What is it with Dog lovers?

Anya that is fine for those that can tolerate animals but everyone in my family is allergic to cats and dogs except DD and she had two cats at one time and nobody could visit her home.

We used biodegradable poo bags too and had them all over the place. Every coat pocket, handbags, trouser pockets - never wanted to get caught short. We don't eat our dogs , but we've had up to 3 at one time. Over our 30 years we've had 4 rescue dogs and they all lived to around 14 or 15.

NanaandGrampy the ice cream tub is a great idea. Must remember that.

For a number of reasons we haven't had a dog for over 2 years, but I can't wait until we can get one.

Harrigan you didn't say you and your family were allergic you just said you didn't like dogs in the house, especially when there are children. That implies something completely different.

I think all dogs should be made to wear disposable nappies when outside and then it is the owners responsibility to deal with the mess!

And the impact on landfill, YvonneBradley?
Many young Mums of my DDS' generation are considering returning to washable nappies because of the environmental implications.

Cats should most definitely wear nappies when leaving the house.

What about horses?

I have often thought that Yvonne.
When I was at school in the 60,s,the science mistress used to bring her dog with her.
When the dog was on heat,she wore a pair of waterproofed baby knickers.

Daphne,
There are now biodegradable disposable nappies which could be used.Beaming babies are 75% biodegradable and take 4 years,
Terry are obviously better,but they do keep urine against the babys skin.

Anya,
I think a horse would need a waterproof table cloth,though a plastic bucket attached to the top of the tail might work.

Yuk! - I can't thing of anything worse It's bad enough changing a baby with a pooey nappy, cleaning their bum etc. But to do that for an animal? No thanks.

agree- a ridiculous idea! Just pick up and bag and put in appropriate bin or take home. We also kept an old ice-cream tub for the purpose- until we got to a suitable bin (NOT recycling!)

Granny2016 when we lived in Southport, Ginger McCain's string used to pass along our road on the way to the beach to exercise. Many a time I've dashed out with a bucket and shovel to collect Red Rum's droppings for my roses

woo hoo posh poo. Horse's droppings are not smelly, dirty or dangerous as 100% vegetable- and yes, great for roses and as a compost accelerator. Our neighbour puts her 2 horses in our fields, and the dung is collected and put as layers in all the compost bins- gardeners' gold. No comparison with dog poo.

I imagine your roses were rather superb Anya.

Indeed they were G2016

Have to add though since we've moved and I've no easy access to horse manure, I find chicken poo works wonders too. I only plant fragrant roses and this year they have been superb, you can smell them as soon as you walk into the garden (the roses not the chicken poo!)

I often wonder, when I clear up my houndies droppings why I do it? I walked down the road by our common today, and picked up beer cans, crisp bags, plastic bottles, and a couple of plastic bags filled with rubbish that had been flung out of cars. They all go in the bin. I once found 3 big (empty) whisky bottles in the road - lucky I was out before there was much traffic. So yes, dog poo is disgusting when left - but human leavings are just as foul. (Mind you, I've found a couple of tenners, which I thought were payment for litter picking!)

We have the same problem down our lane, which is out in the country! Never found a tenner though! ?