Pick up your horse poo!

[bantamamba]

Wow, that is crazy.

Luckily enough horse people live around here that no one minds an occasional pile on the road. The tires just flatten it out into nothing within a day or so. To me, equine feces are the least offensive of them all. Give most piles on the roadside a few days and all you'll have left are a few traces of partially digested vegetable matter. I would think people would rather have the poo in the street then kicked onto sidewalks or driveways. We do have ditches that line most of the roads but I still get away with doing nothing. Car tires routinely run over roadkill and oil and gods know what else so why should it matter? It's not like you're parking your automobile in the livingroom.

If ever I ride on a trail that is shared by hikers and such, I hop off and kick it aside. Personally I don't mind coming across the rare glob of horse poo when hiking but I'd rather prevent a stupid argument rather than partake in one. My mare is only 14.3 so it's not that much of a chore to get back up there. I do have a shorter friend however who rides a 16.3 gelding and she does tend to avoid these trails just for that reason.

 

[Turkenlover]

OMG.

I live, keep my horse, and ride in the suburbs. I have never had to pick up after my horse. I can just imagine the size of poop bag you would need for that. Horse manure is the least offensive manure of all time! It just dries up and decomposes within days. COME ON!!!! And I would agree with the post noting that there is WAAAY more garbage in the ditch along the road where I ride my horse to the trail than there is manure. WAY MORE. WOW.

 

[geepy]

Here's the kicker. The county voted to change the ordinance after the horse people got together and got 200 signatures on a petition. Done deal right? Nope, a month later when just two people went to the meeting complaining, (no one else new they were going to talk about) the county decided no to change it.

 

[luvzmybabz]

I have a neighbor that moved in about 1 year ago with 3X the limit on her horses (type of animal per acre) she complained about my chickens........excuse me there are 10 other people within the area that have chickens but she complains about mine. We live in an area mostly double wides on 2.5 acres each but incororated by the tiny town about 6 miles awaqy. So she called city to complain...did not happen ( I know the code enforcement, she told me all about it), then tried to complain to HOA out of 5 on board 3 have chickens. Finally someone said why complain when she is not disobeying the law you are so she has cozied up to people in the area and farms her horses out to 3 different places.....used to be 4 places but the original owners sold the house and she and new owners got into it because she thought she should be able to keep 2 of her horses there because she was here before them....OK!

THen there is one of the guys that owns 3 rentals in the addition does not live here himself is on HOA and city council, that wants to make it a gated community and if your house is damaged bad enough to be replaced FIRE,FLOOD, TORNADO etc you MUST rebuild stick home What THere are 3 stick built homes out of 100 in the addition, I have read original convenents and this was actually divided up for actual mobile home acreages, but this jerk OK I really must stop there on that issue.

I have become the unoffical dog catcher in the area. There is a control law fence, leash, chain etc. THere are about 5 of us that actually obey the law. I have chickens rabbits and goats GP and my family dog. ALL are kept penned or chained per city code ( stashing for money to completely fence our acreage) well my airedale is on a 50 ft cable when outside. Neighbor that has been contacted by the city 5 times in the last 2 years about their Aussie refuse to keep it put up. I have 14 puppies to show for it and I found out the neighbor next to this house has 7. So I talked to city and found out if I catch dog on property Shoot, or catch and call. I am not an evil person I obey they law and it is my RESPONSIBILITY to protect my animals.

Now the poop on the right of way is Stupid I agree with the person about getting info about accidents casued by idiot driver and people on side of road. I think there is actually a law here in OK that you if on a 4 lane hiway you must get into center lane if you see Police have a car stopped....almost the oposite of when you must pull to the side for an ambulance. I do know there are some states that do have this or similair law. Also Councils are not supposed to be able to take a vote without all interested parties there such as posting the business that will be discussed and voted on at each meeting, I would look into this.