Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Are Pooper Scooper Laws Fair?

http://www.helium.com/tm/499019/asking-pooper-scooper-asking

On another site where I write, there is a continuing debate on whether or not pooper scooper laws are fair. My feeling is that if you are going to get a dog, then you need to expect that a dog will have to "dog his business" and that it is important to scoop it up, especially in public places. Here is the full article I wrote, and you can also click through and see the other sides of the debate if you're interested.

5 comments:

Jan said...

As much as I dislike unnecessary laws, there are so many irresponsible pet owners today that threatening them with fines is unfortunately the only way to get through to them.

Anonymous said...

I agree. If we could trust people to do the common sense, appropriate thing on their own, that'd be one thing.

But people are unfailingly reliable in their ability to fail.

Anonymous said...

I hate stepping in dog crap when I'm walking!

Anonymous said...

It's too bad people can't be responsible enough to clean up after their dog's mess.

Anonymous said...

It's a serious problem because dog poo can carry diseases that will be spread around by stepping in it.

It's especially a problem here in Canada because of snow. People think that it will magically disappear in the snow.

It does until the snow thaws and then we are left with a bunch of poo on the floor.

Arrrggghhh

Dave
dog-obedience-training-101.blogspot.com