Dogs Owners Lax About Cleaning Poop on Massachusetts Beach

Why do you keep ruining it for the rest of us?

I am talking to dog owners who don’t pick up the poop.  Seriously.

Today we took our dog to run off-leash at the beach.  There’s nothing he loves more than running free on the beach and plunging into the water.  It brings him and us great joy.

The Trustees of Reservation who run Crane Beach in Ipswich, Massachusetts do a great job of having the beach open year-round to people, but in the winter days, it’s open to horses and dogs too.

Off-Leash is Great But…

It’s a perfect spot to let everyone, even the furry members of the family, run free.  There’s a specific side of the beach where dogs are allowed off-leash, but the entire beach is dog friendly (with a short leash) in the winter months.

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What really grinds my gears is when owners don’t pick up their dog’s poop.  That’s what the bags are for, people.  And plenty of people do use the poop bags, but leave them on the beach.  That’s right, they don’t take them off beach and back home.

What’s more annoying is there’s a dog poop bag disposal at the end of the boardwalk, but people don’t bring them back over the boardwalk to throw them in the bin.  They very rudely leave them in the sand, where other animals can find it, or people can step on.

Sure, they left it and will come back for it.  Sure.

You Brought It, You Leave With It

I am guessing these rude dog owners figure it’ll be taken out to sea at the next high tide, which is even worse.

Could we all please just take care of our own dogs poop.  It will make for a cleaner, safer environment.  It’s not like you’re in the woods, for crying out loud, it’s on the beach.

Ugh.  I am done venting.