Bags of poop

Just wondering what the logic behind taking the time to pick up your dogs poop and putting it in a bag only to leave it by the trail for someone else to pick up. I am not a dog owner so maybe I don't get it. I would assume the logic is that you don't want to carry it around all day and plan to pick it up on the way out but forget.

I have notice this a lot at Shelf Road recently. I have also noticed the the Bank camp ground is cover in dog poop. If you are a dog owner and you have spent the weekend camping the chances are that your dog has pooped somewhere without you noticing. Please do us all a favor and before you leave go pick up some dog poop, even if it isn't from your dog. The next time I go down I will try and clean up everything I can find. A prize will be awarded to the person who can guess the weight of the bag, closest to without going over.

Please attempt to minimize your impact and clean up after yourself and your four legged friends. Let keep Shelf and the place we love to climb and camp as nice as we can, even if it means carrying around a bag of poop with you for the day.

thanks,

Jason

I have seen the well meaning owners tie the bags of poop to trees along the trail also. I think they are meaning to make the bags MORE visible to remind them to pack it out. Great idea, except they often forget to grab it. No one wants to grab someones else's bag - o - shit, so it gets left behind. I've been to areas where it looks like a christmas tree of shit bag ornaments. Seriously? I agree. Take the bag with you!!! No one else wants to look at it.

Also at shelf recently my girlfriend stepped in a big steeming pile right on the trail. All those unleashed dogs cruising everywhere need to be clean up after.

bags of poop sitting
along the trail in plastic
makes me feel yucky

I was worried this was a FS thread.

They should just make these for dogs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFzTm6fy_zs

Locker wrote:Better yet, keep the dogs at HOME and away from the Crags...

+1

Locker wrote:Better yet, keep the dogs at HOME and away from the Crags...

Oh man, look out. . . a can'o flea-bitten whoop ass is coming your way!

This is a wide spread issue on public lands. In areas were land managers know that the predominant users are climbers it certainly doesn't look good for us as a whole to have trails littered with dog waste. Good on ya Jason for bringing this up. Oh, and Mike, I'll start keeping a tally ;)

JasonJNSmith wrote:A prize will be awarded to the person who can guess the weight of the bag, closest to without going over.

If you fill a large trash bag it will weight somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 to 60 pounds, possibly more.

People leaving the dog poop bag behind are selfish people! Wonder if they are even deserved to have the right to own a pet!

Mike Morin wrote: If you fill a large trash bag it will weight somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 to 60 pounds, possibly more.

Water is just over 8 lbs a gallon. Poop typically doesn't float so I'll guess its around 10 pounds a gallon. Average kitchen trash bags are like 20 gallons so you're looking at a couple hundred pounds easy.

Jeff Thomas wrote: Water is just over 8 lbs a gallon. Poop typically doesn't float so I'll guess its around 10 pounds a gallon. Average kitchen trash bags are like 20 gallons so you're looking at a couple hundred pounds easy.

But what is the packing efficiency of poop? This could dramatically effect the results! Quick to the laboratory!

Stich wrote:bags of poop sitting along the trail in plastic makes me feel yucky

One of the most beautiful haikus I've read.

Suburban Boston is just awesome fall through spring. Once all the leaves drop anywhere people walk dogs on the regular is littered with shit bags wung into the woods or just by the side of trail or even side walk. The Christmas tree thing is right on. The whole thing makes me embarresed to be a dog owner.

I own two dogs myself that get walked daily 5 plus miles on leash at all times. I get the draw to leave the bag if you are doing a loop and get it on the way back. However by the looks of it the coming back to get the shit bag very often does not happen!

With all the bags clearly wung i would say 90% of dog owners are selfish ass holes! This is clear simply as these are the same people that let their dogs run all over no leash like it bothers no one and their dogs should bring joy to everyone. If they bother you then you are the problem. Gotta love that type of person wtf are you gonna do? Maybe flip the fuck out on one of them one day and wing a steamer at them or some funny shit like that.

I hate dog owners. Shit bags all over are just a perfect example of why, kinda puts a exclamation point at the end of obnoxious loose dogs. The dogs i am fine with it is the owners i have the problem with.

Why don't we just strap the baggy on the dog so it can carry its own waste?

Stich wrote:bags of poop sitting along the trail in plastic makes me feel yucky

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with dog
poop

beside the white
chickens.

Jeff Thomas wrote: Water is just over 8 lbs a gallon. Poop typically doesn't float so I'll guess its around 10 pounds a gallon. Average kitchen trash bags are like 20 gallons so you're looking at a couple hundred pounds easy.

You may be right, I was definitely low balling the numbers. All I know is that a large garbage bag full of those little treasures is f'ing heavy.

I think it's a "haipu"

Having to shove those hanging poop bags into trash can would be a constantly annoying pet peeve for me if I worked there. Tea baggers? How about f@#king poop baggers!

Seriously, is there anyone we can report the incident to at all? What else can we do to improve the situation? Just saw one of those green bag thingy sitting in the creek when I road my bike on the bike path this morning. Shame!!!

Umph! wrote: Oh man, look out. . . a can'o flea-bitten whoop ass is coming your way!

I know right, next they want you to leave your salamander at home!! bastards!!