Use this sticker to stop people from putting their dog poop bags in your garbage container.
Pacific Heights neighbors have been horrified recently by a repeat offender who kept leaving dog-poop bags on the sidewalk outside a particular home —an apparent passive-aggressive critique of a long, annoying construction project.
In the annals of dog-poop-related crimes, this was obviously bad. But it did get me, a new dog owner, thinking about a less obvious and long-running debate dividing San Franciscans: Is it OK to put my dog’s poop bag in someone else’s trash can?
I don’t know if this is Legal but I was at my window doing my dishes and my neighbor, which has plenty of trash cans walks across the street with a bag full of feces from her dog and she is looking around she didn’t know I was home and dumped it in my trash can. Now I know my husband and I that sit out on our patio we’ve been wondering why the flies are so bad….. now I know.
We lean toward the no-drop side. If your dog dumped it, you should pick it up and dispose of it properly in your own can or a public receptacle. (And if a public garbage can is already overflowing, you should hold onto the bag until you take it home or find a public can with space.) People shouldn’t have to deal with someone else’s dog poop.
When walking my dogs, I will occasionally throw bagged poop into other people’s curbside garbage canisters when it’s trash day and I see their bin hasn’t been emptied yet. The other day, my friend, who has a large Bernedoodle, asked me if I ever got yelled at for doing this—nope, I said. But the next day, while my dog was peeing, someone came running out of their house and screamed at me to pick up my dog’s poop. My dog wasn’t pooping—but obviously this person didn’t want any unsolicited “deposits” anywhere close to her property.
If you throw your bagged dog poop into a neighbor’s trash cart, there’s a good chance you’ve made them mad — and probably committed a minor crime. Whoops.
People agree it’s always best to pick up after pets on a walk, but they have strong opinions on whether it’s socially acceptable to toss those stinky poop bags in someone else’s trash bin.
A woman has sparked a fierce debate over dog poop disposal after asking the internet if she should throw her pet’s waste in her neighbors’ trash cans.
Scooping poop is probably the crappiest part of having a dog. But when you do it with a compostable dog poop bag, at least you’re managing your pup’s waste with something planet-friendly and not so, you know, wasteful. Right?
Walking the dog is a great way to get exercise (for your both), stretch your legs, and take a break from the world. But doesn’t it always get ruined when your beloved pup relieves themselves just a few minutes in, and you’re stuck carrying a stinky doggie bag for most of your neighborhood stroll?
