Status report on WBCH FaceBook page:
POOP. Unfortunately, yes, poop is on my mind. Partly because it was on my hands about an hour ago and on the grass where vendors set up last week.
With all the generosity of spirit I hope is needed, I’d like to remind folks who walk their dogs onto the grassy (garden, market, playground, soccer and farmlet) fields along Idlewood Avenue, to PLEASE bring plastic bags or whatever you need to clean up after your beloved canine.
Part of this may simply be the influx of new residents (college bound or otherwise) who simply don’t know that these areas are in use on a regular basis, and may be thinking that weather and natural processes will take care of the mess. Sorry. It ain’t so. Time is not on your side for this one.
So, as a general rule for living, please leave the place you use like you found it, or better!
Thanks,
Ana
Manager, Byrd House Market and Library Programs
on behalf of the vendors, shoppers, children, seniors, and friends who walk and play in these areas
Our proximity to the James River makes this issue more important. In other words, its not just about social niceties when pet waste is a major contribution to pollution for this part of the river.
Would it make sense to put another doggie station in the area. Perhaps near Hollywood Cemetery.
I’m a dog owner that diligently polices up poop. I do it every day while leading my leashed pet around the neighborhood. I also have to constantly physically pull too keep my dog away from the unending scourge of of cat sh*t in Oregon Hill. Wild, diseased, free-roaming cats are tolerated, while leashed dogs are singled out for scrutiny. O-Hill, you cannot have it both ways… you must take responsibility for your wild cats and their impact on the neighborhood as you would the dogs.
if im not mistaken, cats are programmed to cover their poop.