Dogs on the course?

[Griffsters]

You bend down with a bag and pick it up... you ever seen a dog walker scrubbing a grass verge?

It's ok to not like dogs, but please don't be deliberately obtuse.

I love dogs and love the idea of a well behaved pooch as company during a solo round.

But, I fear the cold hard reality. Dog poo can be sloppy , and it will at some point end up on a golf ball, that's why I voted no. I dislike dog poo on my ball / clubs / clothing more than the idea of taking pooch with me to the golf course!

 

[Banchory Buddha]

You bend down with a bag and pick it up... you ever seen a dog walker scrubbing a grass verge?

It's ok to not like dogs, but please don't be deliberately obtuse.

A grass verge is not a golf course where folks balls roll around and you pick them up. You're the one being obtuse, and I have no issue with dogs, my daughter has a lovely staffy and until recently a chocolate lab as well.

 

[Backache]

Wild animals and birds also poo on golf courses. I have no truck with people who don't pick up their dogs poo but the idea that a tiny residue that could be left after picking up is more of a problem than the wild animal and bird poo that exists is not one I agree with.

 

[Banchory Buddha]

Wild animals and birds also poo on golf courses. I have no truck with people who don't pick up their dogs poo but the idea that a tiny residue that could be left after picking up is more of a problem than the wild animal and bird poo that exists is not one I agree with.

Well...
1. Dogs will be covering the areas golfers cover
2. IF you mean deer & rabbits, (struggling to think of other wild animals that cover a course), then they are veggie, they drop pellets much like rabbits, and are harmless, unlike dog poo

 

[Backache]

I was thinking of foxes whose poo is pretty pungent.

 

[Golfnut1957]

You bend down with a bag and pick it up... you ever seen a dog walker scrubbing a grass verge?

It's ok to not like dogs, but please don't be deliberately obtuse.

Nice try, but some people just can't help themselves.

 

[Banchory Buddha]

Nice try, but some people just can't help themselves.

Ironic as he was the one being obtuse

 

[Banchory Buddha]

I was thinking of foxes whose poo is pretty pungent.

My point still stands, and tbf I've never come across fox poo on the course, birds, rabbits & deer, yes.

 

[Backache]

My point still stands, and tbf I've never come across fox poo on the course, birds, rabbits & deer, yes.

I have come across fox poo occasionally I have nothing against rabbit or deer poo. There are dogs walked on our course and I have never yet been troubled by a few scrapings of dog poo when it has been removed.Nor have I on other courses where people walking dogs and not clearing up after them is a little more common on municipal courses where not cleared up dog poo is an occasional hazard but the bits left over have not been that I observe.

 

[Deleted member 21445]

Defo not in competitions for me.

If I ever go down for a few holes on a summer evening on my own I take my dog, stays on lead even though she wouldn't run away.