Please tell me to calm down!

Calm down! Though you have every right to be annoyed. You could try taping a polite but strongly-worded note to the bin asking the thoughtless dog-owner to stop this habit and dispose of it in their own bin; it's worth a try. I suppose it's slightly better than dumping it on the ground, but still wrong.

Apart from the suggestion of putting a note on your bin or getting it in as soon as it has been emptied not a lot you can do so perhaps time to stop getting furious about it. Is it really worth it it's a bin?
Can't say I pay much attention to mine once they have been emptied life's too short.

Yes, I agree - leave a notice.

I’d be furious too Romola.
The wording I’d use on the bin would be
‘This is not a public waste bin. Please take your dog’s waste home with you.’
I’d be tempted too, to use a less euphemistic term than ‘dog waste’.

The same happens to me my bin is used for blooming dog walkers to stick their smelly dog poo bags in if I don’t rush out to get it in

I’d feel exactly the same!

In fact, I’d get up early to see who’s doing it and go out & tell them to remove it!

Bloomin’ cheek.

I'd feel the same I wouldn't want dogs poop in my bin even it it was bagged.

Is there any way you could attach a lock to the bin? I think this is really unacceptable behaviour .. at the very least tape a large notice to the lid of the bin..

I'd be cross too. I would probably do as Kadinsky says and get up to see who thought this was ok. I would ask them in person to stop.
I hate dog poo bags festooning trees etc and would be seriously annoyed by someone doing this.
Sorry, not the calming you wanted from me - write a note at least!

If you had CCTV on your premises, could it potentially monitor the bin.

I am not talking about actually getting CCTV, but if you could put a note on the bin telling them not to chuck dog shit in , followed by a statement saying CCTV is being installed. That might work.

We have the same problem and ha ve now wired the bin lid down which is a bit awkward for me to undo, but it works.
Yes it is annoying.

At least it was put in, I assume, the General waste bin.

My neighbour had a bag of dog poo put in their recycling bin, and it was checked and not emptied.

She was livid, put a strongly worded note on top of said bin for any dog walkers.

Just put a note on it, maybe they don't know that it bothers you.

You can buy bin locks which activate when the bin is emptied I believe. I think you are entitled to be cross. I would be too

I agree, I’d be rather fed up but I’d rather have that than full poo bags just left around the countryside. In on of our nearby open spaces you can always see poo bags, even hanging in trees.

I would hate it too, especially in the heat when it could smell pretty bad. To some people though a bin is a bin Is it possible to get the bin men to bring the bin back inside the fence/gate out of the way? It may even be possible to get them to take it out and then return it.

Having said that... it doesn't do you any good to get het up about it, so yes, calm down. Plus, if something annoyed me that much I would most certainly make the effort to get up early and do something about it - you could have a good yell at the least, and relieve some of the anger.

I came across a neighbour using a stick to retrieve a full dog waste bag out of her newly emptied bin. She was furious and I listened to her rant about the foul practice. When she got the bag on the stick, she lifted the lid of another bin that was close by and tossed it in.

Our bins are near the road and dog walkers sometimes put their bags in our bins. The bins are sitting there all week of course, so we solved the problem by putting locks on the bins. But in your case that wouldn't stop the early morning walker on the very day your bin has been emptied!

I agree the sign would be good, otherwise just get up early once a week and get the bin, it's not much of a big deal. That is what I would do. If you see the walker it's not usually a good idea to confront anyone these days, you may find they start throwing bags of poo into your garden or worse.

We lived in a house with a tall hedge. Every day I would find bags of dog poo hung on the hedge. So I hooked them off with a stick, put them on the pavement and got some spray paint and painted circles round them. This did the trick.

I don't think of 7 am as 'early' at all. I'm up and about at 5 am, walk the dog at 6 am, then the bins are being emptied at about 7 am, when I'm on the way home. I pop the bin back where it belongs when I get home.

Yes I had the glamorous young woman with the designer dog dumping her poo bag in the recycling bin. I live near where a popular dog walking area ends and at least she used a bin but imagine being the person who sorted that recycling out. And I followed her home and I’m still alive to tell the tale. It hasn’t happened again.

We have had poo bags deposited in our bin but I honestly don't mind. Better than left on the ground or hanging from a tree.

Hetty58

I don't think of 7 am as 'early' at all. I'm up and about at 5 am, walk the dog at 6 am, then the bins are being emptied at about 7 am, when I'm on the way home. I pop the bin back where it belongs when I get home.

My dog is not happy to be dragged out before 10am. Even happier if it's raining!

Unhappier!