primitive spins a bouncy involving dog poop

[BattleHymn]

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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 02:05 PM
Star Member mnhtnbb (18,469 posts)

I ran into a member of the poop patrol today when out walking Snowy

and I so wished I had been quick with a one up response.

Background: I've been walking Snowy in my neighborhood at least 3 times/day for the 6 1/2 years we've had her since we adopted her.
I always carry a baggie and always pick up after her.

There are a LOT of other dogs in the neighborhood. I know the owners aren't picking up after all of them, because we see the results.

Still, I was astonished to have this older woman (and I'm 65) accost me--while Snowy was just sniffing a spot of grass--and ask me what I was going
to do to pick up after her. I couldn't have been more astonished, since all she was doing was sniffing.

What do you say to someone like that? I blurted out, "she didn't do anything...what's your problem?"

Later I thought I should have asked her where she lived so I could deposit the proof of picking up after Snowy on her porch and show her
that she could be confident that her poop patrol efforts were well rewarded.


Then I wondered if this was an example of the new NC neighbor: totally obsessed with bathrooms and defecation.


Anybody else with pets ever encountered someone like this? What did you say?

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 05:19 PM
Star Member mnhtnbb (18,469 posts)
7. Years ago I lived in California--Woodland Hills--and would walk my then dog (also a rescue)

at a park just outside our condo development every morning before going to work. I always carried a baggie and picked up after Honey.

One morning--about 6 am--we were walking and I noticed a car sitting on the other side of the park.
When Honey stopped to do her thing, the car started up and raced toward us. I pulled the baggie
out of my coat pocket, picked up after her, and deposited the bag in the trash can. I think the
poop patrol car was very disappointed he didn't get to come write me a ticket or warning or whatever.

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 03:25 PM
Star Member intheflow (25,183 posts)
2. There was a woman in my old neighborhood

who I'm pretty sure did nothing all day but watch out her window to make sure no dogs peed or pooped in her yard. Like you, my dogs would just be sniffing - like they did at every other house on the block - and she'd be out her door screaming at us. Happened two or three times before I just started walking my dogs on the other side of the street. But really. My dogs were probably only sniffing where other dogs had already peed, probably after their owners were so annoyed at that lady they walked their dogs at midnight and trained them to pee on her flowers.

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 03:27 PM
Orrex (49,569 posts)
3. Does it seem like an unreasonable question?

"Just sniffing" is often a precursor to "shitting in the yard," so I don't see how the woman is out of line for asking.

As for what you might say, well, that depends on her general attitude.

If she's friendly, you might simply gesture with the baggie and say "I got it covered."

If she's rude, then you can wave the baggie and say "I don't carry this shit-sack for my health, you know."

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 05:12 PM
Star Member mnhtnbb (18,469 posts)
6. I thought it was extremely rude of her.

Dog walking is 98% sniffing. Anyone who has walked a dog knows that.

Generally, in the south, people greet each other when they pass by. In my 6 1/2 years of dog walking here, I have
never before encountered someone who, rather than say 'hi' accuses me of not cleaning up after my dog because
she is sniffing the grass.

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 06:46 PM
Orrex (49,569 posts)
10. Well, which is it?

Did she accuse of not cleaning up, or did she ask what you were going to do about it, as you described in your OP?

The difference is significant, because I don't think it's at all unreasonable to ask what someone is going to do about their dog's shit, especially if the homeowner has had a problem with other people's dogs shitting in their yard. You're taking issue with her shitty tone, while she's taking issue with actual shit in someone's yard.

The right answer, in terms of politely defusing the situation, would be to say "If he poops, I'll clean it up." Then, if she says something additionally shitty like "You damn well better..." or "I'll believe it when I see it..." then she's proven herself the asshole, and you've proven yourself polite.

In short, I don't think she was rude, based on how you described the situation in your OP. I certainly wouldn't object if someone told me not to let my animal shit in somebody's yard.

But even if she was flat-out rude, you gain nothing from challenging her about your dog's shit.


What you could do is sneak back to her lawn after dark tonight and take care of business yourself. She'll never see that one coming!

Tubby Tobin chimes in:

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 03:32 PM
Star Member Tobin S. (8,565 posts)
4. I kinda know where she's coming from.

That kind of thing doesn't bother me anymore but it used to a long time ago.

I owned a house with a nice yard about 15 years ago. It seemed like every time I put my trash out I would find a huge dog turd right where it was supposed to go. I would clean it up and next week it would be right back there. There was also a neighbor's cat who would come over to my yard and root around in the mulch of my landscaping. Both of those things pissed me off to no end.

I'm much more easy going now days, but I can see how the woman in your post might be pissed off.

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 05:04 PM
Star Member mnhtnbb (18,469 posts)
5. It was not her yard because I know the guy who does live there.

Several years ago a guy in the neighborhood put out a sign that literally referred to dog shit. Not poop, not turd, not feces,
but big sign that said something to the effect of "clean up the dog shit". This was across the street from a house
with an elementary school age kid in it. It was also at the time when anyone driving through the neighborhood to
look at a rental or house for sale would have seen the sign because the only way out of the neighborhood was past
this house.

I would see this guy watching us walk by--and he'd be yelling in his front window--to clean up the dog shit!

I called our local community police person--with whom I have a relationship--and asked her to visit the guy to tell
him to remove the sign. She did--and he did.

He has a dog. I see him walking his dog. I have NEVER seen him carrying a baggie with the results of the dog's walk in it.
And neither he nor his dog are friendly when Snowy and I pass by him and his dog.

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 07:03 PM
Prisoner_Number_Six (15,481 posts)
11. In Rowlett Texas my sister was busted for this offense by a neighbor

He called the cops and they had a nice investigation. She was charged and had to go to court. She now has a genuine criminal record as a result of her doo doo boo boo.

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 08:37 PM
dembotoz (9,158 posts)
16. i understand the need for remove fecess but give some folks a bit of power and you get mini hitlers

they do not make enuf chill pills

as to whether this will breed a new bunch of bathroom monitors ala N C

i do hope that if confronted i would be able must the self control required to pee on the monitors feet

[I_B_Perky]

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 02:05 PM
Star Member mnhtnbb (18,469 posts)

I ran into a member of the poop patrol today when out walking Snowy

and I so wished I had been quick with a one up response.

Background: I've been walking Snowy in my neighborhood at least 3 times/day for the 6 1/2 years we've had her since we adopted her.
I always carry a baggie and always pick up after her.

There are a LOT of other dogs in the neighborhood. I know the owners aren't picking up after all of them, because we see the results.

Still, I was astonished to have this older woman (and I'm 65) accost me--while Snowy was just sniffing a spot of grass--and ask me what I was going
to do to pick up after her. I couldn't have been more astonished, since all she was doing was sniffing.

What do you say to someone like that? I blurted out, "she didn't do anything...what's your problem?"

Later I thought I should have asked her where she lived so I could deposit the proof of picking up after Snowy on her porch and show her
that she could be confident that her poop patrol efforts were well rewarded.


Then I wondered if this was an example of the new NC neighbor: totally obsessed with bathrooms and defecation.


Anybody else with pets ever encountered someone like this? What did you say?

What really happened:  I walk my doggie and let the dog shit in other people's yard. Some home owner saw me and called me on it. I asked for my safe space, the homeowner laughed and told me to pick up the dog shit or she would rub MY nose in it.  Damned GOP bitch! How dare she!

[Karin]

Then I wondered if this was an example of the new NC neighbor: totally obsessed with bathrooms and defecation.

You're the one who had to make up a bouncy so you could talk about bathrooms and defecation.  You lunatics are the ones who start whole internet threads about bathrooms and defecation (Pam Dawson, I'm looking at you.  And quickly looking away). 

[SVPete]

  A thread about dog @#$% that went to 16 or 17 or ?? posts?!

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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 02:05 PM
Star Member mnhtnbb (18,469 posts)

I ran into a member of the poop patrol today when out walking Snowy (Someone who doesn't want your dog crap on her lawn isn't the "poop patrol." Your characterization of her concern indicates amply that you have little regard for someone wanting to ensure that people follow laws.)

and I so wished I had been quick with a one up response. (I'm sure she was a Trump supporter, blahblahblah)

Background: I've been walking Snowy in my neighborhood at least 3 times/day for the 6 1/2 years we've had her since we adopted her.
I always carry a baggie and always pick up after her. (And this woman is supposed to know that, how?)

There are a LOT of other dogs in the neighborhood. I know the owners aren't picking up after all of them, because we see the results. And there, perfectly stated, is the DUmbass mentality: no one is entitled to say ONE WORD to a DUmmy walking their dog, despite all the dog crap all around.   "Why, DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM? HOW DARE YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DOG CRAP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN ASK ME IF I'M GOING TO CLEAN UP AFTER MY DOG!"

Still, I was astonished to have this older woman (and I'm 65) accost me--while Snowy was just sniffing a spot of grass--and ask me what I was going
to do to pick up after her. I couldn't have been more astonished, since all she was doing was sniffing. (YOU YOURSELF SAID THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH DOGS CRAPPING ALL OVER.)

What do you say to someone like that? I blurted out, "she didn't do anything...what's your problem?" (You say, "I got a bag, don't worry! Have a nice day.")

Later I thought I should have asked her where she lived so I could deposit the proof of picking up after Snowy on her porch and show her
that she could be confident that her poop patrol efforts were well rewarded. (The Mind of the DUmmy strikes again.)


Then I wondered if this was an example of the new NC neighbor: totally obsessed with bathrooms and defecation. (I didn't see a reference to bathrooms. And you yourself said that dog owners aren't picking up after their dogs.)


Anybody else with pets ever encountered someone like this? What did you say?

 What an asshole.