Halie Sat 17-Feb-18 15:41:00

I always pick up after my dog but I've found that some people just want to have a go at you no matter what. I was walking my dog along a road that I'm not familiar with. He did his business so I picked it up but couldn't see a bin anywhere. Carried on walking a bit and saw a council building with a bin outside - so I put it in there. Wasn't anyone's normal bin and the council should be providing a public bin so if they don't then I don't see a problem putting it in their own bin.



Anyway, out of nowhere a man gets in my face - ''what are you doing??!" calling me for everything, blaming dog walkers/owners for every problem he could think of and then telling me where the nearest public bin was. Absolutely no need for his attitude/the way he approached me.



Other times, when my dog has been poorly and his 'business' is loose I literally haven't been able to pick it up because it's basically shit soup, to put it bluntly. I've had people calling me out for it - people who haven't actually got up close and seen that it's diarrhea and impossible to clean unless I carry around a fucking jet wash with us on our walks.



Seems to me that people these day are just looking and waiting for someone to have a go at and dog owners are a prime target. You don't always know people's reasons for not picking up - sometimes their dog has the runs, sometimes they put it in the wrong fucking bin - sometimes they use the last doggy bag on reel during the walk and then the dog has another shit in front of everyone in the neighborhood and gets crucified for it. Just stop looking for reasons to be angry at people for minute and don't assume they're just a dirty pig who does that all the time. As for her plastic thing - I agree with her on that although you can get biodegradable ones which maybe you could tell her about?