Comments on: When anti-poop signs go overboard http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:01:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: DB http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726/comment-page-1#comment-382483 DB Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:52:37 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726#comment-382483 My neighbors are too lazy to clip a leash on their dog and walk it so they open the door and send Fluffy out to crap in everyone's yards. My other neighbors will stop right at my mailbox and stand there looking at the sky while their dog, on a retractable 20' leash, comes right up to my front door to crap. I have talked to them in person and even called Animal Control on them - nothing works. My current solution is to simply fling the offending poo into the middle of the cul-de-sac and let everyone enjoy the bounty of someone else's dog shiat. My neighbors are too lazy to clip a leash on their dog and walk it so they open the door and send Fluffy out to crap in everyone’s yards. My other neighbors will stop right at my mailbox and stand there looking at the sky while their dog, on a retractable 20′ leash, comes right up to my front door to crap. I have talked to them in person and even called Animal Control on them – nothing works. My current solution is to simply fling the offending poo into the middle of the cul-de-sac and let everyone enjoy the bounty of someone else’s dog shiat.

]]> By: Liz http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726/comment-page-1#comment-367901 Liz Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:56:50 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726#comment-367901 I stumbled upon your post while searching for the right "No Dogs Please" sign (not an easy search - signmakers - it's a sure thing!!). I *love* Brandy's sign and it may just come to that... What gets me about many of the signs and the focus is that it's all about dogs leaving a mess. That's no longer a huge problem in my area though it does still happen. What is unacceptable to me also though is a dog urinating in our yard or garden. N.O. Not OK. Our ground cover is already dying along the edges and the snow just melted. Keep your dog in your own yard / toilet. I can feel a Brandy-like rant coming on just thinking about it. I stumbled upon your post while searching for the right “No Dogs Please” sign (not an easy search – signmakers – it’s a sure thing!!). I *love* Brandy’s sign and it may just come to that…

What gets me about many of the signs and the focus is that it’s all about dogs leaving a mess. That’s no longer a huge problem in my area though it does still happen. What is unacceptable to me also though is a dog urinating in our yard or garden. N.O. Not OK. Our ground cover is already dying along the edges and the snow just melted. Keep your dog in your own yard / toilet. I can feel a Brandy-like rant coming on just thinking about it.

]]> By: Carolyn & Margaret http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726/comment-page-1#comment-127919 Carolyn & Margaret Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:50:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726#comment-127919 We are about to run this Dog doo article in our neighborhood newsletter... ************************************** Dear Dog Lovers… It’s very nice that you take out the pooches for a walk/run around the neighborhood. Now be nice to your neighbors as well and clean up after them! 1. Please take a bag on your walk or run. If your dog(s) likes to “go” more than once, take several bags. 2. Pick up the dog waste with the bag: put your hand in the bag, pick up the waste then turn the back inside out, rolling it off your hand and capturing the dog waste inside. 3. Take the waste bag(s) home. If you don’t want to carry used waste bags in your hand, bring another little bag with handles to put it in. I have several nice ones I will donate to the cause. 4. Throw it in your garbage can or empty your carry bag in your garbage can. We don’t have dogs. We don’t want to clean up after your dog. Please do not leave your dog waste/waste bags in our yards, thrown toward our garbage cans, in our driveways, in the gutters by our house and so forth. We are avid gardeners. We don’t want to be stepping in your dog’s waste or cleaning up after an animal that is not even ours. Nor do we want to put up big NO DOG WASTE signs (kind of a no brainer, don’t you think?) or install dog waste disposal units in each and every front yard. Some of us have cats: we already clean the litterbox and pay the vet bills for them. If you are not prepared to pick up your dog’s waste, we suggest you: 1. Fence your backyard. 2. Make the entire thing a dog waste area. 3. Confine your dog(s) to it. Or get rid of the dog entirely if you don’t want barking, cleaning up dog waste and the other down sides of being a dog owner. But you want to keep your “best friend” right? Fine with us! Just don’t expect us to happily clean up. We will be visiting dog owners that we see out walking with no bag. When the dog/bitch has to go, he/she has to go! If you don’t have a bag “on you,” we know you plan to leave it for us to clean up : ( We will offer a neighborly reminder plus our leftover shopping bags and carrier bags with handles for your convenient recycling as dog poop carriers. And if you notice someone leaving dog waste in your or a neighbor’s yard or see someone out walking without a bag, call us (yes, it can be anonymously!) and we will go visit that person with a friendly reminder and bags. We are about to run this Dog doo article in our neighborhood newsletter…
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Dear Dog Lovers…

It’s very nice that you take out the pooches for a walk/run around the neighborhood.
Now be nice to your neighbors as well and clean up after them!

1. Please take a bag on your walk or run. If your dog(s) likes to “go” more than once, take several bags.
2. Pick up the dog waste with the bag: put your hand in the bag, pick up the waste then turn the back inside out, rolling it off your hand and capturing the dog waste inside.
3. Take the waste bag(s) home. If you don’t want to carry used waste bags in your hand, bring another little bag with handles to put it in. I have several nice ones I will donate to the cause.
4. Throw it in your garbage can or empty your carry bag in your garbage can.

We don’t have dogs. We don’t want to clean up after your dog. Please do not leave your dog waste/waste bags in our yards, thrown toward our garbage cans, in our driveways, in the gutters by our house and so forth.

We are avid gardeners. We don’t want to be stepping in your dog’s waste or cleaning up after an animal that is not even ours. Nor do we want to put up big NO DOG WASTE signs (kind of a no brainer, don’t you think?) or install dog waste disposal units in each and every front yard. Some of us have cats: we already clean the litterbox and pay the vet bills for them.

If you are not prepared to pick up your dog’s waste, we suggest you:

1. Fence your backyard.
2. Make the entire thing a dog waste area.
3. Confine your dog(s) to it.

Or get rid of the dog entirely if you don’t want barking, cleaning up dog waste and the other down sides of being a dog owner. But you want to keep your “best friend” right? Fine with us! Just don’t expect us to happily clean up.

We will be visiting dog owners that we see out walking with no bag. When the dog/bitch has to go, he/she has to go! If you don’t have a bag “on you,” we know you plan to leave it for us to clean up : ( We will offer a neighborly reminder plus our leftover shopping bags and carrier bags with handles for your convenient recycling as dog poop carriers.

And if you notice someone leaving dog waste in your or a neighbor’s yard or see someone out walking without a bag, call us (yes, it can be anonymously!) and we will go visit that person with a friendly reminder and bags.

]]> By: Brian http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726/comment-page-1#comment-72160 Brian Wed, 07 May 2008 02:04:02 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726#comment-72160 It is amazing how many pet owners don't pick up after their dog. This is a huge national problem that many people are not aware of. We sell more no dog pooping signs than actual dog signs. Pet owners should always remember, "If your dog poops, please scoop". It is amazing how many pet owners don’t pick up after their dog. This is a huge national problem that many people are not aware of. We sell more no dog pooping signs than actual dog signs. Pet owners should always remember, “If your dog poops, please scoop”.

]]> By: Greg http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726/comment-page-1#comment-47414 Greg Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:41:23 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726#comment-47414 The best dog poo sign I ever saw: "Please don't let your dog SH** here." (The word was spelled out, obviously.) The best dog poo sign I ever saw:

“Please don’t let your dog SH** here.”

(The word was spelled out, obviously.)

]]> By: Cheryl http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726/comment-page-1#comment-46339 Cheryl Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:00:54 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726#comment-46339 I have a Toy Poodle, and yes, she leaves tiny poops, but NO, they are not cute. I have a poop bag holder attached to her leash so any time she poops I always have baggies handy. Sometimes large piles of poop mysteriously appear on our lawn. My dad wants to make a sign that reads, "My dog weighs 8 pounds. Where did this 9 pound pile of s*** come from?" I have a Toy Poodle, and yes, she leaves tiny poops, but NO, they are not cute.
I have a poop bag holder attached to her leash so any time she poops I always have baggies handy.
Sometimes large piles of poop mysteriously appear on our lawn. My dad wants to make a sign that reads, “My dog weighs 8 pounds. Where did this 9 pound pile of s*** come from?”

]]> By: Rebekah http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726/comment-page-1#comment-46136 Rebekah Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:03:59 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726#comment-46136 Our neighbors have a mini Yorkie who they never clean up after. (Anything tiny is cute, right?) More than once, he has left a pile of poo on our welcome mat. Yes, tiny dog poo on our welcome mat! Our neighbors have a mini Yorkie who they never clean up after. (Anything tiny is cute, right?) More than once, he has left a pile of poo on our welcome mat. Yes, tiny dog poo on our welcome mat!

]]> By: Kelly J http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726/comment-page-1#comment-46054 Kelly J Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:26:44 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726#comment-46054 When I was younger, my dad bought us this gadget pooper-scooper that was black plastic, and when you squeezed the handle it opened. It was a few feet long, so you'd just place over the poop while open, close, and it would scoop up the poop. Well besides getting quite grimy, we were pretty young, and once while walking home I was swinging it around, and accidentally flung the contents onto my neighbor's door. He was a super nice reverend. I felt pretty horrible. But besides that one instance, I always have and always will pick up my dog's poo- one way or another. When I was younger, my dad bought us this gadget pooper-scooper that was black plastic, and when you squeezed the handle it opened. It was a few feet long, so you’d just place over the poop while open, close, and it would scoop up the poop. Well besides getting quite grimy, we were pretty young, and once while walking home I was swinging it around, and accidentally flung the contents onto my neighbor’s door. He was a super nice reverend. I felt pretty horrible. But besides that one instance, I always have and always will pick up my dog’s poo- one way or another.

]]> By: frumpiefox http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726/comment-page-1#comment-46042 frumpiefox Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:03:11 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726#comment-46042 There's a house near where I live that has a "tombstone" made out of plywood with the lettering: "Here lies the last dog who pooped on my lawn." This is a cousin to the non-poo sign I saw that reads: "Here lies the last S. O. B. who left the gate open" (this was at a farm.) There’s a house near where I live that has a “tombstone” made out of plywood with the lettering: “Here lies the last dog who pooped on my lawn.”

This is a cousin to the non-poo sign I saw that reads: “Here lies the last S. O. B. who left the gate open” (this was at a farm.)

]]> By: Molly W. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726/comment-page-1#comment-46028 Molly W. Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:32:47 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10726#comment-46028 Along the same lines as what Kathy said, my (passive-agressive) brother-in-law will scoop up the poop, place it in the middle of the sidewalk, and write a note in sidewalk chalk saying "Thank you for this present. Here's one for you." I'm not sure if it's had any effect yet, but I think it's pretty funny. Along the same lines as what Kathy said, my (passive-agressive) brother-in-law will scoop up the poop, place it in the middle of the sidewalk, and write a note in sidewalk chalk saying “Thank you for this present. Here’s one for you.”

I’m not sure if it’s had any effect yet, but I think it’s pretty funny.

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