Grass cutting and dog poo

Starting to realise why we all hate dog poo so much! On some of the large high-maintenance apartments that I look after it is commonplace for residents to walk their dogs on the communal grass areas to let them relieve themselves, but on no occasion have I seen them pick any of it up afterwards.They don't seem to realise that I then have to mow the lawn and fill the cloth bag of my machine with what their cuddly little pooch has just ejected! And I now recognise the noise it makes as you slice it up with the blades of the mower, urgh!Still, wouldn't go back to the office job...
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  • As Colin said, raise your concerns with the management committee and give them warning that you will in be mowing around it. It is not acceptable full stop!
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    Hi Dan

    I encountered this problem on a regular basis - it's your health so talk to them and ask that they clean up in advance of your visit.
  • As the ground maintenance contractor they're likely to suggest it's my responsibility to clean it up though! I'll formalise something in future terms.
  • I've got 'all normal ground maintenance duties'... bit vague, but that was on my part. I occasionally use the blower to pop the little packages where they can't harm anyone!
  • Only this weekend I managed a face-spattering strimmer induced dog s**t experience. Slightly embarrassed to say it was my own garden and my own dog!
  • That sticky slimy "fft-fft-fft" sound followed by the awful stink, can't beat it! Thanks for the comments though, seems to be the concensus that cleaning it up off lawns is not a standard task in ground maintenance work.

    I shall bring forth any updates.
  • I don't have such a problem with poo these days. Different story a few years ago. Two of my sites earned the nick names of Cat S**t Close and Pong Drive. Dog poo bad for volume but cat poo far worst for smell and the fact that the little buggers hide it in the shrub beds you are hand weeding!!!
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