People who don't clean up after their pets are disgusting.

[ElPatron]

One would ask why you would walk on the grass when there is a perfectly good path right next to it.

And before you ask, yes, it is empty, it always is.

Yeah, it's empty unless there's a car parked in it or an ankle-deep puddle of mud that forces me to step on the grass. Other than that it's always empty.

Except... *gasp* When there isn't! I'd gladly show you my city, every other year we change the way traffic works around here even though nobody actually knows what the fuck they are doing (I'm actually convinced they just throw darts at a map and say "this street's traffic should now run in the opposite way!"), we have green lights for pedestrians that mean "you might get run over if you cross here because there are cars with green light too - sorry about that".

Or maybe you could explain why would I sit on the middle of a path like a moron in a park. Or why would I stop when the path ends. Or why would I take a huge detour to follow a path when there's just 10m of grass separating me from my destination.

It's grass, I won't die from walking on it. If it doesn't say "Do not step on the grass" I am entitled to step on the grass. It's my right.

And I specially hate when it rains I have to step on mud, which cloaks dog shit. Mud is almost self-cleaning and doesn't smell, crap is the opposite. It's either on the muddy sidewalk, or in the grass I am forced to step on. Total Catch-22.

 

[miketehmage]

Like I'm cleaning up shit.

No thank you. As has been stated before it breaks down so it's not like it stays there permanently until cleaned up. And as for people stepping in it, tough luck, try looking where you're walking next time.

Think about it,

Do you want a human to have to watch where he walks?

Or do you want him to have to pick up a fresh shit?

 

[thiosk]

Its an issue of population density.

If population density is low-- estate homes, countryside, etcetera-- picking it up isn't that important.

If population density is high-- cities, blocks with apartments, even surburbia-- do be a neighbor and pooper scooper.

In los angeles, its a crime not to pooper scooper.

 

[The Funslinger]

I think I've identified one of the worst subsets of first-world humanity, those who do not see fit to pick up their animals' piles of nasty, sticky vectors of disease that their innocent flower just left on the sidewalk.

Personally, I think it's just about the most filthy thing I can think of, and near as I can tell, 80% of people just don't care. Imagine my surprise when I came home from the store this morning to a sticky green puddle oozing down the sidewalk right in front of my front door. Nasty, nasty, and as it was totally green and totally loose, I had to scrape it up myself and sterilize the sidewalk, because that dog was clearly sick and I don't want my cat to get anywhere near it.

So, what do you think? A terrible subset of humanity, or am I making a big deal out of nothing? Where do stand about people who own pets, but won't go the full distance to be considerate and responsible while doing it? Does seeing a nice, fresh pile of baked goods shat carelessly onto civilization piss you off as much as it does me?

I agree. What's even worse, though, are people that put it in poop bags, and then leave the bag on the ground.

At least the shit could have decomposed naturally. Now it won't, until someone else comes along and bins it. This is particularly bad in the fields where I live, where people walk their dogs. Just leave it. It's good for the fields, and as long as they aren't doing it in the footpath, it doesn't intrude on anyone. In a bag, though, it causes so many hazards.

Then there's people that leave it (in or out of a bag) on the walk to the field. Near the gate, there's a bin specifically for baggies of dog shit. Seriously, how lazy can you get?

 

[spartan231490]

I think I've identified one of the worst subsets of first-world humanity, those who do not see fit to pick up their animals' piles of nasty, sticky vectors of disease that their innocent flower just left on the sidewalk.

Personally, I think it's just about the most filthy thing I can think of, and near as I can tell, 80% of people just don't care. Imagine my surprise when I came home from the store this morning to a sticky green puddle oozing down the sidewalk right in front of my front door. Nasty, nasty, and as it was totally green and totally loose, I had to scrape it up myself and sterilize the sidewalk, because that dog was clearly sick and I don't want my cat to get anywhere near it.

So, what do you think? A terrible subset of humanity, or am I making a big deal out of nothing? Where do stand about people who own pets, but won't go the full distance to be considerate and responsible while doing it? Does seeing a nice, fresh pile of baked goods shat carelessly onto civilization piss you off as much as it does me?

I walk dogs at a shelter and I leave it on the grass.

Shit on grass > Rots > Nutrients go back into the soil
Shit on grass > collect it > Landfill

I know which one I'd rather have happen.

This is pretty much all there is to it. Or, as Family guy would say: everybody poops, even the dog, deal with it.

 

[Lilani]

Do you want a human to have to watch where he walks?

Or do you want him to have to pick up a fresh shit?

I'd rather people take responsibility for the messes them and their pets make. That's part of having a pet--dealing with their shit. Dog owners get to scoop it into bags outside, cat owners get to scoop it out of the litterbox inside. Hell, you ought to see what people who have horses and cattle get to deal with. It's not my pet, so why should I have to deal with the messes it leaves behind?

 

[Brutal Peanut]

I always take baggies and clean up after my dogs if they left a surprise on the side-walk or a neighbors lawn. However, if we take a shortcut through an area with no side-walks or peoples lawns (like a hiking/foresty path), I leave it to naturally break down. I'll kick some dirt on it and try to kick it over to the side of the walking path as best I can without getting poo on my shoe.

Haven't gotten a complaint about it yet.

 

[Frission]

In a nutshell:

If you don't have a dog and don't mind: Good for you

If you do have a dog: I'm not sure how it is outside of the big cities. In huge cities everyone is crammed together and some people are responsible for cleaning up the sidewalk in front of their buildings. Leaving a mess means you're an asshole, and you're ruining someone's day.

 

[Powereaver]

I think its just part of owning any animal is cleaning up after them.. its as important as feeding and sheltering them imo... its just one of those things that needs to be done consistently.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

I think I've identified one of the worst subsets of first-world humanity, those who do not see fit to pick up their animals' piles of nasty, sticky vectors of disease that their innocent flower just left on the sidewalk.

Personally, I think it's just about the most filthy thing I can think of, and near as I can tell, 80% of people just don't care. Imagine my surprise when I came home from the store this morning to a sticky green puddle oozing down the sidewalk right in front of my front door. Nasty, nasty, and as it was totally green and totally loose, I had to scrape it up myself and sterilize the sidewalk, because that dog was clearly sick and I don't want my cat to get anywhere near it.

So, what do you think? A terrible subset of humanity, or am I making a big deal out of nothing? Where do stand about people who own pets, but won't go the full distance to be considerate and responsible while doing it? Does seeing a nice, fresh pile of baked goods shat carelessly onto civilization piss you off as much as it does me?

That's actually my main beef with cat owners. At least with dog owners there is a 50/50 chance they'll be responsible and clean up after their pet, but nearly all cat owners just let their pets out at night to shit wherever they want to shit. The cul-de-sac I used to live in had cats in seven out of the nine houses, and godamn there was crap everywhere. But confront any of the owners with it and all you got was either a dismissive "cats will be cats" or a defensive "how do you know that's down to my cat?".

But yeah, I agree with you that people letting their pets foul up the place is bloody disgusting. I'm just saying that dog owners aren't the chief offenders.

 

[chadachada123]

I make it simple. My dog doesn't poop while we're taking walks. If she tries...actually, she never tries, because the couple of times that she did while my dad was walking her involved yelling and practically dragging her back home or at least continuing to walk her until she stops attempting to poop. Now, she doesn't attempt it any more than she would try to poop indoors.

IT'S CALLED TRAINING YOUR FUCKING DOGS, PEOPLE.

I walk dogs at a shelter and I leave it on the grass.

Shit on grass > Rots > Nutrients go back into the soil
Shit on grass > collect it > Landfill

I know which one I'd rather have happen.

This won't necessarily work for a shelter, but the way that my family solves it is as thus:

Shit on grass > Collect into bucket > Dump large amount in the woods or compost > Nutrients go back into the soil, don't ruin anyone's day.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I dont think its the great sin some people make it to be, but I do find it annoying.

 

[Twilight_guy]

If any other group of people in the world walked around picking up animal poop and moving it some other place for collection we would think they were insane. Humans picking up the waste products of animals? Are you mad?

My logic is that if its someone else's property, then you extend them the kindness of not placing or removing items from their lawn whether that's from you or your animal.

 

[Kpt._Rob]

I think I've identified one of the worst subsets of first-world humanity, those who do not see fit to pick up their animals' piles of nasty, sticky vectors of disease that their innocent flower just left on the sidewalk.

Personally, I think it's just about the most filthy thing I can think of, and near as I can tell, 80% of people just don't care. Imagine my surprise when I came home from the store this morning to a sticky green puddle oozing down the sidewalk right in front of my front door. Nasty, nasty, and as it was totally green and totally loose, I had to scrape it up myself and sterilize the sidewalk, because that dog was clearly sick and I don't want my cat to get anywhere near it.

So, what do you think? A terrible subset of humanity, or am I making a big deal out of nothing? Where do stand about people who own pets, but won't go the full distance to be considerate and responsible while doing it? Does seeing a nice, fresh pile of baked goods shat carelessly onto civilization piss you off as much as it does me?

I walk dogs at a shelter and I leave it on the grass.

Shit on grass > Rots > Nutrients go back into the soil
Shit on grass > collect it > Landfill

I know which one I'd rather have happen.

Shit on grass > Collect it > Landfill > Fungal spores land in poop and eventually break down into loam > Plants, bacteria, and other fungi growing in newly-made loam are placed in the sort of evolutionary circumstance where a lucky mutation which allows them to break down inorganic matter becomes adventitious > Next step in evolutionary cycle allows for refuse of indulgent human society to be recycled and diverts eventual ecological catastrophe > ??? > Profit

Ha ha!

All that said, OP you are probably over-reacting just a little bit. Yeah, it's not fun having dog poop everywhere, but it's kind of just one of those things we deal with. It generally doesn't take that long for the "there's poop on the sidewalk" problem to sort itself out. It'll rain, or another hungry dog will wander along, or the bugs will get it. It's not pleasant, but with a little patience it really isn't that much of a problem.

Also, if your cat is an indoor cat, it wouldn't be able to get near it in the first place. And if it's an outdoor cat, it's probably the one that buried mysteriously squishy rocks in my sandbox when I was a kid... in which case you're guilty of an even worse crime!

 

[superdevildude85]

Well, I live in the countryside, surrounded by rolling fields filled with sheep, and, you guessed it, Shit. There are no sidewalks out here, only grass verges about a foot wide next to the road, usually bordering a fence into a shit filled field. If it's in front of someone's house you bet I'll pick it up, but aside from that there's really no reason for me to bother.

 

[LiftYourSkinnyFists]

I think I've identified one of the worst subsets of first-world humanity, those who do not see fit to pick up their animals' piles of nasty, sticky vectors of disease that their innocent flower just left on the sidewalk.

Personally, I think it's just about the most filthy thing I can think of, and near as I can tell, 80% of people just don't care. Imagine my surprise when I came home from the store this morning to a sticky green puddle oozing down the sidewalk right in front of my front door. Nasty, nasty, and as it was totally green and totally loose, I had to scrape it up myself and sterilize the sidewalk, because that dog was clearly sick and I don't want my cat to get anywhere near it.

So, what do you think? A terrible subset of humanity, or am I making a big deal out of nothing? Where do stand about people who own pets, but won't go the full distance to be considerate and responsible while doing it? Does seeing a nice, fresh pile of baked goods shat carelessly onto civilization piss you off as much as it does me?

Dog shit was here before you, get over yourself... the same with any piece of shit anywhere on earth.

 

[Aprilgold]

Matthew94, what you don't seem to understand is that many kids are stupid, and when they're playing around, one of them could fall over, get that shit in their eyes, and potentially go blind. Do you really want to be guilty of something like that happening? Or what if people are walking in the dark? You can't blame their bad eyesight then. Oh yeah, what about people with poor eyesight? "Herp derp, I have great eyes, so does everyone else, therefore it's their own fault if they step in my dog's poop!"

So yeah, I think people who don't clean up after their pets' excrement are selfish, lazy twats. Would it really take that much of your time and effort to just get out one of those bags and scoop it up? Your pet, your responsibility.

Well things found in grass are but not limited to:
Rocks
Grass itself
Dirt
Spiders
Snakes
Frogs
Feces
Trash
Twigs
Leaves
Poisonous Spiders
Poisonous Snakes
Maggots
Ants
and finally
Worms.

Any of these things, if not simply either left alone could potentially hurt a child in any numbers of ways. Kids falling into feces is not going to cause them to go blind, if anything Pink Eye will occur then they miss a few days of school and have to take some medicine.

In other words, the whole WORLD is no place for a child, so Feces is pretty far down on the list of things that affect children most.

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If a dog poops in grass its fine, if a dog poops on the sidewalk either kick it into the grass or clean it up. As long as its not a soccer field most people will be safe from it while it goes away.

 

[Starik20X6]

Why do you instantly assume that the poop was left there with malicious intent? Are you picturing some kind of Dr. Doom Dog Walker who stands there rubbing his hands together, cackling with glee as his dog poops on the footpath? Or are you picturing someone in a hurry who forgot to bring a plastic bag? And as many have said, how does one pick up a liquid with a bag?

I leave it on the grass.

This. Though I usually make my dog go next to/in the bushes to minimise the chances of someone stepping in it.

What you don't seem to understand is that many kids are stupid.

Seems like something along the lines of "watch out for poop" from the parents would suffice. Even then, I doubt that kids would be so profoundly stupid as to rub poop on their faces.