Once again I’m walking down the street, and what do I notice? I big pile a dog poo on the sidewalk?! Is it so hard to carry a bag with you when you take your pooch for a walk? I know its disqusting, but its part of the package when you get a dog! I’m sick of tired of lazy halifax dog owners who refuse – out of sheer laziness – to pick up their dog’s poo!
—Poo Picker – Upper
This article appears in Mar 5-11, 2009.
Agreed! And Pick up your cigarette butts and Tim Hortons cups too. *said with a raised fist*
Agreed. But hey, shit happens. Save your rage for when you actually catch the act and then… let ’em have it! But that shit could be from a stray. Just saying, the shit is the victim here. It’s not the shits fault!
What I really hate is that there is a by-law in HRM stating that all dog owners must clean up their dog’s droppings in public places. There is however, no law saying that they have to clean up the nasty yellow patches of snow they leave behind. I fucking hate walking around HRM in the winter and seeing these disgusting piss spots. There should be a by-law about them too.
How ’bout a trail of upchucks on Barrington between George and Duke early Monday morning? There were three piles – the last one was macaroni letters from alphabet soup in a puddle of puke. Too bad it hadn’t spelled anything interesting.
One dog poo on the sidewalk—bad.
130 million litres of human poo in the harbour…
Touché
not to pick on elderly because this is a relatively isolated incident, but I remember seeing an older lady once… who albeit, definitely needed the companionship….
let her bulldog tuke right on the sidewalk… then as she was walking away muttered “sorry” to us and kept right on going.
Now that “sorry”… didn’t really do much.
I would hate to have the dog taken away as it’s likely her bestest friend in the world but if you can’t properly take care of the animal in all aspects, you shouldn’t have it.
I agree completely…there’s this pig on Dresden row..who I swear is a fucking dog walker cause he always has a different dog…and there only little purse dogs …and never once have I seen him bend his fat ass over and pick up the dogs shit!!!. I printed off the by-law to give to him next time I catch him..but I’m sure it will do no good. I have a golden and a pitbull…100lbs dogs have big shits…and I’ve never left it behind. Have respect …or don’t own pets !!
and when you do pick it up throw it in a trash can. i would rather see poop on the sidewalk (for the rain to wash away) then bags of poop dropped around town, on the hill, commons you get the point.
FUCK FUCK FUCK this really butters my biscuits. If I walked up and took a dump on someones front lawn, it wouldn’t be tolerated in the slightest, so why do some people think it’s okay for their dogs to do it..sure the dog doesn’t know any better, but the owners should should..isn’t that the point? Why do some people know it’s not socially acceptable for them to shit on someones property, but in some strange bassackwards world, it’s okay for spot to shit and then wipe his butt by dragging his ass across the lawn, or snowbank, depending on the time of year, and leaving a big skid mark to add insult to injury. To the guy who see’s the dog walker on Dresden Row, next time you see this fucker, rather than hand him copy of the dog bylaws, take the shit that he left behind, and pick it up and throw it at him. What’s he gonna do? You could say that you were being a good citazen and cleaning up after HIS dog and the mere touch and smell of the dogshit sent you into spastic convulsions, causing you to lob the shit in his general direction. All future incidences could be avoided if he were to pick the shit up himself!
shit step complainer.
mammels that pick up after other mammels, then throw plastic bags into the land fill to never decompose piss some people off too.
the solution? buy a yard for your dog. I Know! your a city person… it’s not fair to the dog. just dont walk it on very busy side walks…
Lately any walking on non-pavement surfaces is like some kind of deranged shit-hopscotch. Me no likey.
As for plastic bags, Rafiki, you can get biodegradable ones I think?
Yup! I Have biodegradable poo bags for my pooch (and I have a yard – which surely isn’t big enough for pup to run). The biodegradable bags are available at any pet store, and aren’t too expensive – a much better alternative to plastic. Also, I am a frequent vistor of dog parks (seaview, needham, etc) and dog owners also don’t pick up the poo there either! Dog parks are a great addition to this city, and if people don’t pick up after their pooch, we may lose this privledge. So pick up your poo before you ruin it for the rest of us… DO IT FOR THE DOGS!
amen. sooner or later we’ll all be waddling through a sea of shit. like we don’t already.
me,myself, and I
there’s something intrinsically primal about voluntarily picking up and flinging shit that makes me think we’re digressing. While I laugh at the thought, I can’t help but actually picturing a monkey doing it.
Perhaps try and be a little more “Bond” ish.
catch up and slip it in his jacket pocket or something like a little hand-grenade. If you’re lucky, that’ll be the pocket he keeps his glasses in.