craftyhunnypie Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Sorry to ask this but I just wondered how blind people poop scoop their guide dogs mess? Wonderful things I ponder over aren't they? Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Maybe they follow their nose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 according to wiki-answers Some cities exempt guide dog owners and other service dog owners from scooping laws, but most do not. There is no need for an exemption because blind people are just as capable as sighted people in doing most things, including cleaning up after their dogs. A person doesn't have to see poop to pick it up. Like anyone else, a blind person knows which end of the dog is which, and the dog only toilets on command so they know the when and where of poopology. A hand is inserted in a plastic poop bag like a glove and then the scooper feels around for the warm squooshy stuff, grasps it, and turns the bag inside out. It's exactly the same for a sighted person who walks their dog at night and must scoop in the dark. urgh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfrock Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 I work with a blind chap and we have to give him directions as to where it is in the pen eg. top left, bottom right! I never thought to ask him what he normally does. Maybe the dog sits near it. I know him well enough to ask but I won't be seeing him for a couple of weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Warm squooshy stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Not a daft question at all. I was in London one day, and a blind man realised his dog had done what he needed to and asked me if I would do the honours and handed me a bag. Lots of other people passed him by and ignored him. I stepped in though and helped him out!! He was very grateful. (Would now be interested in hearing other responses to see if he'd taken me for a ride or not!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Warm squooshy stuff! I know! Conjures all sorts of images doesn't it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmommasally Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Don't know for sure but aren't they (the dogs) trained to go on command so I guess the person can then estimate fairly accurately where they have gone. It's amazing when you think of it how the visually impaired manage all manner of tasks. I see an old blind man in Chelmsford every morning walking along the street to the bus stop to catch his bus, he then has to ask whoever happens to be around the number of each bus that comes so he can get on the right one. He must feel incredibly vunerable but he copes with it really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 I spent a week at the training centre, and they are trained to go in pens on the command: "busy busy". I think the owner then just scoops it up out of the pen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I stepped in though and helped him out!! He was very grateful. (Would now be interested in hearing other responses to see if he'd taken me for a ride or not!) At least you didn't step in it! I should imagine that he was genuine - it is one thing knowing where your dogs rear end is when at home on the spot where it has been trained to go but completely different when out. The easiest thing to do would be to pretend he didn't even know so to ask someone to clear it up at least showed a public conscience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Dont think i could do it even with poop scoop. Dog poo leaves me cold and I heave. - comes of having stepped in it once too often and ES as a toddler covering us both in it accidentally - bless., Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I think I would have taken ES back to the shop and got a refund. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_H Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I thought blind people were exempt ?? http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1996/ukpga_19960020_en_1 Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996 "Nothing in this section applies to a person registered as a blind person in a register compiled under section 29 of the [1948 c. 29.] National Assistance Act 1948." I too would heave ! H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Nice one Henthuisastic - sadly he didnt come with guarantee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 What do you mean they don't come with guarantees? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Maybe you can train the dog to pick it up? I don't mind picking up chicken poo as it's little, but giant warm, squoosy dog poo? Forget it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I see a lot of people who seem to think they are blind when their dogs poo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
