which blocks are shit free?

StoopLady... Hey thanks for doing all the research and posting those links.
Yes, I am nuts and checked out most of them

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But... bottom line.. I remember when their were no Pooper scooper laws in NYC and it was the norm to ditch shoes at you front door knowing not to enter because they most probably picked up poop out there.

Many , many dog owners take care of their dog's business and some dog owners take care of the left overs of those who don't.

It is a big city.
That is about as good as it gets

Union Street wrote: People:

This is the solution to the dog poop problem:

http://bit.ly/dwBuKl

It's a $15 outdoor literature box from Staples filled with baggies:

http://bit.ly/c0SBWE

Set up one of these if your block is having a poop problem. It'll be the best $15 you ever spent.

I would bet money that there will be a picture of a steaming pile of dog shit right under that literature box one of these days.

I'm all for shaming people when it comes to littering of any kind....along the lines of either 'Excuse me, you dropped something' (really loudly so other people notice) or "You're not going to leave that there, are you?" if the first doesn't work. If I have to pick up their shit, they better duck because they have a good chance that it's going to hit them in the back of their head while they walk away.

Carmen wrote: Or should dogs be banned in NYC altogether?

Why is everybody overlooking this option?

My kid spent the 20 minute walk to school this morning having a conversation with herself about all the dog poop and pee she saw. I think she likes saying poop and pee. But there was a lot.

My solution. If you get caught not picking it up, you need to eat it. As for pee, if you could make an effort to get your doggie to pee somewhere not smack in the middle of foot traffic, I'd appreciate it, but I understand if that's not possible all the time.

Thank you.

Zebra wrote: 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.

LMAO!

winstonsmith wrote: Pleas 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.

Firemen touch more disgusting things than a fire hydrant that was possibly peed on! And, don't they wear gloves? :roll:

LongTimeSloper wrote: [quote=winstonsmith]Pleas 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.

Firemen touch more disgusting things than a fire hydrant that was possibly peed on! And, don't they wear gloves? :roll:

I guess I am talking about the symbolic act of letting encouraging you dog to pee on the hydrant. The hydrant has become the symbol of "let your dog pee here". I prefer to associate it with the heroes who use it.

winstonsmith wrote: 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.

Yet, being part of the world means dealing with lots of things we don't like, plenty of people don;'t want to deal with children, smokers, bike riders, cars, children crying, runners, you name it, yet, we do. It is part of the world, you are totally outrageous with this BS! You truly are! LMAO


Oh, and there are curbing lawas and people do get fines for not cleaning up after their dogs, etc., it happens

Subject: Back to the original message

I'm sorry you stepped in a big pile of poo, but don't you look where you're walking? What if it had been glass? Would you then be on here ranting about the littering?

I'm a dog owner and a picker-upper. I've worked hard on getting my dog to go in areas that will less adversely affect pedestrians. Quite frankly, I’m tired of getting the dirty looks from people who assume that I’m the one not picking up.

Welcome to New York! These are the things you have to deal with when living here. I think you should really be more concerned with the things you touch with your bare hands (like subway grab bars) than what you step in with your shoe. If you don’t like it, then maybe you should move to Antarctica.

If moving is not an option for you, then be a little more proactive than venting on a blog where it is quite apparent even to a “newbie” such as myself, that we are the responsible pet owners. Sit outside and watch who comes and goes with their dogs and whether they pick up. Confront them if they don’t.

Or maybe if you make a commitment to your “home area,” you should be willing to pick up litter AND poo and hope that your neighbors will begin to take pride in the area and follow your good example.

you do realize that animals naturally pee in grass, right? Should we curb squirrels? And what about those pesky birds shitting on cars? Maybe they should be trained to shit in the sewer as well. After all, this is all about making *you* as comfortable/sanitary as possible at all times.

OMG, Carmen, excellent point. Have you been to the parts of the park the geese frequent?? Their poop is so disgusting and impossible not to step in. Giant minefields of shit. Yuck.

And it doesn't stink as much but I do NOT like stepping in all the horse crap that is all over (a giant pile sat on the sidewalk between the Longmeadow and Ballfields for days last summer). Whey don't they have to pick up?

Carmen wrote: you do realize that animals naturally pee in grass, right? Should we curb squirrels? And what about those pesky birds shitting on cars? Maybe they should be trained to shit in the sewer as well. After all, this is all about making *you* as comfortable/sanitary as possible at all times.

How DARE you inject logic and reason into this thread. WTF is wrong with you? :shock:

OpossumQueen wrote: OMG, Carmen, excellent point. Have you been to the parts of the park the geese frequent?? Their poop is so disgusting and impossible not to step in. Giant minefields of shit. Yuck.

And it doesn't stink as much but I do NOT like stepping in all the horse crap that is all over (a giant pile sat on the sidewalk between the Longmeadow and Ballfields for days last summer). Whey don't they have to pick up?

The geese were here first and the people from the stables should be cleaning up too.

StoopLady wrote: 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.

Oh, I don't know about that. I can pick up poop, talk on the phone, keep five dogs under control, and hook a book under my arm (that I just found on someone's stoop); all at the same time

And I think dogwalkers in general are probably 99th percentile in complying with this particular courtesy. When you pick up a dozen or so steaming piles of poo of various consistencies per day, you get inured to it. It's not uncommon to see two of us stop and talk, while our dogs greet each other; and each has a full, warm bag in hand. I mentioned that to a friend once and his response was classic: "You should pass the bags back and forth."

Also, the only time I'll talk to those "fundraisers" who ask me if I have a minute for the environment or gay rights or world peace, is after I've picked up some poo but before I've thrown it away. If they hold the bag for me while we talk. :twisted:

winstonsmith wrote: [quote=Toadette][quote=winstonsmith]Result of successful marketing campaign by pet food companies.

Sigh, despite my best efforts to stay out of this thread, I have to ask... what exactly does the above mean?

Exactly that. I think that many people own dogs because of all the TV ads. A lot of products are sold to people who did not want them or need them before they saw the ad. That is why there are ads.

Wiat, wait, wait, I wnat to get this straight, cause i have been drinking a bit. But, are you seriously saying that people get dogs because of TV ads? seriously? is that what youa re saying???


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uMM, i HAVE LOVED AND WANTED animals since i was like 4 years old, just because the first time I saw them, I loved them, not because of some tv ads. now i know you can't understand this because , well,you can't, but people do just love animals, it is born within them. I am sorry you do not feel this way, but some of us do. Just like some people are born wanting kids and some aren't. It happens. i get you hate dogs, the entire board gets that you hate dogs, fine, don't get one!!!!!!!!

And if you see a dog popping and someone not picking up, say something! other than that, this is a free country and people can have pets if they like, yes, you have a right to hate them, but some of these theories are just off the wall.

Written by a very inebriated me, so, forgive the typos and if this doesnt' make total sense