which blocks are shit free?

jamzer · February 2010

Seriously - I am getting fed up. I walked over to my car this morning and stepped in a pile of soft, slippery, and still steaming dog shit. Or maybe it was deer or bear shit, or a HUGE feral cat, but I have to believe that it was dog shit. Anyway - I love dogs, but their shit belongs in a garbage bag or thrown in the woods where a human being with work shoes on can not step on it.

I do not want to start a flame war about what is worse, babies in bars or rude, inconsiderate dog owners that leave their dog's shit on the sidewalk for people to step in. I want to thank and honor the responsible dog owners who do the right thing and clean up after their dog, but to the jack asses who allow Buddy or Coco or whatever the popular dog names are there days I say $#$#@$@#$#@$#@$#@ YOU!!!

So anyway - does anyone know of a block in Park Slope where I can walk and not worry about stepping in dog shit?

longtimesloper · February 2010

Well, if I or my husband see any dog shit on our street, we pick it up, we usually have doggie pick up bags in our pockets. So, you might try my block, lol

jamzer · February 2010

LTS - you and your husband are good neighbors. I tip my cap.

MOD · February 2010

If it's outside your place PICK IT UP AND DISPOSE OF IT
Yeah, it sucks but it's your block and your home. Be a good neighbor.

opossumqueen · February 2010

Agreed. Not picking up is disgusting. It's everywhere.

Also annoying:
bagging the crap then just leaving the bag on the street or hanging on a fence post
throwing the bag into our front yard
throwing the unclosed bag into our trash cans just after pick-up so that we have a nice stinky bag of crap lining the bottom (this also goes for your half-consumed coffee or other trash). I consider this littering.

Most of my pockets and bags have spare bags in them so if I ever see someone not picking up I always just offer a spare bag. Most people are embarrassed/surprised when an unassuming small polite woman does this, sometimes having to run to chase them down, and pick up their shit!

longtimesloper · February 2010

had this with someone on my block over the summer. I was sitting in my car and saw as her dog pooped near a tree and she walked away. I yelled from the car, "hey, aren't you going to pick that up?", she said she was going to her house to get a bag and then started racing across the street, she was shocked when i walked after her holding a bag out. yes, she went back and picked up it finally.

jamzer · February 2010

Love the civil confrontation approach and the idea of cleaning up your own block. I just worry that if residents clean up after the irresponsible dog owner, does it make the problem worse?

Anyway - who here had the alien anal probe?

zebra · February 2010

Well, based on the assumption that if aliens do visit us and see us following after our dogs picking up their droppings the aliens would surely presume that dogs are the master species, hence they would abduct & probe the dogs.

hunter.gatherer · February 2010

The civil confrontation approach also works well(ish) with adults who ride their bikes on the sidewalk (I am a cyclist who really resents this behavior). It works less well with drivers who run red lights, block crosswalks when the light is red, or intimidate pedestrians crossing with the walk signal when they want to turn on green. But I try anyway, and it works sometimes.

modsquad · February 2010

OpossumQueen wrote: Most people are embarrassed/surprised when an unassuming small polite woman does this, sometimes having to run to chase them down, and pick up their shit!

Your right I was embarrassed/surprised. Polite? not so much.

winstonsmith · February 2010

Please note: I did not start this conversation.

Not a one in http://poop-slope.blogspot.com/

and why is it cool to let your dog pee on a fire hydrant. The person who might one day save your life is going to have to put their hands on that.

carmen · February 2010

where exactly would you like a dog to pee? Certainly not on plants or trees, or apparently fire hydrants...so only street signs? City trash cans?

winstonsmith · February 2010

Carmen wrote: where exactly would you like a dog to pee? Certainly not on plants or trees, or apparently fire hydrants...so only street signs? City trash cans?

On your own property. But that is too much to ask....

carmen · February 2010

I would venture to bet that 99% of people living in park slope do not own their entire building and the surrounding lot, so even if my dog pees on "my" property I'm still sharing it with neighbors...

whynot_31 · February 2010

Jamzer wrote:

Anyway - who here had the alien anal probe?

I was in college. I was drunk. I don't wanna talk about it.

magicalme1 · February 2010

whynot_31 wrote: [quote=Jamzer]

Anyway - who here had the alien anal probe?

I was in college. I was drunk. I don't wanna talk about it.

you don't have to talk about it. We already saw the pics on teh interwebs :shock: :shock: :shock: [-X :pukel:

hunter.gatherer · February 2010

winstonsmith wrote: [quote=Carmen]where exactly would you like a dog to pee? Certainly not on plants or trees, or apparently fire hydrants...so only street signs? City trash cans?

On your own property. But that is too much to ask....

I don't own property. Does that mean I can't vote, too?

whynot_31 · February 2010

Flexichick wrote: [quote=whynot_31][quote=Jamzer]

Anyway - who here had the alien anal probe?

I was in college. I was drunk. I don't wanna talk about it.

you don't have to talk about it. We already saw the pics on teh interwebs :shock: :shock: :shock: [-X :pukel:

Hey, I wasn't the one who typed in "alien anal probe glory hole" on google. You get what you ask for.

...the alien said he "would make me a star".

P.S. If you actually type in "alien anal probe glory hole" on google this post will now come up in 2nd place

...and, btw, be sure to delete the cache so your partner doesn't get concerned.

doublediamond · February 2010

winstonsmith wrote: http://poop-slope.blogspot.com/

What a useless blog. If I want to see poop on a sidewalk I'll walk outside. While a lot harder to capture and a lot more useful is photos of the dog and/or owner.

veets · February 2010

I have stepped in dog shit in my own house when my two little devils miss their wee wee pad.
When I walk my son's Portie outside I pick up the poop. Yeah I wish everyone who has a dog that they walk does that. If they don't? Does that change my quality of life? No.

I just need to come home and take my shoes off before I enter my house and wash my shoes off.

illig · February 2010

i seem to remember some retired dude in manhattan (UES probably?) putting up a board with polaroids of poop-offenders a while back... that worked b/c the whole block could see the faces of the people who didn't pick up

also, another story of a guy who saw a non-picker-upper and used a baggie to pick up the poop... he then calmly stated "here, you forgot this", and handed the poop back.... sans baggie

as a dog owner, and conscientious picker upper, all the crap on the street is really pissing me off, so i support all of the above

veets · February 2010

Adendum to my last post. I really do take the bag I am carrying and "pick it uP"... what remains on my shoe I wash off at home.

I f you are attentive to do the right thing when you walk your own dog... you are more likely to pick up after another dog owner's neglect.

winstonsmith · February 2010

hunter.gatherer wrote: [quote=winstonsmith][quote=Carmen]where exactly would you like a dog to pee? Certainly not on plants or trees, or apparently fire hydrants...so only street signs? City trash cans?

On your own property. But that is too much to ask....

I don't own property. Does that mean I can't vote, too?

Please Vote.

I just don't know why most dog owners think any vertical surface is an ok target for their dog pee.

carmen · February 2010

winstonsmith wrote: [quote=hunter.gatherer][quote=winstonsmith][quote=Carmen]where exactly would you like a dog to pee? Certainly not on plants or trees, or apparently fire hydrants...so only street signs? City trash cans?

On your own property. But that is too much to ask....

I don't own property. Does that mean I can't vote, too?

Please Vote.

I just don't know why most dog owners think any vertical surface is an ok target for their dog pee.

soooo...again I ask, where exactly should my dog pee (since I, like many many other brooklyn residents, do not own property)? Or should dogs be banned in NYC altogether?

winstonsmith · February 2010

I would love it if I did not have too assume that every public surface that my toddler touches was not coated with dog urine and fecal matter. But i must.

I would love it if dogs were trained to pee in sewers. But again, that is too much to ask.

On the other hand when my car window was smashed, I cleaned up every peace of broken glass. Also when I was a kid my fathers radiator leaked all over the curb. After we fixed it we cleaned up the street.

Maybe the world should not have to live with your dog pee. It is your dog.

whynot_31 · February 2010

<<< is amazed that people would rather type about dog pee and poop, than address the very real problem of alien anal probing.

Clearly you all live different, and more fortunate, lives than I.

I feel so alone.

carmen · February 2010

maybe your kid shouldn't be groping fire hydrants. It is your kid. And honestly, I would be more scared about your child putting his or her hand into his/her mouth after touching ANYTHING on the subway than anything at toddler-level on the street- at least those are periodically rain-washed.

And I dont know what kind of accolades you're trying to earn by cleaning up broken glass. When my car was broken into I swept the street, too... every "peace" of glass.

stooplady · February 2010

I think many dog walkers are on their cell phones and aren't able to multitask a plastic bag in one hand, the leash in the other, talk and pick up their doggie's shit at the same time. I also bet it there are more men who do this than women because...studies show that men are more linear and women are better at multi-tasking. :king: :queen:

Check out this wonderful site about dog poop signs in Japan:

http://anenglishmaninosaka.blogspot.com/2009/04/dog-poo-signs.html

cristina · February 2010

Yeap, I HATE it when sb doesn´t clean up after his dog. I am a dog owner and a-l-w-a-y-s pick it up. If I see sb who does not, I offer a bag. If the dog owner refuses, then I pick it up myself. Unfortunately, you cannot pick up pee and it is difficult to train your dog to pee here or there - yeah, well, I am not going to allow my dog to pee in somebody else´s property/garden/car etc. Sorry your kids might touch a surface with urine matter, BUT ..c´mom!! Take a look at the subway -disgustinggggg- where dgs are not allowed (with corners full of HUMAN urine), take a look at all those cigarrettes butts, all those chicken bones, all those empty coffee plastic cups left on the street...I would be much more concern about that!!! Let´s not exagerate!

stooplady · February 2010

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/42/82654761_c1d878abfb.jpg

stooplady · February 2010

Ask them what to do.
http://www.fidobrooklyn.org/

A good laugh on Poop Graffiti
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/a-mystery-vigilante-paints-dog-waste/

Israel uses dog DNA to press charges on violators.

http://www.jenlouie.com/category/dog-poop/

Brooklyn Green Alternative:
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/composting-dog-waste.html#

AND, last, but much worse could be HORSE poop:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/27/32_27_mm_standurd.html?comm=1

Oh gd, it is really time to close down. Who would ever think there was so much written about animal excrement in Brooklyn? Gotta laugh sometimes...we can be a serious bunch.

which blocks are shit free?

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