Grr...Do not eat while reading
Don't know if this is the right place to post but here it goes. So I was just out walking my dog and she was mostly peeing until we went up to this one house with a buch of crap in the front yard. I thought she was going to pee some more, but she pooped. Then someone next door yelled "You need to pick up that dog poop and keep your dog at home!". I freaked out and ran. I do not want to pick up other peoples dogs poop, but I don't want like the cops coming to my house to tell me to pick up dog crap.
I'll pick up that one that my dog did but not the others! Just don't want anyone else shouting at me. And now I'm scared to leave the house.
Ps. My dog usually poops in our yard on the way back from the walk.
P.P.S, Okay, its not in the right thread.
If a person wants their own yard decorated with crap, that's up to them.
In California, most/all cities have ordinances that "sanitary conditions" have to be maintained for animals. So, even on private property, dog poop is required to be collected daily / is not allowed to accumulate, or the owner could be cited.
My dad talks about this a lot (I'm in Illinois) and I always think, well if someone's job is to find crap they would have to be the most uptight, anal person ever. And when is it too much? Do the measure the crap and if so how? Is there a set limit of how much crap someone can have on your yard? And what if someone refuses? I would assume it would be fairly easy to bribe someone like that, I don't know why....but the thought of bribing someone over poop is weird. So I'll stop....yeah.
Ha! Your post made me think of poop swat teams. It's more that if animal control had reason to be at someone's house and saw more than one day's worth of poop on the ground for the number of animals, the owner could be fined or the animals could be removed.
My sister lives in a very cramped neighborhood of townhouses with postage stamp-sized yards. She has trouble with her neighbors not picking up their yard. The lady has several dogs with onle a 5 x 10 area of grass. The smell was terrible, but flys became the huge issue. My sister would take her dogs out, and their feces would be covered in flys while it was still being extruded from their bums. It was disgusting.
If you've ever tried to find a rental home/apartment that allows pets, you know that is difficult. One of the big reasons for this is because people don't clean up after their animals. Poop scooping is a part of the problem.
In the town I live in, they do not allow outdoor cats. I see them around, but I think they are mostly feral. We also have poop scoop laws. At least here, the city really only inforces the law if there is a complaint. I have neighbors that love to turn the whole neighborhood in. I just hope they don't find out about my daughter's illegal pet bunny. Some laws are crazy.
In the town I live in, they do not allow outdoor cats. I see them around, but I think they are mostly feral. We also have poop scoop laws. At least here, the city really only inforces the law if there is a complaint. I have neighbors that love to turn the whole neighborhood in. I just hope they don't find out about my daughter's illegal pet bunny. Some laws are crazy.
Really no outside cats? That's pretty ridiculous... If a cat wants to go outside that should be allowed
So New Shoes, do you bury your own poop and not flush it, because then it does end up in the landfill. ;)
If not, then the suggestion of flushing your dog's poop might be more in line with your values.
Lol, the image that question conjured in my mind made me laugh. Point taken.
I used to have a cat that did her business in the toilet. Seriously! No training whatsoever... I guess it was a watch-and-learn sorta thing? I woke up in the middle of the night once to find her straddling and tinkling over the toilet. I was certain I had been dreaming until it happened several more times and was witnessed by other family members. Now, if only I could have gotten her to flush...
So New Shoes, do you bury your own poop and not flush it, because then it does end up in the landfill. ;)
If not, then the suggestion of flushing your dog's poop might be more in line with your values.
Lol, the image that question conjured in my mind made me laugh. Point taken.
I used to have a cat that did her business in the toilet. Seriously! No training whatsoever... I guess it was a watch-and-learn sorta thing? I woke up in the middle of the night once to find her straddling and tinkling over the toilet. I was certain I had been dreaming until it happened several more times and was witnessed by other family members. Now, if only I could have gotten her to flush...
Was she a Siamese? I have known more than one Siamese that learned to do this.
So New Shoes, do you bury your own poop and not flush it, because then it does end up in the landfill. ;)
If not, then the suggestion of flushing your dog's poop might be more in line with your values.
Lol, the image that question conjured in my mind made me laugh. Point taken.
I used to have a cat that did her business in the toilet. Seriously! No training whatsoever... I guess it was a watch-and-learn sorta thing? I woke up in the middle of the night once to find her straddling and tinkling over the toilet. I was certain I had been dreaming until it happened several more times and was witnessed by other family members. Now, if only I could have gotten her to flush...
No way! I've only seen that on the internet and always thought it was a gag. Did she do it every time (poop AND pee) so you didn't need a litter box?
I think Erinmonster's solution is the best so far. The bucket/burial system.
I used to live in an apartment complex that allowed dogs and none of us cleaned up after them. The courtyard was disgusting. Poop smell was always wafting in the windows and you could hardly leave the house without stepping in it. It was sick. I was much, much younger then.
So New Shoes, do you bury your own poop and not flush it, because then it does end up in the landfill. ;)
If not, then the suggestion of flushing your dog's poop might be more in line with your values.
Lol, the image that question conjured in my mind made me laugh. Point taken.
I used to have a cat that did her business in the toilet. Seriously! No training whatsoever... I guess it was a watch-and-learn sorta thing? I woke up in the middle of the night once to find her straddling and tinkling over the toilet. I was certain I had been dreaming until it happened several more times and was witnessed by other family members. Now, if only I could have gotten her to flush...
I can only dream that Olen would learn to do this. I guess he's a bit big, anyway....HOWEVER, anytime I have the door open/cracked when I'm peeing, he ALWAYS sticks his nose in, comes in very slowly, looks at me quite confused, looks up at the tub, sniffs the ground, and backs out. That's his routine every time. I swear he understand what goes on in there. If I ever see him go on the bathroom alone, I always immediately take him out, because I figure he's trying to tell me something.
The bf and I have joked that the reason Oliver occasionally has accidents peeing in the house is because he sees us peeing in the house and thinks it's okay! But he doesn't use the toilet, alas. :(
The cat couldn't flush because she lacked opposable thumbs, Greg! (Meet the Fockers, anyone?)
yeah but you don't really need opposable thumbs to flush. I never use my thumb when I flush...the kitty/doggie could just push the lever down. ::)
yeah but you don't really need opposable thumbs to flush. I never use my thumb when I flush...the kitty/doggie could just push the lever down. ::)
In public I always flush with my foot. No opposable thumbs there, either. What was Focker thinking?
and with european toilets you can just push a button to flush!
and with european toilets you can just push a button to flush!
whoa hold on.. does this imply that with American/non-European toilets you need to do something other than push a button to flush? I don't even know what that might mean...
I take it to mean that we Americans have a lever, and they have a button? I can't really say, but that' what I got out of it. I've seen toilets that have a button-type thing on the top of the toilet that flushed it instead of a lever on the side.
oh haha ok. I don't think I've ever seen a 'lever toilet' but that makes more sense than some non-button flushing methods my head was imagining ; )
oh haha ok. I don't think I've ever seen a 'lever toilet' but that makes more sense than some non-button flushing methods my head was imagining ; )
I quite like the lever, because in public it's usually quite long, perhaps 3 inches? I can just push on it with my foot. At home, the lever is smaller, maybe 1.5 inches? Sorry for the measurements...you know how we are :-[
No way! I've only seen that on the internet and always thought it was a gag. Did she do it every time (poop AND pee) so you didn't need a litter box?
Way! She was quite a cat; extremely intelligent, but sometimes she acted a bit too smart for her own good. Man, I miss that cat.
I wish she would have been more regular with her toilet usage, but it was kind of sporadic. She only peed--never pooped-- in the toilet, and only when she seemed to feel like it. We probably caught her doing it once a month or so, but she could very well have been doing it more often than that. We had a running joke in our family about how we could no longer get onto my younger sister for not flushing the toilet... now we knew the real culprit!
Was she a Siamese? I have known more than one Siamese that learned to do this.
Nope, just a mixed kitty. I think we picked her up at the local humane society. She didn't look siamese at all, but I wonder if it's something that might be more common in certain breeds.
oh haha ok. I don't think I've ever seen a 'lever toilet' but that makes more sense than some non-button flushing methods my head was imagining ; )
I quite like the lever, because in public it's usually quite long, perhaps 3 inches? I can just push on it with my foot. At home, the lever is smaller, maybe 1.5 inches? Sorry for the measurements...you know how we are :-[
yeah, the lever can be good, but the best thing about the button is when they have the dual button so that you can push one for a small flush and another for a big flush.
Oh! I do like the dual button too. I guess this might be "do not disturb" stuff, but at home I don't flush if it's #1. I hate to waste water.
Even in public, VR?
My dining hall has toilets where you pull up on the handle for #1 and push down for #2.
It snowed yesterday and now it's melting, and my dog's poop in our yard seems to have changed consistency.
Even in public, VR?
My dining hall has toilets where you pull up on the handle for #1 and push down for #2.
It snowed yesterday and now it's melting, and my dog's poop in our yard seems to have changed consistency.
No, no, sorry I should have clarified. I always flush in public...but not at home.
Melting poop is kind of gross, but at least it starts the degradation process!
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