Dog Mess
I am the owner of a house on a street that is quite literally covered in dog feces. It appears that NO ONE cleans up after their dog, leaving it to me – a non-dog owner – to clean up huge piles of mess on an almost every day basis. I am at my wit’s…
I am the owner of a house on a street that is quite literally covered in dog feces. It appears that NO ONE cleans up after their dog, leaving it to me – a non-dog owner – to clean up huge piles of mess on an almost every day basis. I am at my wit’s end. I called 311 several times to file complaints and asked for the Pooper Scooper signs to post, only to be told they no longer give them out. I love pets and take care to buy salt for my sidewalks that is safe for animals but this is simply disgusting and I don’t know how to fix this problem. Any advice brownstoners?
I am a conscientious dog owner who frequently picks up two or three poops in the park, when my dog goes only once.
I am ashamed to say I didn’t always follow my pet across ice or into mountains of plowed snow to fish out poops during the bad weather this winter. I abandoned those craps knowingly, largely because 1) the hot poo sunk so fast I couldn’t dig for it without cutting myself on buried garbage and recycling or 2) it was so slippery under the chosen spot that I couldn’t go get it unless I was willing to hurt myself.
Now that the parks and sidewalks have dried out somewhat, I am back to picking up more than my own dog’s poo and feeling a little behind in the karmic payback department. But we’re not all douchebags for not retrieving every poop during that snowstorm. It was hard on everybody.
I highly recommend picking up an extra crap every time you’re out. Reparations make you feel all warm and self- entitled inside.
But just so y’all don’t think I am complaining about one or two accidents, today, on the way home from work, I counted just the piles of poop on my side of the street, from one avenue to the other: 17. ‘Nuf said?
i’m a dog owner and i agree, it’s beyond one or two “accidents” here in brooklyn heights.
…but then again i’m the crazy old man whol also thinks the streets around here are discusting with the amount of litter on the streets.
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Or maybe just use real rat poison….
what’s wrong with you? it aint the dogs’ faults, jeez
*rob*
Thank you, all. Going to make some signs and thinking of nailing a bag dispenser (with bags) to a tree. The vinegar is a good idea, too. Winter is tougher because with the water turned off, I can’t just hose off the sidewalk. But I’ll update you all if any of this has any effect. Thanks.
I hear you. I like dogs too, but jesus, how selfish and inconsiderate can you be not to pick up after your dog. I found dog poop at my playground the other day. I would try to catch them and say something unless the person looks like they could beat the crap out of you.
Or maybe just use real rat poison….
there are people who get caught without bags every now and then but nothing like this.
if it goes beyond the ridiculous snowstorm “free for all”, then what you have are people who know what they are doing and do it anyways. there are plenty of these jerks unfortunately. if they are not in their 20’s or younger, they seem to usually be born with testicles.
you need to treat your front area – my personal opinion is that the signs, while totally justified, make the residents look like buffons. hose down sidewalk and tree well, several bottles of vinegar on sidewalk area with deck brush, then some form of humane commercial repellent, the latter which you should reapply when you take out the trash, at least for a month to break the cycle.
if this doesn’t take care of it – you could always put a very small sign next to the tree for a few months that says “danger – treated with rat poison that may be fatal to pets” and leave some irresistible dog treats or pieces of hot dog behind it. they will probably remember this for a long time.
I’m also a dog owner who always cleans up after my dog. We have a fairly good level of “compliance” in my neighborhood (Crown Heights), with exceptions, of course. Not bad considering how many dogs we have here. One thing we’ve done is install wire cages around street lights to hold plastic bags. This allows folks who run short on bags or just don’t have them to use one. It’s not perfect, but it helps. It also cuts down on the number of plastic bags floating around the streets, and puts them to use.
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By greenwoodgeneral on February 28, 2011 12:23 PM
Confront the people who do it.
You can try that, but in this city you never know who you’re talking to. There are some people out there with some funny ideas.