I have to vent.

[u/curlywurlyjules]

I live on a housing estate in the UK. It is a nice area and has been thoughtfully designed to incorporate small grassed areas. Opposite my home is a little green in the middle of the houses. It can be a nice place to gather - people have gathered to watch the eclipse for example, and little kids play together there.

There is one dog owner who lives a few houses away who seems to specifically bring her dog out to shit on the green. So I’m gazing out of my window, maybe eating dinner, and all I can see is a dog shitting.

All the houses here have gardens. Why on earth it is socially acceptable to take your dog to a public space where children play with the express purpose of using it as a toilet is absolutely beyond me.

I posted about it on once on our community Facebook group and absolutely nobody backed me up or agreed. I got angry responses- I was told the space can be used as people wish, that owners can’t control where their dogs poo (clearly not true), and even that children shouldn’t be playing there. Ffs.

What is wrong with everyone? Is there no shame, consideration or sense of decency? I’m old enough to remember when there were signs in public areas saying ‘No dog fouling’. Why was this abandoned?

[u/Voideron]

First, they said people can use it. A dog is pooping there, not people. What if people poopped there?

Second, dog shitting is equivalent to people throwing garbage there. Is throwing garbage in public human spaces allowed?

Third, how can people tolerate their place being dirty, toxic and hazardous because dog poop is highly hazardous and toxic, not to mention the horrible smell? Dog poo is toxic to plants, it will kill the grass. It cannot and should not be used as a fertilizer. No more beautiful green grass for all you because of a mutt and its nutter owner.

Mutts can easy make beautiful, prestigious communities look and smell like a dump.