What is it with Dog lovers?

How I wish dog owners would just think of other people . We are in a quiet housing estate and are plagued with barking dogs. The gardens are back to back and every time our neighbour behind us lets the dog out it barks. They shout at it but it does no good. This then starts other dogs off . If only they would think before buying a dog of how close we all are.

I understand you need to keep a diary of nuisance and then approach your council.

Lots of dogs down our avenue..they all have the odd bark, especially last thing at night. Not a problem. Live and let live.

No dog poo problem either as loads of bins everywhere.

sunseeker . I once took my dog for a walk in the countryside. She did her business and I bagged it and hung it on a bush planning to pick it up on my return. Unfortunately I totally forgot about it, and instead of returning the way I'd gone, I did a circular walk! I did go back to the bush but my bag was gone.
I wouldn't dream of putting it into someone's private bin. Yuck!

The RECYCLING bin !!! That is dreadful,surely no one would put it in their own recycling bin.

My parents had a dog and small garden.They taught her that a patch at the rear was for her toilet and that is where she always went.
Every day, the dog would be taken for a walk through nearby fields,but she always waited until she got home to her patch.
I hate to see dogs allowed to poo on park grass ,even if it is then bagged.
It is where children play and people sit.

@Tricia F
If there are no dog poo bins available,I certainly do expect people to take it home.

We are staying on the coast in Northumbria and everyone seems to have two dogs pp. Some people have two very large dogs each. It's extraordinary . I'm pretty indifferent to dogs but one couple I was talking to at The Ship Inn at Low Newton said they had had several rescue dogs. How do you get through several dogs . I had one rescue for seventeen years. What do they do with them? Eat them?

It is a revolting habit to put the poo bags on trees - just carry it with you until you find a bin - they don't have to be special dog bins - any public bin is ok. it is called being responsible.
Newquay - I do remember when I was little we were treading in dog mess much more often than nowadays, so obviously most owners are picking up - thank goodness.

Stansgran Eat them? That's a terrible thing to say.

It's one thing complaining about people putting poo bags in your bin but to say that people might eat their dogs is outragous and unbelievable. What sort of imagination have you got? I am not usually maddened by any comment on here but that one, as a dog lover, has really offended me!

That is a not very funny but presumably unintentionally unkind comment Stansgran. Our present dog is our third rehomed greyhound and we have been lucky to enjoy between 5 and 8 years with each dog. Before themwe had a Labrador from wriggly puppy to sedate old lady of 16 who broke our hearts when she had to go.
There are kind dog lovers out there who resist the fluffy cuteness of puppies at the and are happy to give an older dog from a Rescue Centre its "forever home" so yes, the potential is there for "several rescue dogs".
(BTW show me any true dog lover who does not have poobags in every possible pocket/handbag and can usually be seen, around here anyway, carrying them home if the dog poo bin is nowhere near. )

Just a though but, if the cottage was in Northumberland maybe the dog walker knew the owner of the cottage and thought he/she wouldn't mind them using the bin; everyone knows everyone else up there. Which is probably incorrect given that they used a recycling bin. I find it very confusing that different councils use different bins for different things. In Northumberland you can put unwrapped food waste in the black bin and there are no bins for glass [you have to find a glass recycling place for them]. Even after going up there for years I can never remember what I can put in which bin.

The Ship Inn at Low Newton, got it, me and the lads will meet you there on Sunday.

It's a great pub, isn't it. I also love that little tin church just up the road from the pub.

If you are out with your dog in the country side and there are hedge rows etc it would be better to stick the dog poo un bagged in deep vegetation where it is not very likely to be trodden in. That way it will quickly disintegrate.

In you garden could you dig a deep dog poo hole and place it in there covering it up each time and changing the site regularly?

Yes, I do the former sometimes. As for the latter, you would need a very big hole! The amount that goes into a dog one end and comes out the other is totally disproportionate #wheredoesitallcomefromiwonder

Good idea to bury it, but what about the plastic bags? They won't disintegrate.

I have biodegradable poo bags. Available on ebay. Hopefully they will help the environment and degrade quicker than normal plastic.

In our local forest the F.C. recommend that dog poo should either be bagged and taken away for disposal. If that isn't possible then use a stick and flick the waste into the undergrowth to decompose. Sadly some owners bag it and leave it on the path, presumably in the belief that 'the dog poo fairy' will clean it up. In warm weather, bagged dog waste will ferment turning it into a dog poo bomb. Once trodden on by a small child, you would be amazed (and sickened) by how far the contents can cover the said small child and how revolting it is to try and clean it off.?

And blooming dangerous too. I've said elsewhere my dear sister is all but blind in one eye and a friend registered partially sighted all because of dog poo!!
This needs to be taken more seriously than it is at present IMHO. . . .

We have CCTV and if anyone allows a dog to ? on my front lawn they will soon get a reminder of their misdemeanour. I tolerate working dogs but do not like the idea of a dog in a house especially where there are children.

We 'stick and flick ' into deep vegetation if walking in the forest. We rarely see another person or dog .

Other than that we have trained our dog to go on command ( handy for long car journeys ...saves standing in the rain waiting for them to go ) so we take him to his part of the garden before we go out.

If he's caught short when we're out we bag it and pop it into a old Icecream tub for the car trip home.

Easy.

Rubylady.....I think 'eating dogs' was a joke.You do seem to be over reacting!

Except for chows.

@ Stansgran.....I DON,T think your comment re 'eating dogs' was at all unkind,and am sure most posters took it as it was intended.

@ harrigran....I quite agree to your post above.

Harrigran I was brought up with dogs (and cats and rabbits, Guinea pigs, chickens, horses and donkeys) and so were my children (bar the donkeys).

Animals teach children a great deal.

Newquay, that's why it's important to worm your pets too. I agree, we need to be responsible, but let's not turn this into a dog bashing thread. They are lovely companions and if people would just be responsible, then we can live in harmony. Clean up. Recognise if you've got a problem dog. Don't let them bark at unsociable hours. Remember, there are dogs that assist (as in the disabled) and also rescue. As well as lowering our blood pressure and improving well being (when I was ill, I forced myself out of bed to walk my dogs. I think I may otherwise have just stayed there).