"Poo dunnit"

Dog poo is dangerous in that it can cause potential diseases that can cause blindness and even be fatal. Horse poo doesn't. Horse poop is mostly digested vegetation.

Also, horse poop is much easier to see.

It annoys me (as an owner of two dogs!) to see folk not picking up after their dogs, however it equally annoys me that where I walk my dogs, there's one bin in sight after I run a three and a half mile stretch around a popular walking area. I don't not pick up nor do I leave bags of poo lying around, I've managed to coax my dogs to mostly poop before we get to the binless area.

But it seems a lot of people do-they'll pick up then hang it on a tree or put it on a wall.. Surely the council can agree that the price of a few bins will be less than paying workers to 'police' the area and clear away the mess.
 
Perhaps with this new scheme the council will dish out hefty fines to offenders then we could have a doggy bin every 10feet,maybe even the odd horse muck bin ;)
 
It doesn't need doggy bins...allowing ordinary litter bins to be used for this purpose would be far better and if other councils can do it then why not ours.
I cannot understand why someone would pick up doggy do's and hang them in a tree...where is the mentality in that?
 
I know people who hang doggy doo bags on trees to remind them when they walk back to pick it up and bin it.
 
I left mine at the side of the path on one walk (a long route in Gt Harwood with just one bin at the very start), with the intention of collecting it on the way back. It was in a bright pink nappy bag - couldn't miss it.

Someone else had tidied it up by the time I returned. :eek:

(When I say "mine" I mean "my dog's".)

Incidentally, I got some clear video on the dashcam of someone letting their dog take a dump while I was driving under the railway bridge on Blackburn Road.

Doesn't meet the criteria for getting a reward, though. The camera didn't show the owner walking away without scooping. I only saw that in my mirror as the lights had changed to green.
 
Just had a read of the actual criteria. It's not going to work, as there's no anonymity for the "witness".
  • Minimum of three clear photos of the act of dumping, dog's departure, picture of uncollected poo. (Owner doesn't have to be present.)
  • Informant must establish dog owner's address
  • Dog owner just needs to say "don't know what you're talking about" to the dog warden, or refuse to pay, and the informant would then need to appear in court as a witness.
 
There are quite a few folk who seem unwilling to use ordinary litter bins for their rubbish,perhaps this reward scheme could be extended to this issue also?

Putting dog poo in normal bins means it will probably end up in the landfill for "tip rats" like me to dig up in forthcoming years :eek:
 
Margaret Pilkington said:
It doesn't need doggy bins...allowing ordinary litter bins to be used for this purpose would be far better and if other councils can do it then why not ours.
I cannot understand why someone would pick up doggy do's and hang them in a tree...where is the mentality in that?
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If you think about it, dumping dog turds in ordinary bins for the collector to dispense with?

Not very good, in fact having dedicated people risking life & health just for the selfish joy of having a dog?

Maybe it's time we had a mass cull of this vermin?

Well of course not, but maybe, just maybe, we should have dog owners being made to be responsible for their pooch?
 
Less, if you go to Haslingden, or Bury.....the bins are all marked with signs that say dog waste can be disposed in them......so they must have considered the health risks to their operatives.
What about the disposal of human waste in household bins? Is that any different?
Babies nappies and stoma bags are disposed of in this manner.
Refuse operatives are all provided with PPE.....and they do not actually handle the waste from the bins.....and who do you think empties the dog waste bins?
 
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If you think about it, dumping dog turds in ordinary bins for the collector to dispense with?
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I once considered putting a sign on my bin requesting dog walkers not to use it for their dog droppings. Instead, I just listen out for the truck and drag the bin back into the garden as soon as it's empty.

A couple of years ago someone had tossed their little nappy bag of poo into it. Better than sticking it on my tree, I suppose, but then it ends up festering for a fortnight and potentially bursting as other refuse is put on top of it.

Oh, and there's a proper dog waste bin 50 yards from where I leave my refuse bin on collection day...
 
I thought I had heard all of the "dunnisms" over the years.. Ones like "dunn-it-in-your-pants" and "did you get dunn?" but nope... Now I have pooboxes insulting me :D
 
It's your dog and your dog's poo.
You should have to take it home with you and tip it in the loo or put it in your bin so you can have the smell on a hot sunny day.
Why should we have to have poo bins overflowing and stinking. Think of the poor devils who have to empty them and the cost to the council!
Why should we have trees decorated with poo bags?
It's your dog so it's your poo. Take it home!

Don't get me wrong. I'm a dog lover, we've had them all our married lives and I'd love one now. But picking up hot dog poo and walking around with a bag of it- that's one of the things which puts me off the idea! Besides which I'm too knackered to give a dog a proper walk.
 
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