What to do with
doggie doo-doo

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I've noticed the bags of
Poop around too. A few days
ago I was walking on the
Seaview Trail out near
Horseshoe Bay and I spotted
a bag of poop by the path.
When I squawked my disap-
provai to my friend Danna,
she advised me that people
pick up their dog poop in the
bags and park it temporarily
by the path so that they don’t
have to carry it during their
walk. “But th always pick it
up on their way back”, she
assured me. (Danna’s such an
optimist.)

I suppose they find waik-
ing with a bag of poop
unpleasant, but if you ask me,
they’re missing an opportuni-
ty. Carrying a bag load of dog
poop is like waving a white
flag. It’s a signal to non-dog
lovers that you're a responsi-
ble citizen. No kidding, I’ve
had perfect strangers pat me
on the back and thank me for
cleaning up after my dogs.

Anyway, according to
Wendy, some of these poop
parkers either forget or out-
right neglect to retrieve their

p packages on their way

ack. And there are dog own-
ars out there who actually

‘ow their bags of do
into the bush (or what they >
think is the bush). Just ask’
Wendy’s friend Lorraine, ~
whose house borders the
canyon, She finds bags of
.poop in her yard everyday.

“I'm telling you” says
Wendy, they'l ‘be better off

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leaving the poop where it
falls. At least then it would
have a chance to decompose.”
Exceltent point.

When I'm in the canyon
(and I'm sure Pll catch hell
from someone for admitung
this) I use plastic bags to pick
up the poop. But instead of
ning off the bag, I toss the
poop (not the bag) as far as I
can into the woods so that it

chance to decompose.
ically, | only use the bag as
a protective glove for throw-
ing the poop. I then toss the
bag into the next garbage bag
T come upon.

Of course, that method
works in the canyon, where
there aren’t many people
around and it’s fairl: densely
wooded. I’m not sure, howev-
er, that it’s a good idea to be
hurling, poop around at the

instance. There are just t00
many people walking their
dogs there, and to be honest,
not all of them look athletic.

OK, so that takes care of
Neil, Leslie, Wendy, and
Lorraine.

Now, I’m forgetting some-
body... Oh yeah, my Mom,
who thinks that instead of
ranting on endlessly about
dog poop I should write
about something really mad-

dening, like daughters who
are never home and who
don’t return your ails.
Done.

OK, it's spring now. Tax
returns have been filed, the
flowers are blooming, and it’s
time to cheer up everyone.

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