Leaving dog poo bags behind - danger to horses

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Mooooo · 27-04-2017 09:37AM

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Presumably fox poo, badger poo etc is also a problem?

Foxes can also spread neospora, the greatest risk with them is if they contaminate the winter feed at night but it's rare a fox would come near a farm yard with domestic dogs and the noise of the stock when inside. the issue with badgers would be tb again from water troughs and winter feed, apparently they are very fond of maize and fodder beet which would be in pits outside.

tk123 · 27-04-2017 09:47AM

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Human poo is the problem for me :eek: I had to stop walking at one beach (Dollymount) because Lucy was rolling in it every week!

Ashbx · 27-04-2017 11:29AM

tk123 wrote: »

Human poo is the problem for me :eek: I had to stop walking at one beach (Dollymount) because Lucy was rolling in it every week!

Ha true! I have a grassy patch outside my house and unfortunately, I had to witness a full grown man taking a poo directly opposite my house, used his sock to wipe and then left the sock there!

Needless to say, I have avoided that corner for the last few weeks!

tk123 · 27-04-2017 11:31AM

Ashbx wrote: »

Ha true! I have a grassy patch outside my house and unfortunately, I had to witness a full grown man taking a poo directly opposite my house, used his sock to wipe and then left the sock there!

Needless to say, I have avoided that corner for the last few weeks!

:eek::eek::eek:

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loyatemu · 27-04-2017 03:14PM

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what's the protocol there?... "nice weather for it!"

Chuchote · 27-04-2017 03:17PM

In some cases homelessness causes this - in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris there's an area where homeless people poo and leave their poos in plastic bags.

In other cases it's mental illness.

ganmo · 27-04-2017 04:00PM

loyatemu wrote: »

what's the protocol there?... "nice weather for it!"

'put a sock in it'

DBB · 27-04-2017 04:45PM

I wish I hadn't read this thread

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pilly · 27-04-2017 04:49PM

DBB wrote: »

I wish I hadn't read this thread

I know, it's gone down the drain fairly quickly hasn't it? :pac:

Lizard_Moon · 27-04-2017 09:25PM

Ashbx wrote: »

Unfortunately the nearest bin to that park is 45 mins walk away.....in my own home. There is not one bin between my house and the park. I have two dogs who pull like trains and wear head harnesses so can be quite sensitive and one is quite leash reactive so I need my hands free to have a dog in each hand, so I am not carrying the poo in the bag that will be banging off my hand etc. just because the council couldn't be bothered to put an extra bin or two into a public park or empty the one they have. I have in the past tied my dogs up and put the poo into the bin in the playground and I got nothing but filthy looks from parents for daring to put dog poo in one of the only two bins in the park. So yes, if the bins are full, its going on top!

Now, I would never leave it at the side of the road and if im in the car yes I throw it in the boot and put it in my own bin. And as I said in my other post, if I don't have a bag or a bin to put it into, I get a stick and use the stick and flick approach. But unfortunately, walking home with the poo in my hands isn't an option when I do this particular walk. And dog walkers shouldn't be expected to have to do that either.

I clean up after my dogs all the time....my point is more bins are required especially in recreational areas!

Bring a carrier for your poo bag attached to your lead
Dicky bags are one option http://www.dickybag.com/

muddypaws · 27-04-2017 09:43PM

Lizard_Moon wrote: »

Bring a carrier for your poo bag attached to your lead
Dicky bags are one option http://www.dickybag.com/

I actually have a little zip up litter bag thing with a clip for putting onto a belt that I was given by Leitrim council at an event a few years ago, I keep meaning to take it with me on dog walks and runs for this very reason - but keep forgetting

Kamili · 28-04-2017 09:31AM

Chuchote wrote: »

One thing people should do, but don't, is bring their plastic packaging back to supermarkets once they've freed all the vegetables and fruit from it. If the shops had to deal with the detritus they would soon change the packaging.

I've seen this happen in my local german shop, people go to the shelves at the back, remove extra packaging and leave it in the bins there.

I don't like the idea that the consumer - whom has very little choice in what packaging (often excessive) gets charged to have it removed.

Why can't the manufacturer be penalized for not providing minimal packaging where reasonable to do so, and for not using recyclable materials?

With regards to the poop issue, I've noticed the less and less bins thing, but more and more the ones that are left being full to the hilt of household rubbish and poop bags left everywhere around it. But again, this is what happens when you charge a premium for bin collection by penalizing the end user not the manufacturer in the first place.

Anyway that is just my 2c.. I always carry my poop home if I have to, and am getting sick of those that don't clean up after them. Its horrid to have to step around it while out for my walk.

AryaStark · 28-04-2017 01:35PM

Chuchote wrote: »

In some cases homelessness causes this - in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris there's an area where homeless people poo and leave their poos in plastic bags.

In other cases it's mental illness.

I think in Ireland it is usually junkies... you see where they hang out and all the socks for wiping the ass. Its horrible.

erica74 · 28-04-2017 10:34PM

On the human poop issue - it most probably is drug use. I think heroin gives users the urge to poop fairly urgently after they take it.

On the dog poop and littering issue - I live on a really busy main road and once a week I collect a black bag full of rubbish from the bottom of my driveway and along the front of my property. McDonalds packaging and scraps of food is the most common thing I have to pick up. The local county council cut the grass along the sides of the road but instead of picking up the rubbish first, they just run over it with the lawnmower so then there's shredded McDonalds packaging everywhere. I'm sure people will probably wonder what the big deal is but it looks horrible when the front of your property is covered in rubbish like that.

I have noticed in the past 6 - 9 months that littering has become a serious issue, not just for me but in general there seems to be a lot of rubbish along the roads and bags of rubbish just thrown here, there and anywhere.

I always tie my dog poop bags onto their collars for the walk home (I live in a rural area and there's no bins at all) - if they can dish it out, they can carry it home :pac:

pilly · 28-04-2017 11:02PM

erica74 wrote:

I always tie my dog poop bags onto their collars for the walk home (I live in a rural area and there's no bins at all) - if they can dish it out, they can carry it home

So you live in a very busy main road with McDonald's wrappers in a rural area?

Graces7 · 29-04-2017 07:14AM

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One beach in Donegal that is popular with campers etc had set up huge open metal bins and simply sets fire to the contents every day.

Graces7 · 29-04-2017 07:18AM

Chuchote wrote: »

I see the Phantom Bin Removers have got the bin that was outside Rathmines College (the old town hall). Complete madness - students gather outside; the place is going to be an utter mess of cigarette boxes, cartons and tins.

I get the impression that the Council is actually getting rid of all the litterbins, one by one.

Yes as they are being abused to dump rubbish. I have noticed in eg Cork, and here in Galway, and Mayo that on the bottle bank places they have large notices re NO HOUSEHOLD RUBBISH.

Never forgotten that news photo of the top of Dingle,the Conor Pass top, when 10 big bags of rubbish had been dumped off the edge. Sheer cliff and s dangerous trying to clear it. And what an image for tourists

Graces7 · 29-04-2017 07:23AM

Chuchote wrote: »

The plastic dog poo bags are made of biodegradable stuff.

+1 for horse and cow poo being ok. I used to drive to Stepaside to buy two-year-old horse manure for the garden; one day I stood on the brakes and two or three of the six bags opened up and joined me in the front of the car. No strong smell, and when I got home it was just a question of brushing the car out, not a stain left, and a day with the windows open aired it out.

In Dublin in the old days when horses and carts went by, everyone would rush out with dustpan and brush to capture the manure for their roses!

Same in my own childhood .. only in post war England it was for vegetables. Was my job; the "rag and bone" man had a horse and cart and I would lie in wait for him to beat the other kids to it!

Graces7 · 29-04-2017 07:28AM

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.

Had a neighbour who did this on m lawn... Called her and said I was very worried about her dog as I had just put strong weedkiller down.. She hung up but never did is again and I suspect the dog got scrubbed

Graces7 · 29-04-2017 07:34AM

pilly wrote: »

Don't know what people can do about cat poo though. Awful lot of wild cats around where I live.

cats do tend to bury it? Mine do.... Very few folk will be on badger tracks.I was once and they use it to mark trails

Graces7 · 29-04-2017 07:39AM

Kamili wrote: »

I've seen this happen in my local german shop, people go to the shelves at the back, remove extra packaging and leave it in the bins there.

I don't like the idea that the consumer - whom has very little choice in what packaging (often excessive) gets charged to have it removed.

Why can't the manufacturer be penalized for not providing minimal packaging where reasonable to do so, and for not using recyclable materials?

With regards to the poop issue, I've noticed the less and less bins thing, but more and more the ones that are left being full to the hilt of household rubbish and poop bags left everywhere around it. But again, this is what happens when you charge a premium for bin collection by penalizing the end user not the manufacturer in the first place.

Anyway that is just my 2c.. I always carry my poop home if I have to, and am getting sick of those that don't clean up after them. Its horrid to have to step around it while out for my walk.

Every main supermarket tends to have a big litter bin outside. Any plastic fits there nicely.

erica74 · 29-04-2017 05:28PM

pilly wrote: »

So you live in a very busy main road with McDonald's wrappers in a rural area?

Yes.
People go to McDonalds and eat their food as they are driving along, they then throw their rubbish out the window as they drive by or they park up on the grass verge that runs along the outside of my property and then throw their rubbish out their window.
I live on a very busy main road in a rural area.

I'm not sure what is difficult to understand about that.

Leaving dog poo bags behind - danger to horses

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