bin locks. It automatically unlocks when the bin is tipped upside down when emptied.

FoghornLeghorn

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Get one of these bin locks. It automatically unlocks when the bin is tipped upside down when emptied.

Wow!

Interesting for both the OP and me.

Thanks!

Our local council rules are that dog poo must be double wrapped before being put in your bin, so the OP could be in trouble for having single wrapped poo.

Try putting a brick on the bin and ask the bin men if they would put the brick back after emptying. Xmas bonus approaching! Awkward to hold dog lead, poo bag and remove brick!

The bin lock looks looks fabulous and expensive, but how do the bin men open the bin if they want to look inside? Sometimes they do want to check the contents before taking it.

They have master keys

Tizliz

They have master keys

I find that a bit strange. The bin men here work very quickly and I doubt they would want to waste time unlocking bins. I think I'd have to speak to them first, before ordering such an expensive bin lock.

The master key is for the householder to use, to put rubbish in. The bin opens automatically when it's upended

I bought a sticker from Amazon and stuck it on the lid. It hasn’t happened since.

This happened yo my bin too so I moved the bin closer to the house near the cctv camera.

My dad was obsessed with people bringing dogs to ‘do their business’ along the road at the back of his row of houses. He once wrapped up the offending poo in newspaper and ran after to dog owner to give it to her.

‘Oh’, she said, looking quite pleased, ‘what is it?’

‘It’s your dog’s s**t, put it outside your own house!

She probably never came back again!

I can totally understand why you are frustrated, I can’t imagine that anyone wants dog poop in a bag in their dust bin.

But please dont think badly of all dog owners. We have a dog and wouldn’t dream of putting the poop, double wrapped or otherwise, in a bin, or left hanging from a tree or similar.

In the same way that there is a small percentage of ALL groups of people who are entitled, eg some car drivers, joggers, cyclists, people with buggies, dog owners or walkers, and sadly the rest of us all suffer by association.

BUT it seems to me that there are far fewer designated dog poop bins around now. I’ve sometimes needed to double or treble wrap our dogs poop and put it in a special waterproof side pocket of my ‘doggy’ bag and take it home to throw in our dustbin. Our dog is an absolute joy, but sometimes I really wish he could learn to use a proper loo. I’ve seen videos of cats using loos, but never a dog!

Do hope that you get a good resolution to your problem. 🌺

Looking at the legal side of this - it is a very grey area. If the bin is not on your property, then it is not trespassing, it may be considered "fly tipping" - the term is "Bin stuffing" if you want to google it!

You have all my sympathy. I live on a dog walkers’ route and it’s the actual dog shit on my steps or on the lane just left. I got so incensed I drew round the deposits in chalk ( what a good idea to use spray paint in future) and left a waterproof notice saying” Clean up your dog’s shit”. Some acquaintances were shocked by my language, but little kids in their dozens walk to the beach every day along this lane. Why should they be put at the risk of toxocariasis by people who think dogs are more important than humans?

Since you asked to be told.

Calm down.

Be glad the dog-walker took the trouble to pick up their dog's doings and bin them.

I must apologise for these thoughtless people. I own a dog and would never dream of doing that.

A note on the bin might help, but I wonder if your local council could put a poo bin somewhere near you ( but not too near) the dog walkers might get the hint properly.

Good luck.

That is very annoying.. I woud be too.
A strong note left on the bin might work hopefully.
Ye it's good that they pick up but absolutely wrong to chuck it in your bin. Good luck.