Woman in Burnt Orange Parka w/small sheep dog . . .

pitu

I just posted this in Park Slope, but it's all about us pet owners, so I'm repeating it here . . .

To the woman in the burnt orange longish parka with dark hair in a ponytail
at Fifth Ave and Union St this morning around 9:15am
with the stroller and a medium sized fluffy light-colored dog . . .

I noticed you because of the look on your face as your dog left a trail of glob on the sidewalk. It was cold out, and we all have places to get to and things to take care of, out of the cold. I have a dog - I'm sympathetic to that feeling.

A short time later, I passed back by that same spot. You were gone, but the trail of poo was still there. YOU didn't clean up after your dog! YOUR kid may be in a stroller today, but other kids on that block have just started walking, right into your dog's poo apparently. Hundreds of other people pass by that spot on the way to the subway - again, right into your dog's poo.

I'm rather hoping that you're home now, checking this neighborhood message board. Or maybe one of your loved ones (or perhaps employer, if you're the babysitter out walking the dog) is reading this and recognizes your coat, your kid, your dog that looks like a small sheep dog.

It's not too late to go back and do the right thing.
It doesn't matter if it's cold or what else is going on - CLEAN UP AFTER YOUR DOG!

p.s. if you're dog is pooping like that on a regular basis, it needs a giardia test and/or change in diet. Giardia is contagious - spread by the poop of course - and is epidemic in the West Village right now.