Comments on: Poop Problems On Public Paths

By: Crappy Job

Crappy Job — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:32:24 +0000

Weighing poop is not bad. The sign inside the vault restroom says ‘Please do not throw trash in the toilet. It is very difficult to remove’. How’d you like THAT job?

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:41:47 +0000

Weight estimate…just a WAG…

Maybe 1% of animals gross weight per day (10 pound animal = 0.1 pound per day, 100 pound animal = 1.0 pound per day).

That is just an estimate for small domesticated animals that I have owned (I have never weighed anything coming out or on the ground).

Any better guesstimates?

By: Slim Jim

Slim Jim — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:56:18 +0000

I said – what about those dogs who do their thing on my front yard?
I do not see folks picking that up either…well, I end up doing that chore as I dislike picking it up on my shoe even more!!!!

Really, I witnessed a lovely woman walking her dog, allowing it to “do” in my yard. After the dog did it’s duty but before taking off, the woman happened to see me standing in the window looking out. Only at that moment did she start digging in her bag for her plastic pick’em up bag.

EDITOR NOTE–Do you have any weight estimates?

By: j

Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:48:50 +0000

Some of the poop is from wild dogs. They do so on the trail to mark their space. One can tell the differance between the wild vs. domestic, but I’ll will spare you further detail. That being said…..most dogs do their thing a short ways from the parking lot…..

Oh well, few stop at stop signs either.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 22:37:50 +0000

Front page lead story !! Use that local daily paper to clean up the poop, it doesn`t have much worth reading in it anyway..

By: Treva

Treva — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:52:53 +0000

Typical of the Statesman – the headline was accompanied by a photo of a woman and her dog. The woman said she didn’t see any problem with excessive dog poop. Or did I misread?

By: Tam

Tam — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:19:56 +0000

50lbs a day couldn’t possibly compare to tons of the “bull” variety left in City, County and State halls and local airwaves around the valley! Especially this time of year!