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

suki1964

Person_one wrote: »

I don't do the stick method, because you never know if someone else is going to pick the stick up after you and get the wrong end, or throw it for their dog!

See now this is why you feed your dog a god quality food. Nice solid small poos which if my lad poos somewhere he shouldnt ( he loves next doors verge) I can just boot it across the road into the hedgerow

Not a mark left on me welly

hethmar

I dont think Id do it "in public" but I do brush the dogs down in the garden and leave the hair for the birds to pick up and use in their nests. If its non nesting season I bung it in the composter as it breaks down easily.

Person_one

suki1964 wrote: »

See now this is why you feed your dog a god quality food. Nice solid small poos which if my lad poos somewhere he shouldnt ( he loves next doors verge) I can just boot it across the road into the hedgerow

Not a mark left on me welly

I do feed them well, but the side portions of dead pigeon, grass and dropped kebabs they always seem to find make things slightly unpredictable! :eek:

ailuro2

Well I've seen people on here before mentioning they clean out their hairbrush and then leave the hair on a bush so the birds can use it for lining their nests. It's a natural product, and it it's dog hair it's probably got a bit of oil in it to keep it showerproof too, so it does make sense to leave it for the birds.

If the hair was blowing everywhere and sticking to your clothes I can see the point in asking her if she'd mind brushing the dog further from the entrance, if it bothered you that much.

Marisco

hethmar wrote: »

I dont think Id do it "in public" but I do brush the dogs down in the garden and leave the hair for the birds to pick up and use in their nests. If its non nesting season I bung it in the composter as it breaks down easily.

This is what we do as well. When I brush the cats down, I throw it out for the birds, and hairbrush hair as well. It goes into the compost otherwise. Birds love it as nesting material.

fly_dragon_fly

I'm rather lucky that my dog won't poo anywhere but in her garden and my mum's now after 6 months of having her and as we don't take her with us on long journeys it's never been a problem for us.

mummyoftwomonkeys

There is a small area of grass near where I live where one half is to walk dogs and the other half for kids to play on and a young lady quite often brushes her dog there and leaves a load of hair behind, fine if it blows away but if it rains it all clumps up and looks quite gross.

rising_from_the_ashes

Person_one wrote: »

I do feed them well, but the side portions of dead pigeon, grass and dropped kebabs they always seem to find make things slightly unpredictable! :eek:

I have the same problem with mine!

Frugalista

Person_one wrote: »

I do feed them well, but the side portions of dead pigeon, grass and dropped kebabs they always seem to find make things slightly unpredictable! :eek:

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

I have the same problem with mine!

Me too!

Spotted the pup earlier mugging one of the cats and scrunching up the mouse the cat had just caught :eek::eek:. Hope that doesn't re-appear later .

Millie2008_2

I furminate GSD at the stables and leave the hair on the muckheap (this generates a lot of hair!!) and most of the time, it has gone by morning anyhow, especially when birds are nesting.