Oh, Backwoodsman, it's easy. If someone observes your dog having a shit, you have to pick it up. Once the observer has gone, the warm turd-bag goes into the nearest bush. If no-one sees your dog having a shit, you can just leave it. Bude's footpaths are plastered in dogshit, yet we're told that "it's a small minority of dog-owners who let the rest down." Well,if it's only a "small minority," there must be ten times as many dogs as people in Bude. It isn't a small minority at all. It's the majority.

And I honestly don't understand the mentality of people who cheerfully take their dog for walkies and doesn't mind (a) putting their hand inside a thin plastic bag to pick up a fresh, warm turd, and (b), to proudly lug that scrotum-like turd bag around until they find a bin. Frankly, I think I'd rather paint my privates in honey and let loose the dancing ants.