grooming your dog in the park and leaving the hair behind?!

fly_dragon_fly · 13 October 2011 at 4:09PM

Hello,

Got out of the car today and we live oppisite the opening to a local downs and i saw this lady brushing her dog and leaving a huge amount of her dogs hair on the grass all over the opening so i went outside and said " would you like a bag for that?!" to which she replied "oh no the wild animals love it and use it for bedding!"

And then walked off now was i just mugged of or ???? is this true? x

lisawood78 · 13 October 2011 at 4:12PM

Well yeah, it is a natural product that makes great birds nests and bedding for all sorts of creatures.

I groom mine on the lawn and leave it and have observed multiple birds taking it away and also found a nest in a dark corner under some trees, not sure what creature but it was on the ground and about the size of a football.

IMHO.

fly_dragon_fly · 13 October 2011 at 4:21PM

I think what annoyed me is it's a lot! & right across the entrance of this park/ downs.

ka7e · 13 October 2011 at 4:22PM

I have often brushed my dog in the park, as do several others judging by the hairy "tumbleweed" sometimes seen there!
There was a chap in Nottingham who was fined for littering after brushing his GSD, but the council backtracked, withdrew the fine and apologised.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-15234120

gettingready · 13 October 2011 at 4:51PM

Yup I do that too - brush Zara on the massive field and leave it watching birds to pick it up for their nests LOL

snowman2_2 · 13 October 2011 at 4:53PM

The birds do like it for bedding but I wouldn't leave a big pile near the gate. I tend to do my on my own front lawn.

gettingready · 13 October 2011 at 4:55PM

Sure, that is a good point - it al depends where it is left...

Mine are massive open fields/woods so on a side s not a problem..

trebor21 · 13 October 2011 at 4:57PM

You complained about dog hair in the park?
Yep the world has gone insane!
Dog poo yes hair no!

fly_dragon_fly · 13 October 2011 at 5:28PM

Ok do you want me to take a picture to show you how much there is? it's not in the park but at the park entrance big difference would you like me to edit the title?

Just never seen it and didn't know if it was the done thing! If i'd had seen it loads of times before i wouldn't have asked but i never had and i walk my dog twice a day around this place!

Frugalista · 13 October 2011 at 5:44PM

fly_dragon_fly wrote: »

Hello,

Got out of the car today and we live oppisite the opening to a local downs and i saw this lady brushing her dog and leaving a huge amount of her dogs hair on the grass all over the opening so i went outside and said " would you like a bag for that?!" to which she replied "oh no the wild animals love it and use it for bedding!"

And then walked off now was i just mugged of or ???? is this true? x

Are you for real?????

. You seriously need to get a life :rotfl::rotfl:.

fly_dragon_fly · 13 October 2011 at 5:57PM

Frugalista wrote: »

Are you for real????? . You seriously need to get a life :rotfl::rotfl:.

I wasn't being rude i just wondered if she needed a bag as she just walked off and left it, in my 22 years of owning a dog i'd never seen someone do this so had to offer because it just looked like a load of litter and a mess which didn't make the entrance look very nice.

But as this has been cleared up i shall in future not ask.

grooming your dog in the park and leaving the hair behind?!

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