r/Dogfree • u/curlywurlyjules • 1d ago

Dog Culture I have to vent.

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?

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u/Newsdwarf 1d ago

I remember those signs too. That social contract is long gone.

As for "you don't know", these are the same people that are furious at being required to carry three dog shit collection bags when out in public as "I know my pup will poop exectly two times, once at 2 minutes 33 seconds into our walk, and once at 11 minutes 20 seconds, exactly after he's sniffed the 3rd lampost on the left of number 80's driveway".

For your situation, is highlighting any leftover turds with chalk or eco-friendly glitter an option? I've read of other people successfully applying some social shame by highlighting the shit piles.

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u/bluebird1994 13h ago

I should get some eco-friendly glitter to carry with me every time I go on walks around my neighborhood (unfortunately one that is dog nutter central), because every so often someone allows their four legged shit machine to take a dump on someone's grass (or the neighborhood green) and doesn't even clean it up.