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14u2c t1_j6fko5n wrote

Reply to comment by CaptchaCrunch in If you leave your dog’s shit in the street, you are also dog shit by carrythekindness

I, of course, agree with the OPs point, but this one seems a little too close to asking the city to adapt to your personal lifestyle. If you are walking a dog on the streets, it's your responsibility to make sure it doesn't eat random shit. This is one of the reasons I don't own a dog despite liking them very much.

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chickunsendwich t1_j6ftk6v wrote

What a deranged take. Bones and rotting flesh littering the street is unpleasant for just about everyone, dog owners aside.

As for the dog owners, it's not so simple as just 'making sure it doesn't eat random shit'. Chicken bones are small. They often blend in with the sidewalk. A dog will smell it long before the owner sees them.

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14u2c t1_j6g51dh wrote

Then why do you own a dog and walk in an environment that is harmful for it? Do you not see that expecting the city to adapt to your lifestyle is a bit entitled?

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chickunsendwich t1_j6ggfee wrote

It’s not the dog-owner’s lifestyle that i would expect the city to adapt to. It’s the life (not life-style) of household pets. Not sure why anyone would have a problem with making a city more pet-safe, given the fact that pet ownership has been core to the human experience since pre-civilization days. I could understand the reluctance if the pet owners were issuing pain in the ass demands, but in this case it’s literally just “don’t throw chicken corpses on the sidewalk”.

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Markelle-Fultz t1_j6iedvu wrote

When I take my dog for a walk in the park and they sniff out a chicken bone in the grass that I can't see, that's my fault? Hell, the other day I turned a corner with my dog and there were more than a dozen chicken bones scattered on the ground, each with a possibility of tearing up my dog's insides. I couldn't have seen them until we rounded the corner, but she could smell them and was ready to go. Luckily, I managed to get her away before too much damage was done but there was a garbage can maybe 5 feet away.

I feel like asking people not to throw something that is both delicious and deadly to dogs on the ground is a reasonable ask.

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