"Round here, many, many dog owners pick up the shit only when someone's watching"

I agree that far too many owners fail to clean up after their dogs. But that is the fault of the owners, not their dogs. Take issue with those owners, by all means, but leave the decent, socially-aware dog owners (of which I'm one - I pick up after my dog every time, without fail) alone.

And you're a cat-lover aren't you Steve? I've never met a cat-owner who cleans up after his filthy-bastard devil-in-a-fur-coat. No, they let those dirty little c**ts out to roam around my garden, shitting in the borders and burying it, so I get it all over my hands when I'm weeding.

People in glass-houses and all that...