Last discussion on 'pick up after your dog'

@JudyEv (326473)
Rockingham, Australia
October 16, 2017 3:36am CST
Here is the last photo from Courtown, Ireland where it seems they have major problems getting people to pick up after their dogs. If you’ve missed the discussions on the other signs, searching for ‘courtown’ should bring them up. It looks like a boxer dog to me. The sleeves are getting rolled up and the hair is tied up out of the way. This character means business I think. My mother was always telling me to roll my sleeves up when I went to wash my hands or wash the dishes. Even now, I still push my sleeves up before tackling ‘wet’ jobs.
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M.-L.
@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
16 Oct 17
You can tell us if the signs help. Are the towns clean? The dirtiest city concerning dog poop I've ever seen is Strasbourg, France.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12640)
• Ireland
16 Oct 17
@maluse My area of Paris was foul when I lived there. People took their enormous dogs out late at night and left huge piles of poop everywhere.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Oct 17
The Irish towns seemed pretty clean to me. Areas of France were certainly fouled in many places.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Oct 17
@xFiacre We didn't go to Paris this time around but it didn't seem too bad in 2015.
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Oct 17
That is a funny and clever sign.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Oct 17
There was certainly a creative person working on the signs that day.
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simplyme
@m_audrey6788 (58482)
• Germany
16 Oct 17
What a nice signage
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Oct 17
It's very clever isn't it?
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simplyme
@m_audrey6788 (58482)
• Germany
17 Oct 17
@JudyEv Yes. It`s not too much hard to follow
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459735)
• Switzerland
16 Oct 17
It's clear to me that this sign is a caricature of the famous "We Can Do It" poster of the US wartime propaganda. If you never see it, here it is.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Oct 17
I thought it looked familiar but when I checked my own photo the head scarf looked a bit different to what I was expecting. And that's why - because I was thinking of the US poster. Thanks for putting it up.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459735)
• Switzerland
17 Oct 17
@MALUSE I have seen the poster so many times in the United States, I immediately noticed it was copied from this one.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Oct 17
@MALUSE It's almost exact isn't it? Just swapped the heads.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
19 Oct 17
When I had a dog years ago no-one thought of picking up the poop, though I tried to make sure that my dog didn't do her business on the pavement etc. If I had a dog now I'd certainly pick it up.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct 17
You would have been laughed at, picking up poop years ago. It is pretty much accepted in Australia now and you don't see much poop around at all.
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peachpurple
@peachpurple (13889)
• Malaysia
16 Oct 17
great sign but I doubt the owners would care about it
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct 17
@peachpurple Are people supposed to pick up after their dogs? And if so, is there a fine if they don't?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Oct 17
Hopefully it will make people pick up after their dogs.
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peachpurple
@peachpurple (13889)
• Malaysia
17 Oct 17
@JudyEv Here those sign doesn't work with the owners. Unless the dogs pick up themselves
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snowy
@snowy22315 (170798)
• United States
16 Oct 17
I think that is an attention getter..!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Oct 17
It certainly is.
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allen0187
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
17 Oct 17
That's a great photo. Hopefully, it was able to achieve what it aims to do.
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allen0187
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
21 Oct 17
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct 17
There seemed to be a lot of dogs there but we didn't see too many 'messes' so perhaps the signs are working.
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susan
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
22 Oct 17
It's very clever ... I hope it works ...
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susan
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
22 Oct 17
@JudyEv a lot do... but ... there is room for improvement..
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Oct 17
Do people clean up after their dogs in Spain? We thought France was very clean although there are still many people smoking.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12640)
• Ireland
16 Oct 17
@judyev Poop is a wonderful source of humour.
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M.-L.
@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
16 Oct 17
Even when you've stepped into it?
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Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
16 Oct 17
I am totally disgusted by the number of people who don't clean up after their dogs.....but then when I walk the trails they are littered with poop left by coyotes....
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Oct 17
And our paddocks are littered with kangaroo poo. There is little chance of dodging it.
RedBurnet
@redurnet (1799)
• United Kingdom
9 Nov 17
I wish people in my town would pick up their dog mess more often. They go out in the dark to avoid being caught but I've also seen a few people who just don't care and who glare at me as I'm walking by as if to challenge me to say something about it.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Nov 17
I'm sure that happens here too but mostly I think people are much more conscious of the problem and more or less happy to go along with the solution.
JOSEPHINE
@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
16 Oct 17
Reminds me exactly what i also used to do before dish washing. Sometimes what we were taught never goes out of our minds. I still push or fold my sleeves to date
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Oct 17
So I'm not the only one who does this. I hate seeing sleeves dangling in the washing up water.
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Norman Darlington
@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
13 Oct 18
I hope it's not too much against MyLot etiquette resurrecting a post from a year ago, but I really like this poster. Courtown is my nearest beach (35 minutes drive away) and I've been there a couple of times in recent months and can say that I didn't notice much (or maybe even any) dog poo there. It's not generally a problem in Ireland but I remember when I first went to live in the Hague (Netherlands) in the 1970s it was almost impossible to walk down the road without stepping in it. I've been back there more recently and it seems people's habits have changed for the better!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Oct 18
There is nothing to say you can't go back to older posts. I'm always doing it. Ireland seemed pretty good as far as dog poo went. Courtown had four or five really clever signs regarding picking up after your dog. I did posts on several of them. Here's a photo of one of the other signs that were there.
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Norman Darlington
@NormanDarlo (1071)
• Ireland
14 Oct 18
@JudyEv Great! I will chase up your other posts after breakfast
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PaintsOnSlate
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
20 Oct 17
when i had a dog I always cleaned up behind him, I do that with my grand-dogs now. Its amazing how many people pretend they don't know their dog just left a present on your lawn..
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct 17
It's annoying isn't it? I bet they wouldn't like it happening on their lawn.
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
18 Oct 17
Very clever take on a classic sign.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326473)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct 17
I sort of recognised the sign but couldn't work out where I'd seen it. Luckily myLotters put me right!
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Tokz
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
16 Oct 17
Speaking of dog's poop there's an ordinance being pass in one barangay of our city penalizing the owner of the dog that poop in the area. I think this will be a nice law when passed in the session of local lawmakers.
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