Anonymous
By an edhat reader
I’m at Noleta resident who spends a lot of time walking along the Goleta bike path near More Mesa. Something I’ve been noticing recently is that there are a lot of people that walk their dogs through here that will bring along little bags that they scoop up the poop and then just drop the bag on the side of the trail. This is not only disgusting, but it’s really bad for the environment and really selfish of these people.
I know that at most of the entrances to this walking area there are trash cans and it would not be that big of a deal to put your little poop bag in another plastic baggie and walk it to a trash can. What can we as a community do to encourage people to throw away their pet’s poop?
And the sad thing is that if one dog owner leaves their dog’s poop bag behind it’s taken as a sign by other dog owners that it’s okay to do the same. ‘Coz you know… people and lemmings have a lot in common.
Y’know, that whataboutism at the end lost you whatever bonafides you might have got from your long post.
This is the same mentality as wearing a mask below the nose.
What I find real disgusting is when I’m at the beach with someones dog off leash taking a shit and the owner is either not paying attention are doesn’t give a f***.
honestly, no. the idea of bagging it and leaving it “for later” is still not ok. its your trash, take it with you. if you dont like dealing with dog poop, dont own a dog. it is not everyone else’s problem to deal with you ” wanting to have a good time while walking your dog…. ” so that we have to deal with your poop bag ( which is littering, at its basic level ). the poop alone would be better than a poop bag on the ground, do you not get that? and about bikes, yeah…… im gona agree with the other comment. get off your high horse, those trails are NOT only for runners/ walkers. which honestly I have had worse interactions with runners on trails than bikers.
What can you do about it short of committing some kind of physical act against the dog owner . I have 2 neighbors that literally go F myself after catching them several times. I would like to pick it up and through it in her face or stuff it down her shirt. Now I leave it for all to enjoy. 🙁
No, not North LA but Entitled Santa Barbara
Perhaps you can post the video on Next Door. Some public shaming sounds like it’s in order.
Please don’t! It drives me crazy when the bag I left to pick up on my way back is not where I thought I left it. Did my dog actually poop or was that yesterday? Did I pick it up and already throw it in the trash? Where the hell did I leave that thing? I’m pretty sure I left it over there, or did I leave it over there?
But seriously. It is pretty unsightly (and often smelly) to leave the bag for later pick up and I don’t do that anymore because of that. It would be nice if there were more trash cans around for quick disposal. But sometimes there are not. So I often “double bag” to reduce the smell and jut deal with it.
I always have extra on hand for that, and to be able to offer one to the dog walker who “forgot” to bring his/her own. Hendry’s had far more dropped bags than usual this past weekend. Wonder if that had anything to do with the hordes of masked visitors from LA.
In my neighborhood many dogs poop on my lawn (some on leash, some off) and the majority of handlers pick up after them. I still don’t like it given the residue that remains. If I see it happening I open the door and ask, “Excuse me, but do you let your dog do its business on your OWN lawn!?” Last week a young woman watched as her leashless dog ran up on the lawn and let fly with a pretty good mound. The clueless owner looked around for a few moments as if to see who might be watching and then casually walked away. It was caught on a webcam as I await her return!
I see poop bags, new and months old, on pretty much every trail in Santa Barbara. I think most dog owners are fine but some just don’t care about properly disposing of it. They are happy to leave poop bags everywhere.
id love it if people did this also. I mean you bagged it…… you allllllmost followed through, just one more step.
More trash cans means more work to empty them means more workers means higher City budgets means higher taxes. As long as dog owners are willing to pay more each year for this. How about dog licenses costing $100/yr?
Homeowners don’t exactly appreciate people putting the smelly bags into their trash cans, either, so I think the proper etiquette is to carry the output from Precious back to your house. The only time I will do it is if Marborg is coming to pick up that day.
in 2016 I saw trail side poo bags marked with little toothpick flags that said “HILLARY”
They grow up to be president.
Poop bags are your biological weapon – use them wisely. My weekly garbage bag is nice & fragrant, just primed for any fool who would otherwise tear it open and dig in. If someone gets the bright idea that your back bushes are their crash pad – poop bags to the rescue ! use them wisely !
Only LOSERS leave dog poop bags everywhere. And there are apparently lots of legit losers all around. It sucks. One loser dropped a bag on our yard last week. What’s wrong with these people?