Dog owners, why do you do this?

[Anonymous]

What if there are multiple identical bags of poop at one of these entrances to walking paths. How do you know which is yours to take? Do you take them all?

[Anonymous]

Holy crap! (No pun.)

I have 2 dogs—and one has enormous poops—I cannot imagine leaving a poop bag anywhere, even with plans to get it later.

Yes, PPs, I’d be annoyed with a poop bag being left near my house for 30 minutes. I mean… how is this a thing??

I carry my dog’s massive poops with me on our walk. It’s the only responsible thing to do. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Help me understand. You’ve brought little blue plastic bags along on your walk and picked up your dog’s poop. (Thank you!) But then, you just drop the bag on the street right outside my house and walk away. First I thought “maybe they’ll come back for it.” But no. Because the next day you came back and dropped a second bag in the exact same spot, next to the first. And then a third bag on the next day, all in a little pile. I’m angry. I’m grossed out. But I’m really trying to understand your thinking here. Do you leave all other garbage in the street, too? How can I make you stop?

Most dog owners do not do this. So stop generalizing. Leave a note on the pile. Get a camera. Call them out. Report them.

What else can you do?

OP may be generalizing but you seem unaware that this happens far more than you realize. On trails, on suburban streets, and especially on city streets. Some dog owners think it's fine if they leave the bags in the gutter. I guess the thinking might be that "its the curb and that's where trash gets swept up by the street sweeper/it'll get picked up by the garbage collectors whenever they make their rounds to empty residentail garbage cans" or whatever. But unfortunately, PP, there really ARE people who do this as their regular disposal of their dog doo. Just bags tossed in the gutter, to wash down into the storm drains, split open and spill out dog poop, sit there and bake in the sun and smell....So please don't think OP is being a snowflake.

OP, if this happens regularly it's probably one single owner, and they're walking regularly by your house, so I would wait and watch to see that person. If you don't see a regular dog walker dump a baggie, I'd still ask that person, "Have you seen any other dog walkers who come through this neighborhood who are dropping blue bags of dog poop by the curbs on in yards? Someone has done it X times in this spot in front of my house and I'm wondering if you've seen anyone like that." If the person IS the culprit you'll have sent a message that you're aware of this, and if the person is not, well, he or she will be fine with the query. But always wait with your camera ready to record it if you actually see it happen. How incredibly gross and rude.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve never seen anyone do this. Weird. I’ve dropped bags but always come back for them.

Ugh, gross. Just take it with you to the nearest trash can. What is so hard about that??

People don’t want poop bags in their private trash bins either…

+100

[Anonymous]

I’ve seen dog poop bags tied to tree branches in National Parks or thrown in a stream. People are shameless.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question for the bag droppers—how would you feel about someone leaving a balled-up dirty diaper along a trail/road/behind a sign, with the intent of coming back for it?

+1. What is wrong with these people? How do you not understand that leaving bags of poop lying around is a gross thing to do? Don’t want to carry dog poop bags for 20 minutes? Don’t have a dog.

If it is hidden, why does it matter to you? You do realize that if you walking on a trail you are walking on animal excrement, not simply walking by it. I'm sure you lunatics would also complain if you walk by dog owners in a narrow trail and get a whiff of the dog poop being carried in the bag.

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It’s not doing anything to anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What if there are multiple identical bags of poop at one of these entrances to walking paths. How do you know which is yours to take? Do you take them all?

I actually SAW this at a national park once -- in fact, at Manassas battlefield. A freaking national monument where people died. A pile of maybe five or six different poop bags all placed oh so carefully at the base of a tree that stood at the end of a wooded walking trail. Who are these owners who believe the park service has the time, staff and money to clean up their precious dogs' crap?

I guess they think, "There are other bags here so the park service will see them if they're all together, and pick them up, and at least they're all in one spot and not all over the sides of the trail, right? I really don't want to put this bag in the car and have to take it all the way home....Much neater like this....I must be meant to leave this here, since there are others already here, and adding one more can't hurt." Sickening and selfish.

[Anonymous]

There is a spot near our public elementary school where it appears that multiple dog owners have decided to deposit their plastic bags of dog feces on the sidewalk in front of one of the school entrances. As if one day one person did it, and then everyone else thought, Oh, this must be a good spot to litter dog poop, where all the little kids walk by every day.

Who do they think is going to come along to clean this $h!t up?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve never seen anyone do this. Weird. I’ve dropped bags but always come back for them.

Ugh, gross. Just take it with you to the nearest trash can. What is so hard about that??

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People forget.

Just take and carry the dog poop bag with you. Don't get an animal if you don't want to do the work.

Am I missing something? The first pp said they have dropped them but went back, picked it back up and continued home. What’s gross about doing that?

To the op, I would guess it’s been dropped, unless it’s the same type of bag done several times.

Why are you dropping bags of poop? No. Carry it with you until you find an appropriate place to dispose of it. This is not hard.

In our neighborhood everyone who walks their dogs and do a full neighborhood loop will drop the bags and pick them up upon return. It’s only an issue if they don’t ever pick them up going back. A bag of dog poop on the edge of your property for 30 minutes is a big deal?

Of course it is -- carry your own crap. What if the person whose house you are polluting has guests arriving during your lovely walk? -- Oh Hi, new in laws I've never met before, never mind the steaming bag of poo the neighbor left to greet you.

[Anonymous]

I hate this so much. It'd be better if they just left the crap on the ground because at least it'd wash away or decompose. Leaving it in plastic guarantees it just stays there. Definitely rings the park for everyone.

I like dogs but boy some dog owners suck.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question for the bag droppers—how would you feel about someone leaving a balled-up dirty diaper along a trail/road/behind a sign, with the intent of coming back for it?

+1. What is wrong with these people? How do you not understand that leaving bags of poop lying around is a gross thing to do? Don’t want to carry dog poop bags for 20 minutes? Don’t have a dog.

If it is hidden, why does it matter to you? You do realize that if you walking on a trail you are walking on animal excrement, not simply walking by it. I'm sure you lunatics would also complain if you walk by dog owners in a narrow trail and get a whiff of the dog poop being carried in the bag.

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It’s not doing anything to anyone.

You are both ignorant. Get a little education. Dog poop doesn't just disintegrate harmlessly when left outside.

From the EPA: "Pet waste left on the street or lawn does not just go away or fertilize the grass. Rain washes pet waste down storm drains and into waterways like rivers, bays, and beaches. This can make people sick from salmonella, E. coli, and other infections. Pet waste is very toxic—the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that waste produced by just 100 dogs in two or three days (or one weekend) can contain enough bacteria to temporarily close a bay to swimming and shellfishing. Pet waste also provides a nitrogen source for algae blooms, which deplete the water of oxygen and can make people and animals sick."

You'll come back with your idiotic, false equivalent argument that "Well, what about squirrel poop and deer poop and the rest of nature?!"

Well, are you willing to click once and read why that argument is utterly uniformed? .Unless your pet Fido is actually a coyote or wolf, his poop is not part of the natural landscape like you want to believe.

https://miwaterstewardship.org/2018/08/10/wild-animals-poop-in-the-woods-so-why-cant-my-dog/

Yes, there ARE reasons why wild animals can poop in the woods and your dog should not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a spot near our public elementary school where it appears that multiple dog owners have decided to deposit their plastic bags of dog feces on the sidewalk in front of one of the school entrances. As if one day one person did it, and then everyone else thought, Oh, this must be a good spot to litter dog poop, where all the little kids walk by every day.

Who do they think is going to come along to clean this $h!t up?

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This is going on right now? Even if I didn't have a kid at that school I'd talk to the school and point it out, and offer to put up or pay for a damned sign right at the spot saying not to leave dog dropping bags there. It's a public health issue in that location, for heaven's sake.

That's so egregiously nasty. Those owners think the school maintenance people are going to clean up those bags, I'm pretty sure. Vile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never seen anyone do this. Weird. I’ve dropped bags but always come back for them.

I assume you don't mean you dropped it on purpose.

[Anonymous]

I am increasingly amused by the frothing anti-dog crowd on DCUM. You people really need a hobby. It's a beautiful day! Stop banging angrily on your keyboard about the existence of dogs. Or move to the isolated country where you won't have to encounter people or their pets since you can't handle that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Holy crap! (No pun.)

I have 2 dogs—and one has enormous poops—I cannot imagine leaving a poop bag anywhere, even with plans to get it later.

Yes, PPs, I’d be annoyed with a poop bag being left near my house for 30 minutes. I mean… how is this a thing??

I carry my dog’s massive poops with me on our walk. It’s the only responsible thing to do. Sheesh.

I actually fail to see what the issue is. If you're walking past the spot again, and you've tied the bag shut, why not put it down and pick it up again? You don't have to drop it in someone's plant bed, there are usually spots that are out-of-the-way (safe from being stepped on) but not really IN someone's yard. Then again, I really don't care if someone throws away bagged poop in my garbage. It's a garbage can. so...put your garbage in it?