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Stick and flick it!


This sign at a local Forestry Commission site always makes me smile. I carry a supply of poo bags with me on every dog walk, and conscientiously bag it and bin it. However, the Forestry Commission here asks dog owners to stick and flick it.

This requires owners to simply pick up a stick and flick the poo off the path, and hopefully means that main paths are poo-free. That’s fine with me, and in the main it seems to work no worse than other locations that require owners to scoop the poop.

My one worry in complying with this policy is that I will pick up a stick that has been previously flicked with, and worse, that I will pick it up by the end that came into closest contact with the object it was flicking. So while I do stick and flick it, I inspect my sticks very carefully before selecting them!

Take care,

Julie x

P.S. I love th label "stinky poo" in the sign. I can't help it!

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