(What kind of leash is that anyway?)
And a mostly serious question... what kind of sign do you find more effective? The professional one above. Or! The more homemade variety, like this one spotted in January on East 12th Street near Avenue B...
Thursday, April 18, 2013
East Fourth Street cracking down on dog poop
EVG reader Steven Matthews notes that East Fourth Street, specifically the block between Avenue C and Avenue D, is now getting tough on dog poop... as seen with this nice new sign that arrived...
(What kind of leash is that anyway?)
And a mostly serious question... what kind of sign do you find more effective? The professional one above. Or! The more homemade variety, like this one spotted in January on East 12th Street near Avenue B...
(What kind of leash is that anyway?)
And a mostly serious question... what kind of sign do you find more effective? The professional one above. Or! The more homemade variety, like this one spotted in January on East 12th Street near Avenue B...
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ReplyDeleteNeither, if people don't plan on picking up shit in the first place, a sign isn't going to help. My street is the same even though there's free poop bags at the community garden, there's like 50 piles of shit on the sidewalk.
ReplyDeleteMost effective sign?... A baseball bat.
ReplyDeleteI prefer the ones that say:
ReplyDeletePlease, Herb Your Frog
I would love to see people get tickets for this like they do in other cities. And I saw this as a dog owner.
ReplyDeletevery kid friendly sign. why is it that the passive aggressive residents of this area see nothing wrong with not only using foul language in public, but also memorializing it on hastily manufactured signs?
ReplyDeleteDo they just not care about children seeing this?
Hey Anonymous... if your raising your kids in the East Village they will learn it them selves very quickly and probably be equally expressive!
ReplyDeleteI wish someone would address the fact that most people allow their dogs to pee anywhere and everywhere. The middle of the sidewalk where most people walk is a favorite spot along with metal basement doors that some of us need to open most days to access our basements. Has the term "curb your dog" been completely forgotten? The warm weather is coming and the stench of piss on a sun drenched sidewalk will be a common scent again. Don't get me wrong I love dogs but I can't stand inconsiderate dog owners that don't care to train their dogs to pee at the curb so we don't have to walk through it.
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ReplyDeletevery kid friendly sign. why is it that the passive aggressive residents of this area see nothing wrong with not only using foul language in public, but also memorializing it on hastily manufactured signs?"
If you children are old enough to read it they have heard it before and will probably here it everyday while they live in New York. Would you prefer they just step in shit or have to read that word?
Every dog owner should take care of his pets waste and I think we found a good way to get rid of dog poop!
ReplyDeleteWorms convert dog poop into plant food.
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Dealing with dog waste is probably one of the things every dog owner dreads!
There are indeed millions of nicer topics to talk about than dog waste or dog shit (sorry for using that word but it is what it is)!
But lets face it every proud owner of a German Shepherd, Jack Russel, Husky or any other breed will have to make a plan to get rid of his or her best friends waste.
After all dog feces can be annoying, smelly and even the cause of disease. There are a lot of bacteria in dog waste including E. coli, and salmonella.
Probably the most common way to deal with dog waste is to send the children into the garden or backyard on a regular basis to scoop up the smelly piles and throw them into the rubbish bin.
This way we get rid of the problem in our backyard but the animal waste would still be dumped on the municipal landfill sites and pose a threat to the communal health.
A much better way to deal with dog waste is to use earthworms or better composting worms to convert the dog shit into nutrient rich worm castings.
Dog shit, is in an excellent food source for earthworms. Worms don’t have teeth and can only feed on soft decomposing materials.
We have a worm bin or as I call it a “Pet poop com-poster” in the backyard that has been running
exclusively on dog poop for close to 9 years now.
The worms seem to be happy and their breeding activity in those worm bins is exceptional.
Some of the benefits of using compost worms to recycle your dog poop are:
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• No bad odors in the back yard or garden (healthy worm bins never smell)
• Reduction of waste rotting on landfill sites
• Constant production of worms that will recycle organic waste
• Constant supply of fat worms for freshwater fishing
• Constant production of worms that can be sold for extra income
• Production of worm castings which can be used to fertilize flowers, trees and lawns, but should not be used to feed fruit and vegetables.
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To get started you first will have to buy or build a worm bin.
Then get hold of some earth worms for breeding stock.
The most popular worms are Eisenia Fetida worms, commonly known as compost worms, red worms or red wigglers.
If you can't get them, then use European Night crawlers. They will work well too.
Depending on the size of your dogs, you should add at least 500 to 1000 worms to the worm bin.
The bigger your worm bin the more worms you can add. Worms tend to grow bigger if they don't feel crowded.
If you want to find out how you can set up a worm farm to recycle dog waste follow the attached link to find all the free information you will need.
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Note: we have worked with dog waste for many years now and never had any health issues but it is a good practice to either wear rubber gloves or use a plastic bag when scooping up the dog feces.
kind regards
Stephan
Hello I think that bags for dog poop are quite a good way to solve the dog poop problem. However we use a different way to get rid of dog poop!
ReplyDeleteWorms convert dog poop into plant food.
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Dealing with dog waste is probably one of the things every dog owner dreads!
There are indeed millions of nicer topics to talk about than dog waste or dog shit (sorry for using that word but it is what it is)!
But lets face it every proud owner of a German Shepherd, Jack Russel, Husky or any other breed will have to make a plan to get rid of his or her best friends waste.
After all dog feces can be annoying, smelly and even the cause of disease. There are a lot of bacteria in dog waste including E. coli, and salmonella.
Probably the most common way to deal with dog waste is to send the children into the garden or backyard on a regular basis to scoop up the smelly piles and throw them into the rubbish bin.
This way we get rid of the problem in our backyard but the animal waste would still be dumped on the municipal landfill sites and pose a threat to the communal health.
A much better way to deal with dog waste is to use earthworms or better composting worms to convert the dog shit into nutrient rich worm castings.
Dog shit, is in an excellent food source for earthworms. Worms don’t have teeth and can only feed on soft decomposing materials.
We have a worm bin or as I call it a “Pet poop com-poster” in the backyard that has been running
exclusively on dog poop for close to 9 years now.
The worms seem to be happy and their breeding activity in those worm bins is exceptional.
Some of the benefits of using compost worms to recycle your dog poop are:
----------
• No bad odors in the back yard or garden (healthy worm bins never smell)
• Reduction of waste rotting on landfill sites
• Constant production of worms that will recycle organic waste
• Constant supply of fat worms for freshwater fishing
• Constant production of worms that can be sold for extra income
• Production of worm castings which can be used to fertilize flowers, trees and lawns, but should not be used to feed fruit and vegetables.
----------
To get started you first will have to buy or build a worm bin.
Then get hold of some earth worms for breeding stock.
The most popular worms are Eisenia Fetida worms, commonly known as compost worms, red worms or red wigglers.
If you can't get them, then use European Night crawlers. They will work well too.
Depending on the size of your dogs, you should add at least 500 to 1000 worms to the worm bin.
The bigger your worm bin the more worms you can add. Worms tend to grow bigger if they don't feel crowded.
If you want to find out how you can set up a worm farm to recycle dog waste follow the attached link to find all the free information you will need.
----------
Note: we have worked with dog waste for many years now and never had any health issues but it is a good practice to either wear rubber gloves or use a plastic bag when scooping up the dog feces.
kind regards
Stephan
To Annonymous: the phrase "curb yor dog" continues to cause confusion as to whether it means your dog is restricted to pooping on the sidewalk or edge of the curb. However the term appears no where in the code: 161.03 of the New York City Health Code, known as the "pooper scooper law" states in its entirety, “A person who owns, possesses or controls a dog, cat or other animal shall not permit the animal to commit a nuisance on a sidewalk of any public place.” Nuisance means failure to pick up after your pet on a sidewalk and does not restrict your pet to defecating near the curb
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