(I've been saving eggshells to plant seeds in. The Man has been playing around a lot with his new camera and thought the shells would make an interesting picture.)I just want to make clear that I am a very responsible dog walker. I never leave home without a roll of biodegradable green bags--poop bags, for the lack of a more poetic term--in my jacket pocket, and I always scoop.
Well, almost always. Sometimes this time of year, if I'm not paying close attention, I lose sight of things. The grass around our neighborhood is faded and brown, often covered with leaves. From time to time when Travis is done doing his business, I simply cannot find it. I look and look, and it's like it disappeared.
I am only willing to devote so much of my day to searching for missing business. If I can't find it after a minute, I shrug and move along.
Today was one of those days. Travis did his business, I searched for it, couldn't find it. Only today there was a neighbor backing out of her driveway while Travis was going, and I felt like I couldn't just walk away. She'd probably seen Travis doing his business--you can't miss it, after all, when a dog's got number 2 on his mind--and if I just walked away, she'd think I was one of those terrible people who does not scoop.
And then what would happen? She'd probably post something on the neighborhood list-serv. To the woman in the red jacket with the adorable Cockapoo, PLEASE SCOOP YOUR DOG'S POOP. Well, I walk my dog every day, and every day I wear my red jacket, so everyone would know it was me, and I'd probably be forced to sew a huge P to the back of my coat.
Unbearable. Untenable. So you know what I did? I scooped a poop-sized portion of leaves. Scooped 'em right into my biodegradable poop bag, waved to my neighbor, and I went on my merry way.
I mean, what else was I supposed to do?
8 comments:
This is another reason we don't have dogs. Scooping just sets me to being queasy. There is a man who jogs in the mornings with his dog, and I know that bag of poop goes in his pocket. I have to shut my eyes while he jogs past or that's all I can think of and I feel ill.
Then again, I appreciate that I'm not dodging it on the footpath. Which is why I don't have dogs. I'd be the dog-walker all the other walkers would hate.
Bravo for trying so hard!
That seems a very nifty solution to your dilemma. In my dog walking days I remember struggling to find 'it' among the autumn leaves.
I liked your Nathaniel Hawthorne idea- perhaps the 'P' should be in the same shade of scarlet as your jacket, then it wouldn't be so obvious!
BTW, I am loving the b&w photographs.
blessings x
I love it!! I was wondering how you were going to solve your dilemma :o).
Blessings!
Deborah
You deceiver! Ha!
Hahaha! That's great! One of my neighbors pasted little laminated signs all along the edge of his yard. They were of a cartoon doggie going poo with a red circle and line through it.
Your eggs are beautiful.
hahahahahahahahahahaha
WOW! Stickwork is amazing! I think I may make a little house for the garden. Guess what? I got a snow day! I am delighted! It's VERY cold.
Have you ever read anything by Sarah Orne Jewett? Oh, I am enjoying The Country of the Pointed Firs.
I am really liking The Man's photography. Tell him for me. I have a dog, but I do not have to scoop poop. On the other hand, we have cows and sheep, and when it's calving or lambing time, I DO scoop poop with a pitchfork or a scoop shovel.
Jody
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