Irresponsible dog owners who get defensive when asked to clear up their dog's mess
kippeh
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Twice this week I have taken the kids to the local play area / playing fields after school so they can have a play / kick about with their mates and twice I have had to politely remind two separate dog owners to pick up their dog's shit after they tried to walk away and leave it, hoping nobody would notice.
I'm sick of the kids standing in it to be honest, but one thing I have noticed is that on both occasions, the dog owners went back and picked it up, but became really defensive and irritated, as though they had been asked to hand over their purse, instead of putting the foul turds in a bag and disposing of them properly.
Why do you suppose these people are like this?
I'm sick of the kids standing in it to be honest, but one thing I have noticed is that on both occasions, the dog owners went back and picked it up, but became really defensive and irritated, as though they had been asked to hand over their purse, instead of putting the foul turds in a bag and disposing of them properly.
Why do you suppose these people are like this?
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Because there's a high proportion of lazy slobs in this country who look after themselves and think the laws of this land don't apply to them.
and popular chap,everyone speaks well of him,really nice bloke.
But..he walks his dog all day long,and it craps everywhere,and
he never attempts to pick it up! So much for nice people with a
sense of responsibility for their communities!
She had a proper stropp, nasty old bat.
I have once run out of bags in the park, but I walked to a bench and picked up an empty offy carrier bag a bench drinker had left behind, then went back for it.
It makes me cross, if I see another dog shit and the owner ignores it I offer them a bag [always have them in my pocket] I feel awful if she poos and I ca't pick up. Except in a forest [was is a dog turd next to a foxes or horses being my reasoning]
Because they are morons
Good on you for having the balls to say something.
I've often asked other owners to pick up and many of them don't even carry bags.
Oh it's about animals....and children...
Why don't we let people just throw their babies nappies out the window too (although that happens too)
It kind of does. It's called biodegradation. Trouble is, it takes a while and by that point numerous people have stepped in it.
I've had dogs all my life and never once cleared up after them. But then I've always walked them where you're not legally obliged to clear up. I suppose I'd have to be less squeamish if I didn't live somewhere rural.
dog owners who let their dogs crap in kiddy areas and leave it there (as well as general public parks) are more disgusting than the crap itself, there, ah that feels better, irresponsible pricks...and cows...of course they might say its up to the parents to look out! Morons
You don't have to care at all. Feel free not to care.
A couple of days ago I was walking my dogs along the river bank, dogs were about 20 yards ahead of me, one of them stops for a dump and a guy walking towards me passes the dog and, as he reaches me, says "I hope you're not going to leave that lying there?!"
Course, I smiled and said "No, of course not" but I was thinking "f**k off and die you self-righteous prick".
Think of it this way; if every time you went to get in your car somebody came up to you and said "I hope you're not going to break the speed limit while you're driving that thing" I suspect it wouldn't be long before you started to get cheesed-off with it.
I don't but to give the advice you gave on other threads just ignore it. It's only excrement.
Did it occur to you that your manner may have been offensive?
i have a bitch and she squats to pee and have had smug 'Mummies' come up all guns blazing telling my dog just shat, when she didn't.
Be more polite next time
"Excuse me mate, but you're going to pick up your dog's crap aren't you? There's kids playing and they just end up standing in it. Thanks a lot"
Unlike the other stuff you lot moan about, there's a practical reason for not wanting dogs to shat all over the playing fields. It's a) really unhygienic, and b) gets in the car and in the house from their shoes. You might ignore it on your carpet, but I can't, sorry.
Very polite. I prefer the 'pick the shit up, or I will rub your face in it' approach.