Seems a bit expensive to DNA test every pile of dog crap found. Not to mention every dog in town!


German MP wants DNA testing on dog poo

Now that would be a considerable expense for little gain. I certainly hope that no country adopts that procedure anytime soon.

No, I don't. Never have; never will.

real men pick up after their dog.

Funny thing is my dog is very good about letting us know when she has to take a piss outside, but when it comes to poop, she almost always does it right in front of the patio door without warning, so we do have to pick it up, but not outside. It's actually much better that way with her being a smaller dog we pick it up right away and toss it in the trash rather than digging it out of the grass. We've tried teaching her but for some reason she prefers to crap in the warmth of home. We did take her to the beach recently and she did her business in the sand, being that she never poops outside we don't normally carry anything, so I ended up doing a little dig and bury cat style on her droppings and all done. We've never really had a problem with it outside, but I do get really frustrated when people don't pick it up around our apartments, especially when it's a larger dog and pretty damn noticeable, but in the whole complex which takes up a whole city block there are plenty of green areas and only 1 dispenser for bags and a garbage. I think if there were more dispensers around in the areas people let their dogs out, most of the time in front of their apartments they would bag it more often.

I just throw the ball to my dog in our backyard before we leave and within 2 throws she has "gone" We are then free to walk with only the occassional p1ss. Still carry a bag just in case.

I don't have a dog. But I have more poop in our little tiny patch o'grass next to our driveway than any other person in the condo neighborhood. There's a big retention pond that is lovely with LOTS of grass, but somehow it's easier for them to let their dogs poop right next to my car. Which is in front of our condo, off to the right a bit. Downstairs from our glass door and windows. Add in 96 degree heat and there is nothing like that ungodly smell. No opening doors or windows, period. I've reported several neighbors from german shepards to pugs, but they keep letting them go there because these owners are lazy. There are bag dispensers and recepticles in two areas of the neighborhood. I even put signs up once and someone took them down, tore them up and threw them in the bushes. Simply "Be a responsible pet owner, pick up after your dog, Thanks." They don't follow through with fines or letters. We're getting used to it but it really sucks. First of all, I wouldn't have a dog in our condos, they're too small for the bigger ones. Secondly, if I ever got a dog, I'd pick it up no matter how grossed out I got. Hence, I have two cats. :) Great discussion.

Thank you, noodle. And being another Floridian I can also vouch for the exponential effect that heat has on the gross-out factor of dog shit. Combined with Florida's humidity which keeps the piles from dessicating and, in fact, preserves them - and leads to even more repulsive results that I won't even go into to.

My dogs are a couple of "regular" guys. They shit in my yard about an hour after eating and I bury it. On the beach they piss and I leave it there.

Noodle,
You may be fighting an uphill battle, smell-wise. Dogs will poop in areas where they've smelled that other dogs (or themselves) have pooped. You might try saturating that particular area of your yard with ammonia. Dogs' olfactory capabilities are, after all, hundreds of times stronger than ours. Imagine getting a few hundred whiffs of ammonia all at once. Dogs don't like it, either.

Careful, though - a little ammonia is good for your grass; too much will burn it, due to the high nitrogen content.

Or . . . .you could try the peanut butter trick, and laugh while you watch the piles being eaten and carried away.

I don't like this. I realize you are probably joking (and I can't remember if you're the person who brought it up originally), but it seems more of a cruel joke for the dog than the owner. I don't blame the dogs, after all.

Just wanted to say that though, like I said, I know you're probably joking.

...you are joking, aren't you? :p

Is a dog eating poop that bad for it? I have seen dogs do this before of their own free will. Kinda gross, but I have seen it at the same.

Perhaps some do, but my dog does not. And I would be really pissed if someone tricked my dog into eating shit.

Besides, how do you know the 'right' dog is going to fall for it?

I don't think practical jokes are the solution to this problem.

Hey, they're DOGS!!! A little peanut buttered covered poop might be Nirvana for them! i.e. 5 Star dining! Ye-Hah!

....just saying (lighten up y'all).

I'm light, I'm light, sheesh

The reason I started this thread was to bitch about how inconsiderate people can when it comes to cleaning up after their dogs and I am commenting on a proposed solution that I find to be just as inconsiderate.

It's my dog shit thread, shut the hell up. :p

I read that as "shit the hell up." :lol:

Part of being a pet owner means taking care of all the parts. Parents don't not buy diapers for their babies and then say "oops" if the kid makes a mess somewhere. Its the same concept, except dogs are frozen 3 year olds.

No, I wasn't joking. The solution I proposed worked for me. The offending owner never came by my house again; he found a different route to walk his dog.
And I don't really care if it pissed him off. He should have been paying more attention to what his dog was doing. - with both ends.

I suppose that's fine in a situation where you are dealing with just one dog, but in my own it is quite unworkable.

With the little bags on a roll, its not hard to carry them. They attach to the the leash anyway. Clean it up and toss in the trash. Really is it that hard to do?

What goes through a persons mind that would leave the poop in a public place? I quess its like trowing your cig but out your car window!

Maybe you should try spraying the area with a weak mixture of ammonia, then. At the very least, clean it up and hose the area down. As long as it smells like a dog pooped there, more will continue to do so. Dogs are social animals and like community bathrooms. Expect some dogs to continue to do it there by habit even after you clean up, because it's become "their place" to go. That's why the PB works - it gets the repeat offenders.

ps - Many animals eat their own poop - and that of other animals. It won't hurt them, other than their having a disgusted owner. However, if you're worried about peanut allergies, you might want to try honey instead. :)

Thank you, but still that would be a bit labor intensive - I'm talking about an apartment complex with about 500 families and (I would estimate) at least a third of those families have dogs. Maybe more. And it's not just near my apartment, it is everywhere here - wherever there is grass and sometimes even on the sidewalks and other walkways. The only solution is for people to clean-up after their dogs. They have to poop somewhere, after all. lol

And I'm not bothered so much that dogs sometimes eat their own poop. Just that I would be upset if my dog fell prey to someone's practical joke directed at another dog.

It's not directed at the dogs; rather at the owners. It's the owners who get disgusted and grossed out; the dogs just think they're getting a sweet treat.

of course!