People who don’t pick up after their dogs

Disclaimer: Do not read if you cannot handle frank discussion about bowel movements

Now that that’s out of the way…

My neighborhood is full of apartments. And since many of the landlords are dog-friendly (or unaware their tenants have dogs), there are lots of dogs with no backyards of their own in which to relieve themselves. This means that their owners must take them on walks to do their business. But instead of being responsible and considerate, these people just let their dogs leave piles of poop on the sidewalk or in front yards and beltways without picking it up. So when I walk my dog, I must keep my eyes glued to the sidewalk lest I step in shit or my dog stops to sniff it.

There are SO many easy solutions to this problem, people who don’t pick up after their dogs:

1.    Buy a waste pick-up dispenser with pick-up bags – Petco sells them plus refill rolls for as little as $6.79. If you have enough money to take care of a dog, you certainly have enough money for a waste pick-up dispenser.

2.    Reuse plastic grocery bags – If the first option is just too expensive for you, you dirty cheap ass hipster North Park resident, tie a plastic grocery bag to your dog’s leash before you leave the house. Then you can also feel like you’re doing your part to be green by minding the mantra “Reduce Reuse Recycle.”

3.    Go to the park and get a pick-up bag provided by the city – That’s right, North Park provides pick-up bags free of charge in multiple dispensers throughout the local park. If you don’t have plastic grocery bags in your home because you use canvas bags, you still have options! You can go grab one that the city supplies for the specific reason of keeping the neighborhood excrement-free. You’re already walking your dog anyway, walk by the park and pick a bag so you can pick up your dog’s doodoo.

 
Seriously people, I doubt you would like if I took a big dump right in front of your doorstep. So why are you letting your dog do it to your neighbors?