Why don't you clear up horse poo on the road when you ride?

[Birker2020]

I can't believe I have just been asked this question.

The usual one is 'where do you send horses when they die?' (I usual just say the glue factory and it seems to set their mind at rest)
Followed closely behind with 'do you do gymkana games?' (ribbon in hair optional)
And 'how come you don't pay road tax?' (every working person in the country pays road tax, its just called 'tax' instead)

So in answer to the question, with as straight a face as I could, I just said that I strap a bucket and spade to the horses tummy and get off when he poos.

 

[Peglo]

“Put a big nappy on your horse” or “can’t you tie a bag on its back end to catch it”……
If your going to keep talking dung can you just stop speaking to me and go away! When people suggest that I get instant rage. It’s my trigger ?

tbf though if my horse does dump on someone’s track or outside a house on a B road I will put my pooper scooper in the car and pick it up after my hack.

 

[Roasted Chestnuts]

My mood and the tone it’s being asked in depends on the reply. I’ve been know to reply along the lines of ‘the same reason you don’t stop the sh1t coming out of your mouth’, had one idiot asking if we fix the core paths once we leave hoof prints in them on muddy days, that one got a choice reply.

 

[PapaverFollis]

"Are you going to go round and collect all the polluting emissions that your car releases into the environment? No?"

 

[CanteringCarrot]

I always go back a clean up (pop supplies in the car and go) if the horse goes on certain roads. Most people are pretty tolerant out in the country, and say if you are offended, then don't live in the country.

Years ago people would literally dash out and grab it for their garden ? but not so much anymore.

Now why can't people clean up after dogs?! Easier than cleaning up horse poo.

No ones really asked me about this, tbh. Possibly because they don't dare ?

? but really, doesn't come up much here.

 

[Sugar Plum]

My personal favourite on the road is complaining how much noise we make speaking to each other over the clatter of our horses hooves

 

[Ratface]

PapapaverFolis, that's a brilliant response! However, may have too many syllables to be understood round here . . .

 

[tristar]

i once lived where there is a lot of travellers horses, so my horses was just a pile amongst the many

 

[SEL]

I've only once gone back and cleared it up. I'd moved into a driveway to let a lorry past and she offloaded the biggest, greenest, smelliest one I've ever seen her do. VERY posh house with VERY posh cars and we left them a calling card an elephant would be proud of. Snuck back with poo scoop and flung it into hedge.

Otherwise around here most people don't care and if they do they tend to be getting themselves stressed over the whole dirty farm vehicles on roads stuff anyway (aka why is the countryside muddy and smelly types)

 

[MotherOfChickens]

Our local roads are nearly always covered in cow and sheep shit-so if they get precious about a horse poo they are in for a shock when they drive/run/walk/cycle through the cattle yards just around the corner. However, I always off to clear up when (because he always does) the exmoor poos when going through the farm, its just polite. I am not sure what getting arsey with folk achieves though-more likely to make them more anti-horse on the roads.
The local bit of forestry is the worst though, full of dog shite, picking that out of your horses hooves/hoof boots is grim.

 

[MereChristmas]

The local bit of forestry is the worst though, full of dog shite, picking that out of your horses hooves/hoof boots is grim.

I rarely use one entrance to the forestry. It has a turning circle which the dog walker’s use as a car park. The track from there is gross as most of the dogs empty immediately they are out of the car.

No-one would ask local riders to pick up droppings. In the village it would be scooped up double quick and on the lanes it is soon lost in tractor mud etc.