What is it with Dog lovers?

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

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

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?

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

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

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.

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. )

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!

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.

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?

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

There was never this problem when we were young was there? So what's changed? Too many dogs I presume?

Sorry didn't expect people to say it was ok. It was the recycling bin. I line my household bin and it would have been two weeks if it had been that bin in my own home. I gather it's fortnightly here.

What I meant was...If it's a holiday let and the bin is emptied on a Wednesday and the person with the poo (presumably bagged) puts said poo in bin knowing it's about to be emptied, then I can't see a problem with that.

I did not refer to people who hang bags of poo on trees or dump it in hedges etc., etc.

Maybe I misunderstood the OP.

I'm talking about putting dog poo bags in bins. Completely agree with opinions about leaving bags of poo anywhere else.

I always bring bags home if I don't pass a poo bin, but if my bin was out for emptying or kept on the street (as opposed to in to my garden), I wouldn't have a problem if someone dropped something in my bin. After all, better in a bin than on the ground.

So what do you expect people to do with it granjura - bring it home and put it down the toilet?
Not a bad idea actually, but a lot of faffing about.
Our dog eats raw meat etc and her poo is in small hard balls, and doesn't smell too bad, so easy to pick up.
I think we've had a thread about this before.

We have "Poo fairy" signs round here. Doesn't always do a lot of good.

Wilma and Merlot, not sure what you are talking about- putting loads of bagged poo in the bin (which may not be emptied for another week! or perhaps 2 in some areas- or leaving bagged up poo on fences and trees, hedges, etc?

Both are despicable in my book. Bagged up poo still smells, and if in large quantity and for 1 week or more, in Summer temperatures- will start to ferment and smell really badly in a bin and attract flies, etc. In the countryside on fences, hedges, etc- it is terrible too and unsightly and could attract flies and other vermin- who is going to eventually pick it up- or do you expect fences and hedges to be covered with bags within years? No respect, either way.

Although I own dogs and adore my dogs, I've also pushed a buggy through poop, scraped it off my kids shoes on occasion and even trod in some myself. Some inconsiderate person hadn't picked up and I didn't notice. Drove home, wondered what the stink was and it was all over my accelerator pedal. So I had to go indoors, wash my flipping shoe, come back out, wash my accelerator pedal. So it's not funny. Pick the bloody stuff up! And put it in the right bin.

Slightly going off at a tangent but this sign on someones door in Richmond amused me...

breeze I wish all dog walkers were as considerate as you