S/O What is it about disposing of dog poop in your trash can that upsets you

[Anonymous]

People who don't have dogs don't want to smell dog poop. Plus, as someone said above, if you put it in after the trash has been collected, it sits there for a week and stinks more. Mine is kept next to my house., and no, it doesn't usually stink so bad that dog shit wouldn't be noticed.
How far are you walking your dog that you can't hold onto it until you get home to your own trash?

[Anonymous]

OP, I get that you are a dog person and apparently not all that grossed out by dog poop. However, how would you feel if some random person put stinky diapers in your trash? Would you like having your trash can smell like baby poo? When it is not your baby?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because it stinks! I mean.... duh. Who wants to open their trash can and smell dog shit?

I guess the reason I'm confused is that I just don't spend that much time next to my outdoor trash can and it always smells like SOMETHING bad. It holds trash. Perhaps poop just is equal to me on the bad smells of rotting food/whatever else is in there.

Like I just envision all these bitter people opening their trash cans and sniffing angrily to see if they detect poop in the myriad of other gross oders. Like for the probably 30 aggregate seconds a week I am close enough to smell it, I am just assuming it smells bad because its trash.

Clearly your outdoor trashcan smells -

But I can tell you ours does not. Would i want to.put it over my head? no. But for the few minutes a couple of times a week I need to put in trash or take out the cans, there is no overpowering objectionable odor. Some of my neighbors cans, dear god, they are nasty. Try cleaning yours out with a hose and letting it dry Iid-open in the sun. We do that maybe once a year. Leave the dark side.

[Anonymous]

Because nothing on my property is for your use. It's that simple. It's a violation. You are not welcome on my property, or to use any of my things, without my permission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I put my own dog's poop bags in our own trash. First of all, it stinks. Secondly, the trash guys are sloppy and the poop bag occasionally winds up in the street in front of my house. Other times, the poop bag remains in the bottom of the trash can because they didn't shake it out. I'm pretty sure my neighbors would be upset if that happened to them and they didn't even own a dog.

Exactly. This non dog owner thanks you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just a specific question based off the stupid dog hating thread.

I am a dog owner who picks up after my dogs and who does not put the bags in your trash can because I've seen enough complaints about people who hate it but I genuinely don't understand WHY people hate it. Its your outdoor trash can. I never even look in my outdoor trashcan, certainly not closely enough to have noticed a rogue dog poop bag.

Genuinely curious because I feel like the people who DO do this are actually trying to be conscientious dog owners but people seem to get SUPER bent about it.

Right there. If I WANTED dog shit in MY trash can, I'd get a dog!

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I helped out a friend by walking her dog, and threw away the poop bag in our trash can and then got to smell dog poop any time I was near our trash can for a week until trash day rolled around. The smell was much worse than our usual trash smell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I get that you are a dog person and apparently not all that grossed out by dog poop. However, how would you feel if some random person put stinky diapers in your trash? Would you like having your trash can smell like baby poo? When it is not your baby?

I legitimately wouldn't care because I feel like the grand total of time I spend near my trash can smelling is is like, at the absolute max like a minute or two a week. That's why I'm confused, I don't spend anywhere near enough time next to my outdoor trash can to even contemplate what specific products are producing what specific smells. I kind of have a hard time imagine the person who does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just a specific question based off the stupid dog hating thread.

I am a dog owner who picks up after my dogs and who does not put the bags in your trash can because I've seen enough complaints about people who hate it but I genuinely don't understand WHY people hate it. Its your outdoor trash can. I never even look in my outdoor trashcan, certainly not closely enough to have noticed a rogue dog poop bag.

Genuinely curious because I feel like the people who DO do this are actually trying to be conscientious dog owners but people seem to get SUPER bent about it.

Right there. If I WANTED dog shit in MY trash can, I'd get a dog!

Dude I said I didn't do it because I knew it bothered people. Just asking why, no need to have a heart attack over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I get that you are a dog person and apparently not all that grossed out by dog poop. However, how would you feel if some random person put stinky diapers in your trash? Would you like having your trash can smell like baby poo? When it is not your baby?

THIS. +1000 And I've actually lived next door to rude neighbors who did this, and it made me goddamn furious. They would toss their baby's shitty diapers in our trash can AFTER the trash had been picked up, because they knew their kid's poop stunk to high hell, and didn't want it stinking up THEIR cans for a week.
Deal with your own dog/kid poop and leave the rest of us out of it please. It's just common decency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because it stinks! I mean.... duh. Who wants to open their trash can and smell dog shit?

I guess the reason I'm confused is that I just don't spend that much time next to my outdoor trash can and it always smells like SOMETHING bad. It holds trash. Perhaps poop just is equal to me on the bad smells of rotting food/whatever else is in there.

Like I just envision all these bitter people opening their trash cans and sniffing angrily to see if they detect poop in the myriad of other gross oders. Like for the probably 30 aggregate seconds a week I am close enough to smell it, I am just assuming it smells bad because its trash.

We don't keep our outdoor trash can outdoors all the time. It mostly stays in our garage and goes out on trash night, and comes back in that evening. We hose it out periodically. So yes, I really do care if it smells extra bad, and I would be highly irritated if I brought the can back in not realizing that you threw your dog shit in there. To those of us who don't handle your dog's poop on a daily basis, trust me- it smells way worse than ordinary trash. And no- I'm not a bitter person just because I'm not offering up my trash can as your pet's toilet. Would you think it appropriate for me to poop in a bag and throw it in your trash?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I get that you are a dog person and apparently not all that grossed out by dog poop. However, how would you feel if some random person put stinky diapers in your trash? Would you like having your trash can smell like baby poo? When it is not your baby?

I legitimately wouldn't care because I feel like the grand total of time I spend near my trash can smelling is is like, at the absolute max like a minute or two a week. That's why I'm confused, I don't spend anywhere near enough time next to my outdoor trash can to even contemplate what specific products are producing what specific smells. I kind of have a hard time imagine the person who does.

The fact that you have a hard time imagining that someone has a different reaction to the smell of dog poop in their trash can than you do is a character flaw, not an admirable sign of your own awesomeness. It stinks. You don't think it's all that bad. Other people do.

Also, it's not your trash can. Most people prefer that others do not use their personal property without asking first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I get that you are a dog person and apparently not all that grossed out by dog poop. However, how would you feel if some random person put stinky diapers in your trash? Would you like having your trash can smell like baby poo? When it is not your baby?

We have a baby and I can't tell you how many times the garbage collectors didn't turn the garbage can upside down and left bags of dirty diapers in the bottom. Then DH and I get to wheel it back to the house for another week or reach in, dig it out, and throw it out at the gas station. For this reason we now try to not have small garbage bags in the garbage. Please don't add your small bag of dog poop to it. It will likely hang out for a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because it stinks! I mean.... duh. Who wants to open their trash can and smell dog shit?

I guess the reason I'm confused is that I just don't spend that much time next to my outdoor trash can and it always smells like SOMETHING bad. It holds trash. Perhaps poop just is equal to me on the bad smells of rotting food/whatever else is in there.

Like I just envision all these bitter people opening their trash cans and sniffing angrily to see if they detect poop in the myriad of other gross oders. Like for the probably 30 aggregate seconds a week I am close enough to smell it, I am just assuming it smells bad because its trash.

We don't keep our outdoor trash can outdoors all the time. It mostly stays in our garage and goes out on trash night, and comes back in that evening. We hose it out periodically. So yes, I really do care if it smells extra bad, and I would be highly irritated if I brought the can back in not realizing that you threw your dog shit in there. To those of us who don't handle your dog's poop on a daily basis, trust me- it smells way worse than ordinary trash. And no- I'm not a bitter person just because I'm not offering up my trash can as your pet's toilet. Would you think it appropriate for me to poop in a bag and throw it in your trash?

+1 I don't want my garage to smell like dog poop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because it stinks! I mean.... duh. Who wants to open their trash can and smell dog shit?

I guess the reason I'm confused is that I just don't spend that much time next to my outdoor trash can and it always smells like SOMETHING bad. It holds trash. Perhaps poop just is equal to me on the bad smells of rotting food/whatever else is in there.

Like I just envision all these bitter people opening their trash cans and sniffing angrily to see if they detect poop in the myriad of other gross oders. Like for the probably 30 aggregate seconds a week I am close enough to smell it, I am just assuming it smells bad because its trash.

We don't keep our outdoor trash can outdoors all the time. It mostly stays in our garage and goes out on trash night, and comes back in that evening. We hose it out periodically. So yes, I really do care if it smells extra bad, and I would be highly irritated if I brought the can back in not realizing that you threw your dog shit in there. To those of us who don't handle your dog's poop on a daily basis, trust me- it smells way worse than ordinary trash. And no- I'm not a bitter person just because I'm not offering up my trash can as your pet's toilet. Would you think it appropriate for me to poop in a bag and throw it in your trash?

I think this is the same as the diaper question and perhaps it's because I live in a townhouse-y area where there aren't a lot of garages that I just don't hang out near my trash can that often. I'd actually bet you like 100 bucks that you could poop in bags and put them in my trash can for months and I'd never even notice.