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Appalachian trails are close enough for us to worry. Spread the word.

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Cops Warn Dog Owners of Disturbing Find Along Appalachian Trail

The Pennsylvania Game Commission has issued a warning to dog and pet owners regarding the Appalachian Trail after a chilling discovery was made. Last weekend, according to CBS News, a hiker found dog treats stuffed with fish hooks on the North Trail Loop, which leads to the George W. Outerbridge ...
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This is terrible! Also why I can’t let my dogs drink out of any water bowl left on trails is at dog parks, etc. I just can’t trust anyone!! I am sure people fill them up with good intentions but it’s never worth the risk!
 
Just one more reason to practice a lot of "wait" and "leave it" with your dog.
It gets bad enough that sometimes i get distracted and forget he's waiting until he whimpers at me. By then he's dehydrated from drooling so much.
 
No theories have been publicly shared as to how the hooks materialized.
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The editor shoulda left it as, "No theories have been publicly shared as to what punishment is appropriate for the sick idiot who did this."
 
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99% chance this was done by a person who doesn’t have a dog who is tired of stepping around piles of pooh left by dog owners. They won’t change locations because they aren’t targeting dogs generally.
Two wrongs don’t make a right, but dog owners can be very inconsiderate…and also a-holes.
 
GymB said:
99% chance this was done by a person who doesn’t have a dog who is tired of stepping around piles of pooh left by dog owners. They won’t change locations because they aren’t targeting dogs generally.
Two wrongs don’t make a right, but dog owners can be very inconsiderate…and also a-holes.
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I'm not certain this is a proportionate response to people not picking up after their dogs.
 
Shady Grady said:
They should be looking closely at the hiker that reported finding them.
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That would actually be genius at work. Put fish hooks in dog treats. Leave along the trail. Report finding treats with fish hooks in them. Panic ensues and dog owners no longer bring dogs to the trail. No dogs actually harmed.
 
Schattenreiter said:
That would actually be genius at work. Put fish hooks in dog treats. Leave along the trail. Report finding treats with fish hooks in them. Panic ensues and dog owners no longer bring dogs to the trail. No dogs actually harmed.
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I expect something like that would be a winning answer on a "is this person a sociopath?" test
 
GoWolfpack said:
I'm not certain this is a proportionate response to people not picking up after their dogs.
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Terrorists aren’t about proportional response.
 
Schattenreiter said:
No that would be dog owners who take their dogs everywhere and refuse to pick up their poop.
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I do hate them too, don't worry.
My wife is constantly nextdooring about poop she finds on neighborhood trails. She is extra extra irritated by people who will bag the poop and then leave it on the trail, considering garbage cans are every few hundred yards
 
Sleipnir said:
Talking about dog poop.....I really wonder what people are thinking when they bag their pooch's poop, tie it up nicely and leave it on the side if the trail. Is their some free service for dog owners that picks up these packages that I don't know about?
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Probably depends on how far it is to a trash can. If they don't have a pack and they don't want to carry it for miles they probably just abandon it, but at least had enough sense to bag it so it wouldn't be a landmine to ruin someone's shoe. Pretty much like finding other trash on the trail, just litter from someone slightly more civilized.
 
Timfoilhat said:
Probably depends on how far it is to a trash can. If they don't have a pack and they don't want to carry it for miles they probably just abandon it, but at least had enough sense to bag it so it wouldn't be a landmine to ruin someone's shoe. Pretty much like finding other trash on the trail, just litter from someone slightly more civilized.
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But what are they thinking? Is it some kind of self-perceived, pat yourself on the back, virtue signaling? Does it "feel good" to be a responsible dog owner?
 
Sleipnir said:
But what are they thinking? Is it some kind of self-perceived, pat yourself on the back, virtue signaling? Does it "feel good" to be a responsible dog owner?
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Guess you have to ask them 🤷
 
Timfoilhat said:
Probably depends on how far it is to a trash can. If they don't have a pack and they don't want to carry it for miles they probably just abandon it, but at least had enough sense to bag it so it wouldn't be a landmine to ruin someone's shoe. Pretty much like finding other trash on the trail, just litter from someone slightly more civilized.
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Funny to me that they bag it and leave it, making it something that someone will have to deal with, vs chucking it off the trail 10 yards into the woods where nobody walks and it breaks down quickly.

But, I don’t care if it’s 20 miles and your dog drops a 5lb log, packing it out is part of the dog owner experience. Dog owners are responsible, even when it is unpleasant or difficult.

My daughter is talking about adopting a puppy, I wish she’d adopt an old half-blind incontinent dog that’ll need to be put down in the next couple years, that’ll teach her about the responsibilities of owning a dog. Of course it’ll never happen!
 
GymB said:
Funny to me that they bag it and leave it, making it something that someone will have to deal with, vs chucking it off the trail 10 yards into the woods where nobody walks and it breaks down quickly.

But, I don’t care if it’s 20 miles and your dog drops a 5lb log, packing it out is part of the dog owner experience. Dog owners are responsible, even when it is unpleasant or difficult.

My daughter is talking about adopting a puppy, I wish she’d adopt an old half-blind incontinent dog that’ll need to be put down in the next couple years, that’ll teach her about the responsibilities of owning a dog. Of course it’ll never happen!
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I hear you. Personally I appreciate the half effort of bagged poop over unbagged and abandoned on the trail. The poop bags are biodegradable so they could be chucked in the woods too, but whatever. We just make one of the dogs wear a backpack and they can haul it along with their snacks and water. Nothing in life is free.
 
Timfoilhat said:
I hear you. Personally I appreciate the half effort of bagged poop over unbagged and abandoned on the trail. The poop bags are biodegradable so they could be chucked in the woods too, but whatever. We just make one of the dogs wear a backpack and they can haul it along with their snacks and water. Nothing in life is free.
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I didn’t know that. Lets make camo biodegradable poop bags designed to be thrown off the trail. Maybe paper instead of plastic.
 
GymB said:
I didn’t know that. Lets make camo biodegradable poop bags designed to be thrown off the trail. Maybe paper instead of plastic.
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They make the bio ones green normally. Somebody gets it.

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GymB said:
Funny to me that they bag it and leave it, making it something that someone will have to deal with, vs chucking it off the trail 10 yards into the woods where nobody walks and it breaks down quickly.

But, I don’t care if it’s 20 miles and your dog drops a 5lb log, packing it out is part of the dog owner experience. Dog owners are responsible, even when it is unpleasant or difficult.

My daughter is talking about adopting a puppy, I wish she’d adopt an old half-blind incontinent dog that’ll need to be put down in the next couple years, that’ll teach her about the responsibilities of owning a dog. Of course it’ll never happen!
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The puppy stage is half the fun, tearing up anything and into everything.
 
Jimbob78 said:
The puppy stage is half the fun, tearing up anything and into everything.
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Today my dog Lulu and @Catfish dog Hank turned 1 year old. Yesterday Lulu destroyed my hearing aid. Fun it wasn't yesterday. Fortunately for her, she was on her last day of "puppy" so the mishap didn't get her so much as yelled at.
 
GymB said:
99% chance this was done by a person who doesn’t have a dog who is tired of stepping around piles of pooh left by dog owners. They won’t change locations because they aren’t targeting dogs generally.
Two wrongs don’t make a right, but dog owners can be very inconsiderate…and also a-holes.
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Could be, but stepping in a pile of dog shit doesn’t warrant leaving fish hook-laden treats along a trail that’s used by dogs, just to “teach someone a lesson”.

Ain’t the dog’s fault, but the dog (and other wildlife) are the ones being targeted.

One act (failing to clean up after your dog) should be dealt with by having a serious conversation with the owner.

The other act (fish hook treats) should, imo, carry a penalty involving severe physical consequences.
 
Dale Gribble said:
Could be, but stepping in a pile of dog shit doesn’t warrant leaving fish hook-laden treats along a trail that’s used by dogs, just to “teach someone a lesson”.

Ain’t the dog’s fault, but the dog (and other wildlife) are the ones being targeted.

One act (failing to clean up after your dog) should be dealt with by having a serious conversation with the owner.

The other act (fish hook treats) should, imo, carry a penalty involving severe physical consequences.
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Only if the "serious conversation" with the dog owner involves loss of the privilege to bring your dog out in public after a first or second warning.
 
Dale Gribble said:
Could be, but stepping in a pile of dog shit doesn’t warrant leaving fish hook-laden treats along a trail that’s used by dogs, just to “teach someone a lesson”.

Ain’t the dog’s fault, but the dog (and other wildlife) are the ones being targeted.

One act (failing to clean up after your dog) should be dealt with by having a serious conversation with the owner.

The other act (fish hook treats) should, imo, carry a penalty involving severe physical consequences.
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Agree, but again, terrorist. They aren’t thinking about the dog as anything other than a path to inflict pain on the owner. What they are doing makes perfect sense to them, low risk to them and probably effective. Hope they get caught.
 
Timfoilhat said:
They make the bio ones green normally. Somebody gets it.

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I just checked the ones we’ve ordered the last couple times and it doesn’t say biodegradable. But I also don’t leave them anywhere.

However, I constantly amazed at the amount of writing on these…

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BigWaylon said:
I just checked the ones we’ve ordered the last couple times and it doesn’t say biodegradable. But I also don’t leave them anywhere.

However, I constantly amazed at the amount of writing on these…

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You can learn foreign languages with those, or your dog can🐶
 
Do y'all bag the deer poop on a trail? Racoon, fox, yotes?
Sometimes I think the bagging requirements for poop is driven by Karen.
Watch where your walking!
 
I_load_my_own said:
Do y'all bag the deer poop on a trail? Racoon, fox, yotes?
Sometimes I think the bagging requirements for poop is driven by Karen.
Watch where your walking!
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Well somebody must because for every one time I see deer, fox, yote or coon poop on a trail I see 100 dog poops.
Different out west hiking less urban trails, but there the poop dries almost before it hits the ground.
 
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