Leaving dog poo bags behind - danger to horses

pilly wrote: »

So you'd be happy with kids eating it would you?

Grew up on a dairy farm. Honestly it wouldn't bother me. I wouldn't sit now to a plate of it, but if it was your hands I wouldn't have to go and wash straight away as I would with dog poo. I see horse and cow **** in the same catagory.

pilly wrote: »

So why is everyone so terrified by dog poo? What makes it so much more toxic? I don't buy the fact that they eat meat.

I don't mean that to sound rude, I'm learning a lot here, just think maybe there's an over-reaction to dog poo sometimes.

Our microbial gut flora is determined by what we eat.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2649005/

Look up toxocariasis

Ashbx wrote: »

I cant speak for New Forest in England or rural Ireland, but the amount of bins in Dublin is ridiculously low....especially in the likes of parks/mountains etc....where people generally walk their dogs.

Just as an example, in my local park in Dublin there are 9 ways to enter this park and only ONE of these entrances has a bin (which is usually full). The other bin is located in the playground, somewhere a dog walker is not allowed go into. Im hardly going to ask a child to dispose of my poo bag! There's been a handful of times that in this park I have had to leave my bag ontop of the bin....I have had no other choice. So the County Council seriously need to consider installing more bins in public areas.

I saw the article you are referring to and by no means would I ever through it into a private field. I would use the stick and flick approach that someone else mentioned here!

When all else fails blame someone else :rolleyes: How about taking it home with you and putting it in your bin, it isn't rocket science.

Sam Kade wrote: »

When all else fails blame someone else....

There is something to be said for expecting a certain level of public services and bins do seem like a fairly reasonable thing to expect.

This boils my piss. Why on earth would someone go to the effort of picking it up and putting it into a bag, to only leave the bag there.
Or worse, hang it on a tree.

You'd have been better just leaving it there, at least it would be gone after a day or two.

I wouldn't mind but where I see it most, there's a number of poo bins around.

Mickeroo wrote: »

The OH's family's dog loves cow pats, he'd eat them all day if you let him off :pac:

Someone's been letting their dog **** on our front lawn and leaving it there the last few weeks, in an estate where lots of kids play outside. Pretty sure it's not a stray as it only seems to happen once a week or so. It's infuriating.

+1, a neighbour of ours allowed her dog to do the same in our front. No matter how many times we brought it up. Some have absolutely no regards for others.
I've trained mine to stay out of others gardens on my walks, not a big thing to do tbh.

Triangle wrote: »

+1, a neighbour of ours allowed her dog to do the same in our front. No matter how many times we brought it up. Some have absolutely no regards for others.
I've trained mine to stay out of others gardens on my walks, not a big thing to do tbh.

I wouldn't hesitate for a second to pick it up and put it in front of her door if she didn't want to come and clean it up.

Someone has taken to letting their dog poo outside our door, I've never caught them, but I have a fair idea of who it is.

The funny thing about the dog poo bag, and dogs in general....

Is that there is plenty of dog crap on the streets; and plenty of bags of dog poo - but I rarely see an owner actually leave it behind.

Which says two things
(I) Most dog owners are responsible - and I think this has to be acknowledged.
(II) There is an element of subterfuge. While no one is looking, I will just throw it here. Similarly with dog poo.....bring the dog out for a quick walk at 11.30pm - who will notice.

I did Park Run in Belleek in Ballina two weeks ago, about 130 people running, and I met a woman with her dog, she let the dog crouch and poo on the path, surrounded by people running, she was right next to the dog. She just waited until it finished, and then they walked on together, without picking it up. I did offer her a bag, but she obviously didn't hear me. I have missed out on PBs by stopping and picking up poo on these runs, much to my disgust

In the same place I had just started an 8 mile run with one of my dogs and he went to the toilet. I picked it up and left the bag there, off the path, a cyclist then came after me shouting about picking up my rubbish. If he had asked me politely, I would have also politely explained that I was doing a long run, and would pick it up on the way back, rather than carry it all that way, which is obviously what I did, and I always have to bring it home from there, as there are no bins. But I do seem to be one of the very few dog walkers there that bother to pick it up.

I am noticing signs now in really rural locations, just along little roads, telling dog walkers to pick up, I guess it is maybe to do with the cows in the fields.

Stick and flick is great, as long as you don't pick up a stick that has already been used to flick :eek:

Ashbx wrote: »

That was me you quoted and yes I agree there cant be bins everywhere...I never once said there should be. I said in recreational places....a public park that has various football fields, a dog park, a playground and tennis courts should have more than one bin in the entire park.

My dog eats poo like its chocolate cake so trust me, I am the first person to tell someone else to pick up their poo and do not advocate leaving it left there. In the handful of occasions I have left it on the bin, I have already picked it up and bagged it. I am not going to unbag it just to feck it into the bush. So in this instance, yes I will be leaving on top of the bin and will continue to do so.

People are saying here they leave the bag and pick it up after the walk. Sure that's pretty much the same as dumping it there. Anyone could walk, touch, consume this bag while you are on the walk and find it gone (in some childs hands or horses mouth) when they return to get it. So this really isn't a solution either in my opinion.

I'd love to see the child and/or horse that can get up the side of Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh or one of the Bens in the Highlands!

muddypaws wrote: »

If a child touches the bag, nothing bad will happen

Did you know that the same is true with regards to human poo in the bushes and in poopy nappies and baby wipes left littered around the park in the warmer months? It seems the children in our park aren't at risk of these so it's ok to leave them around! They will hunt down dog poo though and go blind.

Just to add while dog poo is bad for cattle cat poo is bad for sheep and can cause toxoplasmosis abortion storms.

Ashbx - how about tying the bags to the non reactive dogs lead