September 14--Pet Peeve (Pun Intended)

The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you're walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That's the moment you may be starting to get it right.  --Neil Gaiman

    Warning, blog rant ahead!

    Yesterday while walking Barney, our best-dog-in-the-Universe, around our neighborhood park, I encountered two bags of dog poop, collected but untied, sitting on the path. I also saw many piles of uncollected poop near the path. 

    WTF, people!?!?!!

• Is it beneath your dignity to clean up after your dog? 
• Are you really proud of the dump your dog can produce and you want to share it with the world? 
• Do you think you are providing fertilizer? (The weeds love it?)
• Note that diseases can be spread to other dogs through poop. 
• Don't you just love it when your dog sticks its nose in another dog's pile?!?? Maybe even tasting it?? Then licking your face?!?!?!?!
• Is it too far to bend over? They make pooper scoopers for that reason.
• Maybe you have never had to clean up dog shit from your carpet because a family member unknowingly tracked it into the house. This move also requires digging dog poop out of the shoe treads. I have done this multiple times. 
• Or are you just a lazy asshole??!?!??! 

    PLEASE, do the world and all pets a favor--clean up after your dog!!! Thank you!

        Leta