"It's OK, He won't bite"

[JohnK]

A few dog experiences from my recent travels in France:

Doing hill reps up a quiet lane, dog runs from house, bears teeth, hair up on back, it was pretty scary. I think it was a Labrador, unusual behaviour from a Labrador I thought, a lady I presumed to be the owner eventually came out to coax the dog away from what now seemed like a few ins from my testicles. I continued my rep and jogged back past the house only for a repeat of the situation! In broken French/English I discovered she was dog sitting the dog. I retreated to a lower part of the hill for the rest of the workout and the dog was lead away on a heavy chain.

Not running related but we visited the medieval town of Sarlat, awash with tourists enjoying the honey trap restaurants in the ambient streets a Dutch couples spaniel did a crap in the road, my kids loved it, they were laughing and pointing and shouting 'urgh dog diarrhea' we thought it was quite a nice way to recreate the smell of a street from the Middle Ages, whilst he dog owners puzzled about how to 'scoop' up the poo and the dinners looked on in disgust.

I really don't understand dog ownership, they are totally unpredictable and there is no dignity in picking up poo, at least with my children I could stop handling their feces when they were 3 or 4.

No dignity in picking up after your dog, so where in the scale of dignity would that put lovers of the outdoors e.g. Runners. walkers climbers etc, that take a random dump and leave the Faeces complete with toilet paper.

[djglover]

I don't know, I have never seen any outdoor lovers take a dump. Perhaps they are more discreet in an attempt to preserve their dignity? But yeah, there is no dignity in being caught!

[Toreador]

Just saw this on FB (not for the squeamish!)
https://www.facebook.com/lee.procter...53396540905289

[Ilkley Swimmer]

...where in the scale of dignity would that put lovers of the outdoors e.g. Runners. walkers climbers etc, that take a random dump ...

This problem needs a solution... I know, why not scoop up the random deposit in a little black bag and leave it in the middle of the path / on a park bench / dangling from a tree branch etc?

[Stolly]

This problem needs a solution... I know, why not scoop up the random deposit in a little black bag and leave it in the middle of the path / on a park bench / dangling from a tree branch etc?

Better still scoop it up in your bare hands and throw it at Ilkley Swimmer if you ever happen to bump into him running and/or terrorising the local dog population

[luverlyjuberly]

This is a typical path near a road in the Lake District - this one was taken at Buttermere. The whole of the path is like this or was in 2011. 199128_192938084076138_4392400_n.jpg

[bigfella]

I really don't understand this "put it in a plastic bag and leave it on the path" thing whilst I can understand, but not condone, just leaving it on the path where at least it will get washed away eventually.

[Stolly]

This is a typical path near a road in the Lake District - this one was taken at Buttermere. The whole of the path is like this or was in 2011. 199128_192938084076138_4392400_n.jpg

No excuse for dumping poo bags but, honestly, thats an example of people litterbugging, something that they tend to do whether they own dogs or not. How about some wild camping debris in Scotland for instance? Or google beach litter.

Bloody humans, they're all bastards

[Richard Head]

What's the difference between horse shit and dog shit, never seen a horse rider get off and scoop up its shit into a bag

[keever]

What's the difference between horse shit and dog shit, never seen a horse rider get off and scoop up its shit into a bag

The difference is what goes in the other end!