HathNoFury wrote:
I am constantly bemused at the full, knotted poop bags just thrown on the sidewalk. YOU WERE SO CLOSE. ONE MORE STEP.

bodhipooh wrote:
I hesitate to jump into the fray, but I definitely have to agree with Vigilante about the recent uptick in shit not being scooped, and not just in the dog runs. It is now quite common to find dog poop all along Marin Blvd, and many of the streets perpendicular to it. It is incredibly rude to others, and completely unnecessary.

This is a recent experience that tells you all you need to know about how people think or look at this: I was out walking my dog and he had just pooped on the street, so I pulled out a baggie and bent over to pick it up when someone happened to walk by and she asked "Why are you picking up? if he goes on the street, you don't have to pick it up. Only if he poops on the sidewalk."

Poncho11 wrote:
A store owner griped to an owner of a Corgi about not picking up all the crap. The answer, was that he had a bad back, and that is why he had the dog, a support dog ! He continued into the store next door, so he could sit and have a snack with his dog. It is getting pathetic.

iGreg wrote:
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Dog runs are toxic places. They're magnate for owners that treat their dogs as accessories. Whatever happened to taking your dog for a walk?

1st world problems ?

The Horror, The Horror.

The overly small dog run at Needle Park, you Yups call it Van Vorst Park dezz days, ranks of piss stank - it's horrible and a nasty blight on that stretch of little oasis.

The dog run in Hamilton Park, mainly the section for the large dogs, stanks of piss - who the hell wants piss stank wafting around their nostrils when trying to max and relax in the oasis that public parks should be.

bodhipooh wrote:
I hesitate to jump into the fray, but I definitely have to agree with Vigilante about the recent uptick in shit not being scooped, and not just in the dog runs. It is now quite common to find dog poop all along Marin Blvd, and many of the streets perpendicular to it. It is incredibly rude to others, and completely unnecessary.

This is a recent experience that tells you all you need to know about how people think or look at this: I was out walking my dog and he had just pooped on the street, so I pulled out a baggie and bent over to pick it up when someone happened to walk by and she asked "Why are you picking up? if he goes on the street, you don't have to pick it up. Only if he poops on the sidewalk."

Dog runs are toxic places. They're magnate for owners that treat their dogs as accessories. Whatever happened to taking your dog for a walk?

parkman wrote:
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Vigilante wrote:
I am a longtime dog owner and I have noticed quite often that other dog owners are standing or sitting in the Hamilton Park dog runs completely oblivious to what their dogs are doing. Quite often they have their noses buried in their phones or are chatting away while their dogs poop away unnoticed. We also seem to have a new crop of residents who can't seem to make the effort to clean up after their dogs throughout the park. I don't know if it's kids or lazy hipsters or untrained foreigners but it's time for dog owners to start cracking down on the new crop (crap?) of scofflaws.

Not often do I agree with Vig, but this is an issue with not only HP but also a problem in VVP. When our dog run was built, I provided poop bags, out of my own pocket, so owners would use them them to keep the run clean. After laying out over $850 per year I asked dog owners to contribute, and only two out of the hundreds of users contributed. After their response, I provided mucking stall rakes in their place, but still have the same issues that Vig observers when owners ignore not only where their dogs are are using the run as a toilet, but are also barking incessantly without limits by their owners.

I would prefer that pet owners understand that our dog runs are an amenity that is not required by ordinance, is a communal responsibility in its upkeep, and adhere to the rules posted, instead of resorting to Animal Control for enforcement.

Releasing your dogs in the run does not absolve you from being responsible for their actions.

Vigilante wrote:
I am a longtime dog owner and I have noticed quite often that other dog owners are standing or sitting in the Hamilton Park dog runs completely oblivious to what their dogs are doing. Quite often they have their noses buried in their phones or are chatting away while their dogs poop away unnoticed. We also seem to have a new crop of residents who can't seem to make the effort to clean up after their dogs throughout the park. I don't know if it's kids or lazy hipsters or untrained foreigners but it's time for dog owners to start cracking down on the new crop (crap?) of scofflaws.