Dog poop bags in neighborhood cans: Yay or nay?
Should dog owners and walkers return home to throw away dog poop bags?
I got a letter in the mail from a neighbor asking me to join NextDoor.com — the neighborhood site that’ll notify you about everything from missing pets and local job opportunities to business recommendations and items for sale.
I’m a big fan of the Mind Your Business Fan Club and handpick the neighbors I want to know on a first-name basis. But this seemed like a great way to promote Toastmasters meetings and recommend my favorite local handyman.
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In less than a week of being on NextDoor.com, I remember why I’m the president of the Mind Your Business Fan Club. I simply prefer dogs over people. What sparked my most recent rationale for being people-antisocial? There’s a forum full of opinionated suburban homeowners debating whether dog owners and dog walkers should wait until they get home to empty poop bags. Not only did this make me relieved that I live in a city full of alleys; it also made me wonder why people love their garbage so much.
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While every homeowner has a right to a clean lawn and dog owners/dog walkers who do not leave dog feces behind, I’m dumbfounded by the number of people who:
insert ties around their garbage cans to make sure no one else’s trash goes inside
get in their cars and follow dog walkers all the way home to make sure the walker does not leave trash in a neighbor’s garbage can
call the police to report poop bags in their garbage cans
run outside to get the dog walker/dog owner to remove the poop bag
When the poop hits the grass
In certain suburban areas, there are ordinances that state the trash inside of a homeowner’s receptacle should be from that property. But if the dog decided to release herself in front of that property, is the waste from it now legitimate enough to also empty on that property? Would the Garbage Police rather it be left behind on the yard? Clearly no one can force a dog to hold in her wastes. And should someone try to force the dog to not release herself, get ready for all the ramifications of reverse crate and paper training. You finally got your dog to go outside only for the Garbage Police to get mad that your dog is regularly releasing herself outside.
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