Irresponsible Owners

[CorvusCorax]

This week I am beset by

The person who lets their dog crap on our driveway has returned after a short reprieve over the holidays, 1-2 per week. Adds a nice frisson of danger to walking at night or unloading the dogs from the car in the dark.

People’s dogs toileting during training, not because of the odd adrenaline-fuelled accident but because they simply haven’t been taken out to go. We run a tight ship to fit three sessions in an evening and so much of it is being lost to watching distracted dogs run in circles finding the right spot for their dump, the sourcing of a bag etc. And this is an indoor venue.

Finally, there are two walking routes from town for which the first 100 yards each end are currently so littered with piles that it stinks as you approach. The footpath smells like a festering kennel. I often use a long line and have to remember to reel it in long before the gate.

We do loud boos and tutting if anyone's dog wees or poos on the training field. We say 'only joking' but we're not really. There's loads of places to clean the dog before you go in.

 

[Keith_Beef]

This week I am beset by

The person who lets their dog crap on our driveway has returned after a short reprieve over the holidays, 1-2 per week. Adds a nice frisson of danger to walking at night or unloading the dogs from the car in the dark.

I think you could do with a Furbinator 3000. But a version adapted to train a turret gun on the person accompanying the dog.

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[blackcob]

If only I could work out what time they were doing it, and the driveway weren't so far from the house, I'd be preparing a hosepipe ambush.

On the toileting, I understand being caught out now and then by an unanticipated second or stress dump but when it's every week, and wees as well, it tells me the dogs are going from house to car to venue without any thought as to preparing them for the session. I've no idea how people with astroturf venues cope with it.

 

[Amymay Again]

On the toileting, I understand being caught out now and then by an unanticipated second or stress dump but when it's every week, and wees as well, it tells me the dogs are going from house to car to venue without any thought as to preparing them for the session. I've no idea how people with astroturf venues cope with it.

I think this is quite unfair (unless I've misunderstood your post).

My dog will always wee when we arrive somewhere, and often have a poo as well. Regardless of having gone prior to travel.

 

[blackcob]

Presumably you don't take her inside the training venue if you know that's going to happen - you'd give her a brief walk outside in the car park first?

 

[Cinnamontoast]

Mine (unneutered, a dog walker I know says she won’t have unneutered dogs because they pee everywhere) will pee everywhere outdoors. Bad owner me, I wasn’t quick enough just now to haul one out of the way, so I had to clean his neck where his brother peed on him. They will rarely defecate after their morning walk, but I wouldn’t want to guarantee it.

 

[CorvusCorax]

My dogs toilet at home before a journey. They toilet when they get a quick run around the car park when they arrive. They have an opportunity to go again before or after training. What they do not do is pee or poop on an indoor or outdoor training venue where people put a lot of work into maintenance, even the unneutered males. It's a 'work' place, not a dog toilet.

 

[Jenko109]

I always get to training early to get any wees done.

I am quite lucky that she just doesnt ever try to toilet during training anyway.

 

[blackcob]

Exactly that, even though mine usually toilet at home before leaving I try to arrive at a venue with enough time to get them out of the car, stretch their legs and go again if they need to before the session starts. I have also reached an age where I need time for a wee on arrival

Accidents are fine but not giving a dog an opportunity to go beforehand is not on. Also extra harsh booing and tutting for anyone who lets their dog cock their leg on equipment including ring fencing/netting - doesn't seem to occur to them that we have to touch that to roll it up and pack away.

 

[Annette4]

I am avoiding AstroTurf training venues at the moment as one of mine stress wees when she thinks she's getting something wrong despite my mitigation in terms of her going before we travel and when we get there so I'm not putting her in a situation where she might ruin someone's venue.

I've been honest with our trainer before we started and we're outdoors and 1:1. She's lots better than when we started but it's taking time to build her confidence. I'd be mortified if she was holding up a class or going on equipment though!

We get it every time we take new people at flyball, always letting their dogs pee on the netting or kit which we then have to clean before we can put away.

 

[MurphysMinder]

I think this is quite unfair (unless I've misunderstood your post).

My dog will always wee when we arrive somewhere, and often have a poo as well. Regardless of having gone prior to travel.

I think you have misunderstood. Bc is referring to dogs soiling an indoor training venue . Mine will always have a wee when we arrive somewhere but if it is training or similar then I take them for a leg stretch before we go in , be it an indoor or outdoor training area.

 

[Clodagh]

It’s the same out shooting. My dogs are quick walked first thing, then I stop on my way to the meet for a quick walk. The number of people whose dogs immediately poo when unboxed is disgusting. Where I was today there is a ‘no poo anywhere near the guns’ and people are much more focussed. But honestly 15 excited dogs having a dump is so gross and stinky.
Eta the culprits always feed whatever generates orange Mr Whippys as well

 

[Caol Ila]

I just wish there weren't giant dog turds in the middle of the trail. Had to yank on my horse's rein dead sharp to dodge a mega-shite the other day. You could have put a saddle on that thing. I did not want to be cleaning that out of a hoof boot. It was about 5m from the trailhead, where there is, wait for it.....a rubbish bin!!

My friend who rides Fin rode into one a couple months ago and only noticed when she was cleaning his hoof boot.... after she'd touched the bottom of it.

 

[cauda equina]

If in doubt I sniff boots before scrubbing them

 

[maisie06]

Today waiting at the traffic lights in town a guy coes ambling along with a big block headed XL bully thing, no muzzle BUT worse than that it had the bloated swinging teats of a bitch that has not long had pups...so the laws are really working eh??