[nagdu] Pickup The Poop

Daryl Lang crazymusician at shaw.ca
Thu Mar 26 12:07:17 UTC 2015


Last year, I was at a goalball tournament in Portland. There were several guide dog users there, & I thought we were all cleaning up after our dogs. We actually got an email from the tournament organizer the following week, saying that they actually had extra cleanup costs because somebody or several somebodies weren't cleaning up after their dogs. Obviously, this isn't just about missing a litle piece here and there, which can happen to the best of us. It looks like somebody just wouldn't or couldn't clean up after their dog. That's just nasty! I was ashamed on behalf of guide dog users at that tournament, even though it wasn't me. The funny thing is, I emailed to the tournament organizer, and said I was sorry for any part that I played in it. She emailed back, and said hey! I saw you cleaning up after your dog at the hotel, so I figured it wasn't you :-)

On March 26, 2015 5:51:17 AM MDT, Vivianna via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>Hi Lori,
>Yes, stepping in dog poop is very nasty.  you know, the last apartment
>i was living in, there were several sighted folks who were not picking
>up after their dogs.  so, the apartment management sent out a letter to
>everyone that said; if folks don’t start cleaning up after their dogs
>then, there would be a $20 rent increase in order to hire someone to
>come and do it for them.  
>it worked.  lol.
>yes, i agree that everyone should pick up after their own dogs.  what
>was bothering me in this topic here was the fact that some people were
>saying that, they are not legally bound to pick up.  
>i am pretty sure that, here in the US, we are also not legally bound to
>pick up after our dogs but, we still do it.
>
>Vivianna
>
>> On Mar 25, 2015, at 10:31 PM, Lori Dent <RECENT:
>loriandleo at ohiohills.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Vivianna and all,
>> 
>> Like I said in my previous post I was taught to clean up after my
>dogs and I always have bags with me at all times. I have bags in a
>small container on my purse, or in my pocket  or in my coat or jacket
>so I'm never without bags to pick up after my dog. I live in an
>apartment complex and  which does allow  dogs. I always clean up after
>my dog when he goes out and does his business.There's a few people who
>live in my apartment complex  who also pick up after their dogs and
>their sighted. But theirs a lot of people in my apartment complex who
>are college students who have dogs and their sighted and don't pick up
>after their dogs.
>> 
>> These college students will  let their dog  poop where ever it likes
>and then walk away and not pick up after their dog. I have stepped in
>someone else's dog poop too many times to count because the owners of
>these dogs feel that they don't have to pick up after their dogs and
>these people are clearly irresponsible dog owners and in my opinion
>they shouldn't own a dog if they can't be responsible enough to clean
>up after their dogs.  When I take Gipp out to do his business he's
>always on leash.
>> 
>> There's  been times when we've found dog poop left on the sidewalk
>here in my apartment complex  because some irresponsible dog owner
>couldn't be bothered with picking up after their dog. After all it 
>isn't hard to learn how to pick up after ones dog.
>> 
>> Now if I go over to my parent's house I always have bags with me and
>I always pick up after my dog no matter what because I'm a responsible
>guide dog user and owner and it's the right thing to do. I've been told
>several times by my dad   you don't have to worry about picking up
>after the dog and I said I'm going to pick up after my dog because it's
>the right thing to do . My parents don't  up after their dogs but
>that's their choice  and their home. I have a certain area at my
>parents house where I relieve Gipp at seperat from where she takes her
>dogs and after my dog goes poop, I always pick up. There's nothing
>werse than stepping in dog poop . Take care.
>> 
>> Lori and the Gipper 
>> 
>
>
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