I run as I think you know. Most of my running is done on the pavement, and until recently I used to do circuits of my estate, each circuit being just under half a mile.
Now there are various dogs living on my estate, and their owners obviously walk them on the pavements that I run on. Now dogs eat and so therefore have to go to the toilet, and as animals, they just go, on the ground.
I know a few dog owners, and as far as I am aware they are responsible, they clean up after their dogs, but looking at the state of my local pavements, I would say they are in the minority. Basically there is dog shit everywhere and it is disgusting!
But on a side note, when I was a kid, there was white dog shit........not any more. So what made it white then???
As you know, I am a dog owner. Nothing infuriates me more than owners who either deliberately, or inadvertantly (by not watching their dogs when off-lead, who just walk on and leave it in situ. I have been known to challenge people by offering them a 'poo bag' - I always have a pocket full! I can only apologise on behalf of responsible dog owners.
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