Pets

westend wrote:
I wonder what the Pioneers thought when embarking on the Oregon Trail for a six month trip just feet from the producing end of the livestock that was pulling them?
If one of them could time travel to the present, maybe they would be disgusted by the effluent coming out of a truck's tailpipe.

I'm now thinking we have more city slickers and less farmers/ranchers on this Forum than what I thought.

...I'm with ya, it's only ****. Like any other garbage, if it bothers me, I remove it; no big whoop...

nickthehunter wrote:

RoyBell wrote:
While I do pick up after my dog, sometimes the kids take her for a walk and I know with certainty that as many times as I tell them to pick up the poop if she poops, that they (being kids) do not pick it up.

Would'nt that be irresponsible of you to allow your kids to take the dog for a walk with you knowing they don't pick up after the dog? In my book, that makes you just as guilty as them (looks like the kids wear the pants in the house).

Ouch!

RoyBell wrote:
While I do pick up after my dog, sometimes the kids take her for a walk and I know with certainty that as many times as I tell them to pick up the poop if she poops, that they (being kids) do not pick it up.

Would'nt that be irresponsible of you to allow your kids to take the dog for a walk with you knowing they don't pick up after the dog? In my book, that makes you just as guilty as them (looks like the kids wear the pants in the house).

rbpru wrote:
If you are not on a horse trail and walking your horse you should pick up after your horse. That is one of the reasons that they have horse trails.

As far as environmental impact is concerned, given the tens of thousands of raccoons, coyote, squirrels and other denizens of the wild that are found at the State Parks; dog manure is no different. The problem is, dog droppings are found where people tread. Also, of necessity we limit their travels, concentrating the "drop zone". Hence we need to pick up after our pets.

To not do so is rude, but so are some people.

I am not sure I would agree with that. Wild animals eat stuff from nature which usually biodegrades over time. Dogs eat man-made products full of chemicals and other **** that don't break down the same way. You could go as far as saying the horses poop is really just grass/hay so it's not bad for the environment either.

I've never seen anyone ever picking up their horses poop. Even at horse shows where there's horse poo everywhere. The good thing is, like I said above, it's mostly just grass.

While I do pick up after my dog, sometimes the kids take her for a walk and I know with certainty that as many times as I tell them to pick up the poop if she poops, that they (being kids) do not pick it up.

Problem solved:

If you are not on a horse trail and walking your horse you should pick up after your horse. That is one of the reasons that they have horse trails.

As far as environmental impact is concerned, given the tens of thousands of raccoons, coyote, squirrels and other denizens of the wild that are found at the State Parks; dog manure is no different. The problem is, dog droppings are found where people tread. Also, of necessity we limit their travels, concentrating the "drop zone". Hence we need to pick up after our pets.

To not do so is rude, but so are some people.

Not a "city slicker" by any means here. But, there are times and places for everything.

If I were boomdocking in DJ's photo, I would accept the poo as part of the environment. The same is true for State Parks that have trails marked for horses! But when the campground clearly posts, "No horses in campground" and the riders blatantly disregard and then leave the mess after their horses, well ... that's quite a different matter.

There are several state parks in Indiana that have a horseman's campground and then they also have a separate campground for everyone else. Deem Lake State Recreation Area in Southern Indiana is a Horseman's park. It's set up and designed for the horseman. The horseman campground is .. well ... very impressive! With enclosed stables and everything. Yet, even there, they have signs posted to keep horses so many feet from the lake. When asked why it was posted, it was explained to me by a DNR guy so their poo would not leak into the lake!

And funny, at horseman campgrounds, it seems everyone pick up after their horses. They have these big wooden bins where they dump the poo. I see campers with their rakes and shoves picking up all the time. But!!! in a campground clearly marked NO HORSES! I think that get's back to the very premise of this thread to begin with ... some people are just absolute jerks, thinking rules and common decency doesn't apply to them! Horses or dogs.

This is one of the reasons why you can no longer hike up to the top of the Enchanted Rock with your dogs anymore. Too many irresponsible owners not cleaning up after their pets which pollutes the sensitive ecosystem on top of the rock.

:) Hi, what does this have to do with Travel Trailers?????? This forum does have a pet section.

MFL wrote:

rockhillmanor wrote:
You just gotta train them right. :W

Best thing about this thread is the animated pics provided by rockhillmanor! Thanks for posting!

Jerry

x2,
looks like one of those new Teflon scoopers that were recalled. The poop kept sliding back off the 'very slippery' scoop, frustrating many dogs.