Our rule is to always take (n x 2)+1 poop bags, where n= number of dogs. So if we are walking 2 dogs, we need 5 bags. This way we can be sure to always have enough bags to scoop. We also always try to have them dump in the street, but again, even though our dogs are highly trained in many things, there is a degree of “it’s a critter” that we can only do our best.

*shrug* It’s life. You probably do things in the world that annoy me.

I know wild animals do their business all over the place, but that’s not the point; no other animal owners place the burden of accepting their pets’ waste on society. I don’t want a dog taking a piss against my tree any more than I want its owner doing so, and it boggles my mind that one’s more accepted than the other.

If you get a cat, you buy a litter box. If you want a dog, I don’t see why you also shouldn’t be responsible for having a place on your own property where it can do its business.

Well, at least I was close. And cigars are stinky, anyway!