On 2015-03-24 12:18 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

>> I have a low tolerance for stuff like that. I would have confronted her.
>> ... like the lady on the walking trail who cleaned up her dog's crap,
>> looked around and then dropped the bag on the edge of the trail. I
>> asked stopped and asked if she thought it was a good idea for her to
>> leave her dog's shit in a bag for someone else to pick up. She said it
>> must have slipped out her hand. Yeah... right.
>
> I guess I'm offended. Actually, I am. She should have kicked the scat
> off the trail and moved on. Trails self clean boots. There's no plastic
> bag to ruin the environment. When I had dogs, I was a scat-kicker on
> well used trails.
>

That works for me. I was impressed with the walking trails in Sweden.
The keep the grass mowed on on side and let it grow high on the other.
People curb their dogs into the long grass to do their business. There
is large wildlife park a few miles from me with about 10 miles of hiking
trails running through it. Dogs must be on leash and they insist on you
picking up the dog crap. There are hundreds of deer, coyotes, raccoons,
turkeys and other animals dropping their business everywhere. I find it
hard to believe that the make a significant addition to the wild feces.
The domestic animals stand a great chance of picking up nasties from
the feral feces than the other way around.