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Dec. 1, 2009
DOGS' LEFTOVERS SHOULD GO HOME WITH THEIR OWNERS
DEAR ABBY: You advised "Pooped Out in North Carolina"
(Sept. 21) that as long as dog doo-doo is securely sealed
in a bag, you saw no harm in putting it in a stranger's
garbage can.
While I agree in principle, as a homeowner who is a frequent
recipient of foreign feces, there is a practical issue that
you may not have foreseen. Our garbage collectors will not
dispose of small bags of dog poop; they will only take trash
bags of the larger size one would expect to contain household
waste.
The result is that after our trash is taken, we're left with
several bags of strangers' dog waste in the bottom of the
can. My wife and I have to pull these bags out and add them
to larger bags of garbage. Otherwise, they'll remain at the
bottom of the can indefinitely.
So while putting one's dog droppings in a stranger's trash
may appear to be harmless, it may also have consequences you
didn't consider. I would suggest that pet owners err on the
side of taking it home with them. And if you don't want to
carry it for 15 minutes, don't walk your dog 15 minutes from
your house.
-- FREQUENT FECES FINDER
DEAR F.F.F.: I'm sorry to say my advice to "Pooped" landed
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DEAR ABBY: You should have told "Pooped" to check the local
laws first. In my community, if you're caught putting your
trash in someone else's container, you are made to clean it
out, fined and sometimes given jail time. I'm sure "Pooped"
would not appreciate being sent to jail on account of his
dog's delivery.
-- TOM IN REED CITY, MICH.
DEAR ABBY: A lot depends on how the trash is collected. My
trash collector and the nearby city collectors just come and
pull the bags out of the cans. That little baggie, if depos-
ited in my trash can, would either be knocked out on the
ground or fall to the bottom of my trash can. Neither is ac-
ceptable.
On the other hand, some of my neighbors use a trash service
that utilizes a truck with a mechanical arm that turns the
cans upside down and empties them into the truck. In a case
like that, I don't see what difference it makes whose can
it's "deposited" in.
-- CONNIE IN PARIS, TENN.
DEAR ABBY: I walk my dogs through the neighborhood and, as a
responsible pet owner, I clean up after them. Often, however,
I wonder why I bother. Many dogs here run loose and leave
their messes wherever they please with no one to clean up
after them. I think that neighbors should thank pet owners
who do clean up -- no matter where they deposit the doo-doo.
-- DOG WALKER IN LAYTON, UTAH
DEAR ABBY: When we walk our dog, we always carry a bag. I
have seen others "scoop" up after their dog and then toss it
under the bushes. Carry it home, folks! Or, as the gentleman
did, place it in a trash container. If it's on the curb, it's
public property. -- SCOOPER IN FLORIDA
DEAR ABBY: We walk our dogs four times a day and place their
carefully bagged "deposits" only in the trash at our house.
We do this for two reasons: One, people can be territorial
about their refuse containers and resent any "unauthorized"
garbage placed there. Two, many homeowners hate finding ani-
mal waste on their property or in their trash.
Abby, please rethink your reply to "Pooped Out." He sounds
lazy. His wife, family and co-workers, on the other hand,
appear to be responsible and considerate.
-- PICKER-UPPER IN CALIFORNIA
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