Dog shit!!!

Being off work at the moment, I go out for a walk nearly every day, for five or six miles. This takes me along various footpaths, through the fields, the woods and along the coast. I meet lots of dog owners, who nearly always control their dogs well, and either get them to shit at the side of the path or, if they do it in the middle will either pick it up or flick it to the side with a stick. All jolly good. 

But some people put it in a bag and either leave it at the side of the path or hang the bag in a tree. Who do they think is going to pick it up? The poo fairy? How can people be so stupid? There was one bag hanging in a tree for at least a month. I'll happily (well not entirely happily) pick up other people's litter, but I'm not picking up their dog's shit. 

One of my neighbours was telling me today of a plan in a US city to take a DNA sample of each dog's shit so that any found could be tested and the owners prosecuted. A great idea, I thought. And to fund it - bringing back the dog licence might not be such a bad idea.