Dog Health Questions: Do you pick up after your dog?

Today I took my dog for a run and there was piles of it at a local park? What is going on? Thats GROSS!!! If your not gonna pick up after your dog train them NOT to S**T while on runs. My dog knows to go in one spot all the way at the back of the yard. Yes it took some training but hey it makes me happy. I dont have to pick up after my dog. HOWEVER she is a dog SO just in case she has an accident I always take a baggie with me. Please people where ever you live pick up the poop.....

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It's natural, and it's outside. If it's on the grass at a park where dogs are frequent, then why worry with picking it up, putting it in a non-biodegradable plastic baggie and putting it in the trash to take up landfill space?

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• Yes it is the only responsible thing to do as a pet owner. It is not fun, but responsible!
  
  Ineed to train my dog to use one specific spot in the yard that would be great!


• yeah that is gross!!!!! i pick up after my dogs.....


• Your absolutely right. Our parks have ample "dogie bags" and receptacles to deposit them.


• I always pick up after my dog, but I do notice that there are a lot of people who don't. They are just lazy and irresponsible.


• I currently dont have a dog but when i did i did that


• First of all, lets reveiw a little natural history. Animals have been pooping on the ground for millions of years. Now, we come along and think we are going to improve on that system? Dog poop will break down in a few days. I suppose folks think its better to put the poop in a plastic bag, toss it into the trash, where it will go into a landfill and last forever. This is the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard of. when my dog poops in public, I just take a stick and fling the material into the bushes or some ones lawn.


• nope...it's fertelizer


• yah. im used to it by now


• no way.... are u kidding me? if i have to literally drive my dog to a forest preserve to walk him, i will, theres no way i am going to interact with dog feces


• I don't have one, and EWW


• I agree with you that people should clean up after their dogs, it's no fine trying to dodge landmines when you are out walking your animal.


• Of course one must pick up after one's dog, who else do people expect to pick up?
  People who do not pick up after their dogs are damn right anti social.


• i know my daughters school is a toilet for the people that live near her school. they walk their dogs there on purpose so their dogs can go somewhere other than their own yards. it's disgusting.
  i always walk my dog to a designated area. and carry baggies just in case.
  
  the last soccer game my daughter had at school everyone was complaining about the shitt everywhere. and the dog owners were all like "that's gross, i would never let my dog go there!"
  you could tell they were embarrassed and trying to make it look like it wasn't them.
  
  there has been less poo there so i think maybe something we all complained about struck home.
  
  other people are like "screw you, my dog can shitt where it wants too." those are the harder ones to deal with. because the more you confront them the more hostile they get.
  
  as for the natural state of things?? animals from nature usually are scattered around. in city and town dwellings the animals are confined. most wild animals go in the woods. how many people take their dogs from the safety of open land so their dog can go in the woods? the feces is also confined to where people walk.
  
  i think responsible and RESPECTFUL dog owners know that it's proper to remove feces from where people walk.
  
  good luck on your next run.


• By law in most states, you HAVE to pick it up or you can get fined. It is disgusting to not pick it up. If you don't want to clean up after a pet, don't have a pet.