Why is there so much poop on the sidewalk??!?!??

Me: "Hi there. I wanted to get your address so I could shit outside of your house and leave it there"

HAHA! Nice one flexi.

How about "Hey Man! What the fuck, pick up that dog shit before I toss it at you like a monkey!"

Our stroller craps all the time and I never pick it up.

excuse me ,I think you dropped your lunch.

OK, so call 911 from your GPS ready cell phone and then slyly follow the person to their house so you know where to bring your dog later and stuff their mailbox with plastic bags-- but wait, we don't use plastic bags anymore so better make it recycled paper bags. Then, I bet you're going to realize it's a hassidic man and from behind bars in the front window you will see a Nordic looking girl and then maybe, just maybe, 911 operators will take you seriously.

I walked out one day just as the next-door neighbor's dog was finishing dropping off some friends right in front of our house. He started to walk away with the dog and I called him out on it. He said, "I was gonna come back and pick it up" and just kept walking. Yeah right. When I came back later, the crap was gone, but I think he only picked it up because I saw him and said something.

brooklynpotter wrote: and this is why flexi is more popular than i am?

this is exactly why

Why is it that every time I walk on Union to the F/G train, on the block between Smith and Hoyt, almost every house that you pass SMELLS like poop?! I get that it's their property, but grrrooosss! I have to hold my breath!

I had to put up a sign, Please Pick Up after Your Dog. How hard is it to do that.

I'm waiting for someone to put a camera over their section of sidewalk with a sign,

"Smile! You're on Poo Cam!"

Em26 wrote:
What about if the dog has the runs? Can't pick up the poo and toss it at the owner if its all runny.

This precise situation happened to me several weeks back. I was in Prospect Park with my dog (fairly large) when he suddenly got 'the runs,' nothing I could do.

A 'new Park Slope' type middle-aged couple sitting on a bench, who looked like they just moved into the hood from the Upper West Side, watched me intently as I walked by past them. When my dog popped a squat, the gaze became even more intensive. When I looked at my dog's watery leavings, which had instantly soaked into the grass/wood chips, and gave up and walked away, the woman's eyes lit up as if she had been waiting for that moment her entire life - "HEYYY HEYYY HEYYY" she says after me, probably thinking I was going to just melt with shame and embarrassment.

Imagine her surprise instead when I turned around, held up the empty bag in my hand, pointed at the ground, and informed her that I'd love to do my civic duty but there was simply nothing remotely solid for me to get a hold of, and if she didn't believe me she was welcome to get off the bench and have a closer look for herself. Her jaw dropped (probably the first time anyone's talked back to her in her entire life) and her husband got very jittery and apologized.

Also sometimes when I am out in the street and get caught without a bag (e.g., when the dog decides to crap 3+ times in a row) I have to leave the 'scene of the crime' for a moment to go find one. I had to curse out another snotty UWS type awhile back for following and harassing me during such an incident, and told her to start carrying her own bags around if the crap bothered her so much that she couldn't stand to look at it for 3 mins while I remedied the situation.

Ya know, I just don't get the audacity of some people. There are many violent, crazy people in this city, and some of them are dog owners I'm sure - you don't just go around mouthing off to random people on the street, at least, that's not the way I was raised. It may fly in Park Slope, but I don't see the sense of risking a potentially dangerous confrontation over something as stupid as dog crap.

How about you guys with dogs just pick up after them? Instead of philisophical debate or hostile actions, remove the feces from the sidewalk/road/etc.

If you have the best intentions yet lack a bag, a simple explanation that you're going to go get one will probably do.

It's really quite simple.

besus wrote: How about you guys with dogs just pick up after them? Instead of philisophical debate or hostile actions, remove the feces from the sidewalk/road/etc.

If you have the best intentions yet lack a bag, a simple explanation that you're going to go get one will probably do.

It's really quite simple.

Oh, is it really that simple? Well here is the problem I have: Why the hell do I have to give you or any other self-appointed guardian of the sidewalk any explanation at all?

You're not my mother, nor are you a cop. You have no authority over me or any other dog owner, and that's why I have no problem being nasty in return.

metalnyc wrote: Step 1: Find nearest stick. Thick and sturdy is preferable.

Step 2: Insert stick into said "Poo".

Step 3: Lift stick with "Poo" at the end.

Step 4: Throw "Poo" at the head of pet owner.

Step 5: RUN

If you got the balls to do Step 4, then you should not be a chickenshit and RUN.

I think the dog poop probelm is just an extension of what's happening in PS in general - only in this case it's all about canine entitlement :-'