By Kirsten, an UWS Resident
I absolutely love dogs. I have a 14-year-old pup, with 12 of his years spent on the Upper West Side. What don’t I love a lot of the time? Other dog owners. There is a myriad of frustrating, thoughtless and selfish behaviors I witness from my fellow dog owners on a daily basis, but nothing aggravates me more than owners who don’t pick up (or only partially pick up) after their dogs.
The UWS is teeming with dogs, and disgustingly, teeming with dog poop on the sidewalks. It’s particularly bad right now. Sidewalks narrowed by piles of snow, and all those piles lined with poop. I can rarely look up and enjoy the day while I’m walking, with or without my dog.
My eyes need to be almost constantly cast downward to avoid piles or smears.
Let’s keep this short and sweet: There is no excuse to not pick up after your dog. (I understand that there might be elderly owners who have difficulty with the mobility required, but that is a whole other problem as they likely need assistance with many tasks required to care for a dog.)
Dog bags are one of the cheaper expenses involved with owning a dog, and dog bag dispensers attach easily to leashes. You can’t rely on the small number of businesses who are legally still allowed to distribute plastic bags for your dog’s waste. For those who propose that the city or the neighborhood install dog waste stations, why should all residents pay for what is the responsibility of dog owners?
Dog owners: When you take out your dog, you should be prepared with multiple bags. You should always assume there is a chance your dog will defecate more than once, or, shall we say, be messier than normal. (Here’s a tip for when you know your dog is experiencing a GI issue from an owner who knows all too well: Quickly place a paper plate under your dog when it squats and then place the paper plate in a bag. Paper towels come in handy too.) If you find yourself without a bag, go back to the spot later and pick it up.
I am not going to state the obvious reasons why residents shouldn’t have to deal with dog poop on the sidewalks, but in case you are not aware, dog poop spreads disease. Leaving your dog’s poop on the sidewalk is a threat to the health of other dogs, other animals, and humans. If you don’t care about that, remind yourself that maybe one day you will have a stroller for your child/grandchild (or pup) that inevitably will run over dog poop and be brought into your apartment. Even worse, please consider our fellow residents who use wheelchairs. Their wheelchairs are forced to roll over poop, and then subsequently roll through their apartments.
There is a condo community in New Jersey that uses DNA testing to track down owners who don’t pick up after their dogs. It’s sad that as a society we must go to that extreme, and there is no way that would work in NYC.
However, there is no reason our sidewalks need to be covered in dog poop. UWSers, we are better than this, right?
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It’s the “smears” that are particularly bad right now. I saw so many this morning and had to check the bottom of my shoes twice to see if I had “stepped in it.” I had not but I really had to be on the lookout. Smears are evidence of someone who incompletely picked up after their dog. Why not finish the job?
Has anybody ever heard of someone you was punched, stabbed or shot and landed face down on a sidewalk in that? It’s probably happened.
Often it’s a smear because it wasn’t possible to pick it up.
Thus, the paper plate.
Hi nycityny,, yes I totally agree with you. I live on West 97th and Columbus Ave. and. It is a total pigsty. It’s like walking on land mines with the dog feces. It’s a disgrace the dog feces is everywhere.
It’s all Biden’s fault.
When walking your dog always remember to bring your power washer as well as a poop bag!
Or of a dog who had .diarrhea
It had gotten really bad since we have had this cold cold weather since the end of January
I don’t recall seeing this much dog poop on the street
Yep. It’s been noticeably much worse since the snow and the cold snap.
Buildings don’t hose down the sidewalks if it will freeze and become a hazard.
I think its rather all this snow has made the problem more apparent.
Not really. Even before the snow storm, I would see dog poop all over columbus avenue in the 90s. I don’t blame the dogs, I blame their irresponsible and nasty owners.
There is also no reason in normal weather (no snow) to let your dog poop or pee in the middle of the sidewalk. How about curbing your dog. People used to do it but it is a rarity today.
It’s tough when the curb is buried under three feet of ice.
That’s a lousy excuse!!
When I moved here from the suburbs, it took me only two days to train my dog to go in the street. It’s not that hard, folks!
I always carry two poop bags for my dog and an extra for the poor soul who ran out of bags.
A lot of people can’t figure out how to do what a dog could do pretty easily.
Exactly. The curb is a few feet away. Why do we have to step in pee (as well as poop) on the sidewalks?
The number of times i have politely asked dog owners to get their dogs to pee at the curb and gotten abusive responses is unbelievable.
The dog would go there if the person were able to lead them there. People…
Forget t he politely – Yell at them – Being called out is the only thing they understand!
I’ve seen dogs that pee the second they’re out of the apartment building, sometimes right in front of the entrance. Perhaps it’s been too long since they were taken out. But I think dogs have to be trained not to pee wherever they want to. I don’t know what’s involved with such training but not many dogs are trained to pee only at curbs.
They are female dogs that go right away. The males have to sniff around for blocks to find something to piss on.
Additionally, all the massive tons of salt that has been spread around everywhere (also a major problem for asthma sufferers) burns the feet of most dogs – that’s why whatever may have been routine- vis-a-vis , “curbing” might not work as well in the deep winter.
Now you know.
Agree. Curb your dog. Unfortunately many don’t even know what that means, not to mention people who let their dogs pee all over buildings, doorway entries, storefronts, and brownstone steps. It’s not right – and the problem is all human/owner based – the dogs can be trained to go to the curb if the humans try a bit harder and pay attention.
OTHER people’s doorways…
I’ve witnessed people staring at their cellphones and pitbull owners in the park after dark, guilty of not cleaning up. If you want to be a dog owner, you need to accept the responsibilities of owning a dog.
Don’t particularly love pitties myself but it’s not necessary to malign them for this reason—-I promise you that I have seen virtually all types of dogs pooping away at the far end of one of those ridiculous long leashes while their owners are staring at cellphones. As usual, it comes down to the owners. And as for the paper plate tip, this former dog parent thinks it’s genius, thank you!
Please do not generalize “pitbull owners” as the those not cleaning up. Kinda disrespectful and perpetuates the “pitbulls are the problem” trope which is untrue and damaging. And I don’t even have a pitbull!!!
Thank you! That was such a lame comment. As if “Pitbulls” are the only ones that poop. I’ve seen plenty of small turds all over the street, done obviously by small dogs!
Thank you Lisa. A ridiculous comment for sure.
I’ve noticed this phenomenon in past years after a snowfall. People not picking up! I just don’t get it. It’s actually easier to pick up the poop on snow. Also the trash! It’s like people see other trash in the snow and think, Yeah I’m on board with that and toss their own sh*t. Totally agree. Do better!
Yes! Please also dispose your dog’s waste in city/public bins. As a townhouse owner, we have a poop bag nearly every time we empty our bins (surprise – the sanitation workers don’t take them). I end up having to carry the bags myself to the end of the street to throw them out. Owners also let their dogs pee all over our brownstone steps. Please be considerate neighbors. The UWS could be so much better if we all did our part to keep it clean.
When I asked a dog owner to not have his dog pee on our stoop, and to “curb” the dog as is required by law, he actually gave me a calm and clearly well-rehearsed response: “I cannot force my dog to pee where I want him to. And I can’t get him to pee at the curb. So I have to let him pee where he will actually do it. Sorry.”
It actually made some sense.
Not really. A leashed dog is under control of the owner, not the reverse. Clearly, the dog has been taken outside because it was trained not to pee at home, so just as easily, it can be trained to pee in the gutter. I’ve seen children leading their dogs to the curb; there’s no good reason an adult can’t do the same.
Sadly dog parents also let their dogs pee on schools, churches, stores, at bus stops, at Lincoln Center….
I’ve seen one peeing on a motorcycle with a canvas cover over it.
Even a homeless person with MI wouldn’t do what many dog-owners allow their dogs to do as proxies for themselves. Disgusting people behavior.
I don’t understand. If someone puts a poop bag in your bin the sanitation workers open your bin, remove the poop bag, empty your trash into the trick, then put the pool bag back in your bin?
No, it falls to the bottom of the bin as the trash bags are pulled out or owners throw it into the open bin after the trash bags have been removed . But is this really where you’re hanging your hat? Would you be happy throwing out someone else’s poop on a weekly basis?
Hanging my hat? I started by saying “I don’t understand. “
Yeah, that was a silly comment. They dump the bin. Perhaps one of the poop bags fell out, but they do not intentionally leave poop bags behind. I’ve witnessed dog owner place poop bags on top of trash bins. Perhaps it is those that are left behind.
That’s not how it works. Trash bags are left on the curb for sanitation to pick up. Building residents and the person who has to bag the trash and take it to the curb have to deal with the dog poop illegally tossed in the bins by people too lazy to take it to the public bins or unwilling to take it home and flush it.
Bins are also brought to the curb, which is what the OP referenced.
My understanding is that the building could get fined for improper disposal of waste.
I still don’t understand how the bin gets emptied and the poop bag stays behind.
UWS sidewalks have to be the most urine drenched ones in all of NYC given the number of dogs here.
Why are we fine-tuning parking meter enforcement but ignoring the rampant litter of dog excrement that impacts everyone’s wellbeing? With a citywide dog DNA registry linked to licensing, if your dog’s waste is found and tested, folks who don’t pick up after their pets will be hit with serious fines. It sounds high-tech, but if it has worked in NJ and helps keep public spaces cleaner, why not consider it here?
How much will you volunteer to have your taxes increased in order to pay for this system and the new employees who will be needed to implement it?
Did you miss the part about the fines?
The dog owners should pay, just as car owners have to pay to park.
The fines would pay for it. If those fines are steep to cover the administrative cost… so be it.
I assume Mamdani can fund it with the free buses budget.
Either way, I’d happily pay a few extra dollars a year for the radical luxury of not playing sidewalk Minesweeper.
As a dog person, I hate that other dog owners don’t pick up after their dogs. But let’s think about it: there are tens of thousands of dogs in Manhattan, potentially pooping up to 100,000 times each DAY. I’m out 3 or more times a day with my dog. Each day I see a few feces not picked up on each walk. I don’t love it, but it’s clear that the overwhelming majority of people pick up after their dogs.
This is not a “dog owner” problem it is a problem of very few unconscientious people who affect a lot of us. There are drivers who leave behind bottles of urine in our curbs. Is that a “driver” problem? Or a problem of a few inconsiderate people (men) who are also drivers.
p.s. I’ve been trying to pick up some of those left feces but they are frozen in ice
Yeah, when it’s not on the sidewalk it’s in a tree/flower bed, or all over the bags the sanitation workers have to lift, extra disgusting stench and all.
While you may be correct in general, unfortunately, the number of dog owners who are getting lazy or selfish is increasing. And many of us are obviously seeing a noticeable increase in this. So please don’t dismiss our concerns as “a matter of a ‘few’ people.” Even a “few” out of YOUR admitted 100,000 per day (it’s actually FAR more) is a lot. And, again, it’s clearly growing.
If only it was “a very few ”
Every day I see way too many feces – no matter the weather.
Too many people are not picking up – and they let their dogs pee and poop right in the middle of crosswalks and storefronts.
Last week a woman did nothing while her dog peed in the right in the doorway of a store. Another passerby said something to the walker/owner – who did not respond kindly.
Well said!
Agree 100%
And don’t throw the poop in the bins of smaller buildings and town homes. Use the public city bins. I live in a smaller building and every day there are dog waste bags in the bins. Sanitation doesn’t take these small baggies, and we have to fish them out and throw them away.
This comment is wrong. Ok so we have dogs and we tend to their waste immediately. We also live in the middle of our block.
By your logic we should not throw our bags in our bins, but instead walk to the end of the block and throw them in the public waste bins that are already overflowing?
Seriously? Why wouldn’t you? Who else should have the unpaid job of picking up a bag filled with poop belonging to a dog which you own?
Yes. Kindly walk to a public bin and throw it in there instead of making it someone else’s problem to clean up. Walking from the middle of the block to a public trash can is not so far:)
It’s not logic. It’s the law. For obvious reasons. And you can always go inside and flush it down the toilet.
Many dog owners are just plain rude, even in good weather, dogs off leash at all hours, looking at their phones while their dogs crap, either not seeing or pretending not to see. I know may are responsible, but honestly there should be major licensing fees for dogs to hire people to enforce the laws.
“Better than this” ? Based on what evidence?
“For those who propose that the city or the neighborhood install dog waste stations, why should all residents pay for what is the responsibility of dog owners?”
We pay for many services we don’t all use but which are generally believed to be the benefit of society. The interesting thing to do would be to do pilot studies: does the availability of waste stations reduce poop crimes?
“Quickly place a paper plate under your dog when it squats and then place the paper plate in a bag.” Why don’t all dog owners do this?
In the 1980s we would have throwaway newspapers and flyers of various kinds (made of newsprint paper) left in the lobby of my apt. building. I would pick up one of these on my way out the door when I went to walk the dog. Then when my dog went to squat, I would hold the paper under him to catch the poop. No need to pick up poop and clean up the leftovers — it all went directly into the paper.
“UWSers, we are better than this, right?“
Actually, no, UWS dog owners are NOT better than this. They have always let their dogs indiscriminately pee and poo all over the neighborhood, it’s just more visible now because it leaves a yellow stain or has gotten frozen in the snow.
The entitlement from dog owners about their ANIMALS having free reign of the public spaces is gross. Where else in the world do you see dogs in the grocery stores? Nowhere. Just here.
The dogs are the most disgusting part of the neighborhood.
There. I said it.
False. You and your attitude are far more disgusting than anything an adorably doggy is capable of. If you try really, really hard, I mean truly reexamine your life choices and everything about your personality, I have faith even you could aspire to the level of a dog poop. #dontstopbelieving #youcandoodooit
Sure. I will try really really really hard to think it’s so adorably cute when a dog lifts its leg and pees directly onto a lamppost, or the wall of a building, or the mailbox, or the flower bed rail, or the middle of the sidewalk, or whatever other place dog owners think their dogs are entitled to. I will also shrug it off as “I just need a better attitude!” when I step on a rogue turd or the smear of diarrhea that was left behind by the owner. I’ll stop smiling at neighbors and saying hi to friends so my eyes can be locked to the sidewalk at all times, dodging the feces so I don’t track it everywhere I walk.
You are so right. Me and my attitude are the problem.
Actually people are disgusting not the dogs. If they could pick up after themselves they would. We can learn from animals. People are so dumb
Seeing a dog p*ss or sh*t on the sidewalk? Like 100 times a day. Seeing a person do it? Maybe once a week.
Nah, it’s the dogs.
Not so. See Alex’s comment above.
I don’t understand how Alex sees only :a few feces not picked up on each walk” I see lots more. Every day. All the time. Someone posted yesterday (on one of the neighborhood FB sites ) that they counted over 50 piles in just a few blocks.
Yes!!! That was me!!! Just disgusting!!!
Sounds like you need to cuddle a warm puppy.
When I had a warm puppy to cuddle I also picked up after it
A building in the neighborhood has signs up near its wall and sidewalk garden that says something to the effect of “Area treated with chemicals. Keep dogs away.”
We all know the sign is nonsense but hey … it seems no dog is defecating there but instead, on my building without the signs.
When I was in Japan a few years ago I saw a woman walking her dog while carrying a spray bottle with water. When the dog peed, she sprayed water on it to clean the area. That level of respect for others in her community was really amazing to see coming from NYC where I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had to clean the soles of my shoes after stepping in dog poop.
When I was in Japan I saw a young woman pick her nose. Maybe we should all pick our noses.
my neighbor does carry a spray bottle when walking her dog
A dog walker friend carries a water bottle and paper towels with her. She walks several dogs but leaves nothing behind. (alas she is not on the UWS)
My dog walker carries a water cannon and a pitcher of martinis. Everyone is happy.
Why is this article being done on an anonymous basis?
Because criticizing people who do dirty deeds and then blame their dog is a hate crime against D-g itself!
No idea. Let’s ask Kirsten.
Wish I’d known the paper plate strategy during the 30 years I scooped. Brilliant.
This is the entitled arrogance of UWSiders
It’s everywhere!
I agree with everything said above. Bottom line- do you want to live in a neighborhood that looks like s**t and to know you are the cause of it. Have a conscious
That word does not mean what you think it means.
Not according to autocorrect!
Thank you!!!!
Agree completely. It is like leaving their own poop everywhere. It is such poor, low behavior. Unconscionable. I picked up my dog’s since 1981! I couldn’t imagine anything else. Thank you for writing this. I should be a question on any application for a job or work. Sure people can lie but at least the importance is emphasized. Might give the applicant pause.
Your dog is 45 years old?
That’s 315 in dog years!
I don’t even have a dog anymore, but bought the most hilarious, environmentally friendly poop bags with Guess Whose Face on It from a company I saw on Facebook called JollyPolly and have been giving them as gifts. They’re hilarious.
Unconscionable. Low , uncivilized behavior. It is like not picking up your own poop. I picked up with my first dog, since 1981! Couldn’t entertain anything else. It should be on job applications. Of course they can lie but it would give applicants pause as to the important behavioral trait.
Perhaps if they started ticketing dog owners who let their dogs run wild off of their leashes in Riverside Park, dog owners might start obeying other laws as well.
I have another and I think more important even than the dog poop problems. People who don’t keep their dogs at their heels and thereby let the leash become a trip wire for others who aren’t staring down to watch out as you and your dog take up the whole sidewalk or even crosswalk. Yes, crosswalks. This has gotten worse and worse as dogs proliferate and I have seen people trip badly, even end up in the ER from falls caused by this.
Thank you for saying what I have been thinking. You should NOT own a dog if you cannot clean up after them.!
Thank you, and I couldn’t agree more that if you own a dog, then you need to pick up their poop,
A lot of people are on their phones, not paying attention, especially when the dog is off-leash, and their dog poops in the middle of the pathway or sidewalk. It’s disgusting and irresponsible.
PICK UP YOUR POOP and put it in the trash can
I think we dog owners are not bad when the weather’s good — but Yes! Right now it’s an epidemic. It’s broken window syndrome.: One person decides that, for whatever reason, a snowstorm is reason to suspend normal courtesy — and then everyone else seems to think, oh, I see, it’s OK to leave poop if it’s on the snow.
No. It’s not.
Come on, fellow dog owners — don’t be like that.
(But as far as the middle-of-the-sidewalk thing — sorry gang but it’s a losing battle. We’ve tried for years to get our dogs to pee at the curb. Really, we have. But they smell what other dogs have done, and they decide that’s the good spot. Another broken-window syndrome! So we may not be able to teach our dogs to resist following the leaders — but maybe we can get owners to at least get back to picking up the poop. Fair compromise?)
Not a fair compromise. You can train dogs or get a dog trainor. I don’t need to “compromise” by agreeing to walk on pee vs. walking on poop.
Not acceptable.
It is exactly broken window syndrome, and the increased amounts of poop are a sign of worse things to come. Bring back broken windows policing.
Honestly no. As a fellow dog owner, teach him or her “no” and respect that the middle of the sidewalk is for human foot traffic. At least get them near the curb.
It’s the HUMAN who needs to tell himself NO!!!
Preach. Dog owners seem to think snow is some miraculous entity that will make the poop evaporate. Newsflash – not only are you fooling no one, the snow leads to the smear so once that s*it melts, it’s everywhere. Navigating city streets or park paths is like running the grand slalom!
I saw an on a bus stop shelter today
“The poop fairy quit, please pick up after your dog” (I may have the wording off a bit – but the meaning is clear:
I AGREE. PLEASE CLEAN UP AFTER YOUR DOGS
Given how many dogs live around here, the rate of poop pick-up is remarkably high. If it were, say, only 90%, sidewalks and the park would be impassable. The challenge is that with this many dogs, poop pick up needs to be basically 100%. I wonder whether it’s a handful of bad neighbors who consistently don’t pick up or a larger number who don’t pick up just once in a while. I was picking up a poop left by someone else the other day when another dog walker noticed and said: “Good for you; that makes up for the time you got caught without a bag and left it.” I thought: oh, this must be a guy who sometimes doesn’t clean up after his dog and thinks that’s just normal.
Also, an appeal to people walking their dogs in the park: just because your dog is pooping in the grass or on a pile of leaves or behind a bush, not on the path, doesn’t mean it’s OK to leave it. People are still going to step in it (and it’s harder to see). And, at the risk of grossing you out: lots of dogs eat other dogs’ poop, and they will find it. So please be good neighbors to your fellow dog owners and pick up every bit no matter where it lands.
I agree. Leaving dog poop on the street is no different than leaving a child’s poopy diaper open on the street, or your own refuse. If you have a dog, you have the responsibility for taking care of it and not having it become a menace to others. Dog poop on sidewalks and park paths is not only unsightly, it is a health hazard. Snow piles are no excuse, either. Your dog is on a leash – don’t let it go where you can’t reach to collect its ‘go’. Pick up after your dog, please. It is basic urban pet care.
I would be happy if dog owners would actually keep their dogs on their leashes in Riverside Park
I don’t enjoy having to watch dogs poop/pee all day long while walking around the neighborhood. I don’t appreciate off leash dogs. In the summer the stench of dog urine makes me feel sick. We shouldn’t have so many dogs on the UWS. Tell me why does everybody have to have a dog and dog walker and dog groomer etc. Status? Because everybody has one? Why do we have to be polite about dog owners’ misbehavior? Looking forward to robots replacing dogs.
Robots won’t replace dogs but they will replace dumb people. Good luck!
i don’t think anyone hates irresponsible dog owners more than we responsible dog owners
Thank you for this. Amen!
Thank you! Cell phone dog walkers is another “excuse” Not looking at the dog, on their cellphone, dog poops & walker keeps walking. I’ve called attention to several non attentive walkers ……often with no success
And dog leashes attached to the backs of dog owners. The ‘owners’/’masters’/’parents’ (Dogs are animals — not humans!) are not the ones frustratingly trying to pass the owners — or tripping over the leashes.
Humans are animals
Owners should also keep their dogs away from buildings, stoops and entrances. I find it uber inconsiderate that they allow their pets to pee on private property. When I come out of my building for fresher air, the last thing I want to be confronted by is the smell of days old urine. CURB YOUR DOG!
Amen! Unbelievable that this even has to be said but thank you for doing so.
I agree 100%. I live on the UWS, 96 street and let me just say that lately, all I see on Columbus Avenue is dog poop! People are just so incredibly inconsiderate. I have a dog, and I always pick up after him, no matter how big or small his deed is. Some people are just irresponsible, inconsiderate and slobs. I thought people were getting fined for not picking up after their dogs. Is that even true? Walk up 92rd street between Columbus and CPW and it is FILTHY! I am disgusted.
As an UWSer got over 60 years, I, too, have noticed a distinct uptick in the amount of dog poop on the sidewalks. For decades after the “pooper scooper law,” dog owners were very good about cleaning up after their dogs. Sad to see that some combination of laziness and selfishness has set in more recently.
I trust that dog owners who have become lax will get the message.
I wish I had your degree of trust.
LOL. It’s just a phrase. Given some of the other ways in which dog owners express their selfishness, my ACTUAL “trust” is pretty low. 😉
While the current thaw might highlight this issue, the UWS has been awash in dog excrement for some time. I’ll point out basic etiquette (to which we all have tacitly agreed by living in a city) that is consistently disregarded in the hopes that dog owners will read and comply:
1. Dogs should always be on leash when not in designated areas. It doesn’t matter if you think your dog is “well-trained”.
2. Dogs should always urinate and defecate on the curb. This doesn’t mean the middle of the sidewalk, on the side of apartment buildings, or in the beds of newly planted flowers and trees.
3. Dogs should never be in grocery stores, restaurants, or other places where food is prepared and served. This is a matter of courtesy, of course, but also a sanitation risk according to NYC health codes.
Brava! And thank you, Kirsten and WSR!
COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THIS! I had a friend visit the UWS last week and she commented that the amount of dog poop is the worst she’s ever seen in the city. I do not understand why people seem to think that if their dog goes in the snow or slush that means they don’t still need to pick up the waste? What do they think will happen when the snow actually melts? Biggest pet peeve of mine is people who don’t pick up after their dogs. If you own a dog, you have signed the unwritten contract of being a responsible member of doggie society to pick up their mess!
Here’s a thought for people who do not yet have a dog. Save the money you would be spending on having a dog for just a little bit, because soon we’ll have robots. You’ll have the money to be the first one in your neighborhood to get a robot — you’ll have your unconditional love, everybody will admire you, you’ll be the talk of the town, you won’t have to get a dog walker, dog groomer, veterinarian, etc etc etc. Just hold off — you’ll see — the people with dogs will want to replace their dogs with robots. You’ll be ahead of the crowd! Yeah!
So true. And give up your human friends. You can just download one to your phone.
I dare anyone to say their street is more poo-covered than W108th. It is a dog poop minefield.
I honestly think most people don’t even understand the words or the concept of “curb your dog.” That sounds ridiculous, but I think it’s true (based on my personal dataset:).
We need an NYC PSA (public service announcement) – simple words, simple images, a little humor and a call to action.
Thank you for writing this !! I am shocked and disgusted at the amount of poop left behind especially with the snow !! Do the owners think it’s going anywhere ? it’s frozen and there until spring !!
I also understand, that it is hard to climb over the mounds of snow to get it but a lot of what I’m seeing is right there next to your foot! What gives? And I’m a dog owner. Pick it up people
Thank you for this. I am a dog owner and this needs to be said, read and heard!