>Are you kidding me? You think it's reasonable to mop up diarrhea in the mud >- with paper towels? Sorry, but that is not going to happen because that is >just ridiculous. What's the point? The ground is wet already...
If the ground is too wet to pick it up reasonably, then as I said, you should wash it down into it with liberal amounts of water, so it's not just sitting there on top. I'm sorry, but in a situation where a neighbor has complained, the onus falls on you, as the dog's owner, to do your best to clear away what they leave behind. Believe me, I've had dogs long enough to deal with this myself, and yes, I've mopped up diarrhea off the ground at times. Whether you think it has enough odor or not to be offensive or not is beside the point (although with my dogs diarrhea is usually pretty bad). Obviously what was left behind offends your neighbors, or perhaps they are just looking for things to bitch about, but it's still your job to make sure that you have not just left your dog's mess behind, not matter what consistency it is, or how ridiculous you may think it is to deal with. If you really don't want to deal with cleaning it up outside, then set up some newspapers for him to use when he's not feeling well that will be easier to dispose of. And believe me, if there ever was to come a really serious situation with your bitchy neighbors, it's far better to show you are reasonable and do your best to keep things civil than to come across as antagonistic yourself. Mary Jo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224694 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
