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Pick up your dog's poop

Beach Lover
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Douglas the Intrepid avatar
Beach Fanatic
#2
If I were that dog, I would be tempted to drown myself in the ocean just escape that idiot owner.
Gidget avatar
Beach Fanatic
#3
I am SO tired of dog POOP! I see it all around my neighborhood - in the gravel, on the edge of a lot, and then I go out to beautiful 30A to walk or jog and what do I see??? MORE DOG POOP - all over! Yesterday I walked on the beach and MORE DOG POOP! I find it hard to find hope in the world when people can't even pick up S**T! :cuss:


I mean what if people just dropped and dumped? :moon: I see no difference. It is disgusting. :puke:

People need to get a bag AND there needs to be beach stations and stations along 30A for doggie bags.

There, I feel better! Sort of.....:blink:
Douglas the Intrepid avatar
Beach Fanatic
#4
One would think that there would be some serious potential income for the county to enforce the gamut of dog related laws here. Unfortunately some people need some negative consequences before they actually take responsibilty for their pets.
scooterbug44 avatar
SoWal Expert
#5
For some reason, many people think their dog's sheet is not nasty or trash.

I constantly wave/yell at people from my kitchen window as their dog craps next to my walkway or driveway.

Sowal eyes are watching you, bad dog owners - tourists AND locals BTW. :wave:
Beach Lover
#6
I have been known to run out and give a tourist a bag to pick up their dog poop. In Destin on Holiday Isle they have stations with poop bags. That is great but Holiday Isle owners pay a small fee for upkeep and I am sure poop bags figure in the mix. Seagrove is dog friendly so maybe rentals should address this and/or provide poop bags. Pubix sells rolls of poop bags so it is not hard to pick up and do the right thing.
tsutcli avatar
Beach Fanatic
#7
Doggie bag stations are not going to help. If people don't pick up they won't pick up if bags are available. I've seen that happen and I have never lived in a place where the dog poop is so bad as it is here in Walton County. And, it is not only our visitors. I have a neighbor who opens his door, lets his dogs poop on the neighbors yard across the street and then calls his dogs in again. Nice guy!!! Yes our county could make a pile of money by enforcing the pet clean up ordinance. But then again, what does our county enforce?
Beach Lover
#8
Most people pick up there poop at Bark Park (thank god)...POOP bag do help...
Need to chill out Ya'll...
Douglas the Intrepid avatar
Beach Fanatic
#9
We are not talking about Bark Park. We are discussing the layers of dog poop most of county is buried under including our glorious beaches.
DuneAHH avatar
Beach Fanatic
#10
For some reason, many people think their dog's sheet is not nasty or trash.

I constantly wave/yell at people from my kitchen window as their dog craps next to my walkway or driveway.

Sowal eyes are watching you, bad dog owners - tourists AND locals BTW. :wave:

Scooty,
I'm curious if you experience the same batch of repeat offenders (or is it typically different folks/dogs)?

The reason I ask: I'm trying to get a handle on whether face-to-face-address with people (and animals) about inappropriate behavior produces any measurable degree of positive results these days?

BTW - I'm also conducting this informal research in my own household... and the gatos ARE included :lol:.

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scooterbug44 avatar
SoWal Expert
#11
Scooty,
I'm curious if you experience the same batch of repeat offenders (or is it typically different folks/dogs)?

The reason I ask: I'm trying to get a handle on whether face-to-face-address with people (and animals) about inappropriate behavior produces any measurable degree of positive results?

BTW - I'm also conducting this research project in my own household... and the gatos ARE included :lol:.

Hard to say, as it's hard to catch the offenders in action, but seems to be a different person each time.
DuneAHH avatar
Beach Fanatic
#12
Hard to say, as it's hard to catch the offenders in action, but seems to be a different person each time.

On some level that might indicate positive effect (or a really extensive collection of perp/poop disguises :lol:)
scooterbug44 avatar
SoWal Expert
#13
On some level that might indicate positive effect (or a really extensive collection of perp/poop disguises :lol:)
I think it has far more to do with how little time I spend staring out my kitchen window. There could be a regular crowd of 15 for all I know. :roll:
Andy A avatar
Beach Fanatic
#14
It would seem that on the beach it is different people and dogs at different times. The other day, I watched one owner allow his dog to poop and then the owner took his foot and covered it up with our pristine sand. What an utter slob! People want to use our beaches to walk their dogs but some have absolutely no responsiblity or respect for beach upkeep.
heartbren avatar
Beach Fanatic
#15
Dog Poop

Hard to say, as it's hard to catch the offenders in action, but seems to be a different person each time.


I am tired of picking up poop also when it is all over and no one seem to care but me, but I do it anyway. I walked my usual walk past someone's house one day and some man started yelling about me about not picking up the poop in his yard. My dog was not pooping and I pulled a bag out and said I pick mine up. I was so angry at him for yelling at me for what other's do or do not do. I ALWAYS pick it up even if it is from my chihuahua. The day he yelled at me I was walking two big dogs as I did on a pretty regular basis so he just assumed it was me. It really is disgusting in this beautiful place when you see DOG POOP all over. I don't care who you are, tourist or especially a resident of the community, no one wants dog poop in their yard so they can step in it and it STINKS. YUCK! I think the stands would be great. Occassionally I forget a bag and if a stand is around I take one from it. I am always finding poop bags in my coat pockets (unused of course) so I usually have another if I forget. I have washed them on occasion forgetting they were in a pant pocket - no harm done there. No pocket? Carry a fanny pack with treats, key, cell phone and poop bags. That is what I do a lot. Thanks for listening to my little tirade. PICK UP THE POOP PEOPLE. No one likes to do it but lfe is full of unplesant things we have to do we may not necessarily like to do. :wub:
DuneAHH avatar
Beach Fanatic
#16
IF I had a dog I'd tie empty poop bags to the leash handle.
scooterbug44 avatar
SoWal Expert
#17
IF I had a dog I'd tie empty poop bags to the leash handle.

Or get one of the free dispensers some local realtors hand out that clips on to it. ;-)
miznotebook avatar
Beach Fanatic
#18
Heartbren, I can sympathize with you about getting yelled at. We have a chihuahua too and we always clean up when we walk her. One night she had gone by some mailboxes and we were using a flashlight to see where to clean up. Apparently a woman staying halfway down the block was watching and thought we were doing something to one of the mailboxes. She came out in the street and screamed at us that if we did not clear the area she was going to call the sheriff on us. 😱 She finally stopped and went back inside once we explained what we were doing and she realized that we lived next door to the house where she was staying. It was not a fun experience.
heartbren avatar
Beach Fanatic
#20
Poop

Heartbren, I can sympathize with you about getting yelled at. We have a chihuahua too and we always clean up when we walk her. One night she had gone by some mailboxes and we were using a flashlight to see where to clean up. Apparently a woman staying halfway down the block was watching and thought we were doing something to one of the mailboxes. She came out in the street and screamed at us that if we did not clear the area she was going to call the sheriff on us. 😱 She finally stopped and went back inside once we explained what we were doing and she realized that we lived next door to the house where she was staying. It was not a fun experience.


:lol: I only laugh at this because it is so hard to find any poop at night much less a chihuahua's. You can barely see it in the daytime it is so little, but we pick it up anyway. So the people with BIG DOGS that make BIG POOP should really pick up their's. There is no excuse as people say. Tie it on a leash or get something that clicks onto the leash for bags. Solutions are everywhere, people are just lazy or think it is gross as we all do, but we do it anyway. I gave a lady a bag one day when I saw her dog pooping off leash and she never picks it up. She looked at me and threw the bag in the trash and left the poop. Nice huh? Maybe they think their dog's poop does not stink!:funn:Have a great day everyone and pick up that poop.

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