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Re: Thinking about getting a new puppy/dog? You should read this first!
Here's my one reason...
Are you really, truly prepared to pick up **** everyday for the next 15 years? Owning a dog isn't like years ago. You can no longer just let them run free in the local area, or even in the local park. When you take your dog out for a walk you will need to carry plastic bags and keep a careful eye out for when they do a number 2 (average 2-3 each walk). You then need to pick this up in a plastic bag and carry it until you reach a poo bin (you cannot legally put them in ordinary bins) or your own bin. And that's not all. In your own garden, on your own lawn, your dog will poo about 2-3 times per day. The rain doesn't wash it away (like cat poo). If you don't remove it, you cannot mow the lawn and you certainly can't walk/sunbathe/barbecue on it (and neither can your partner or kids for that matter!).
Sometimes it's windy, sometimes it's snowing with sub-zero temperatures, sometimes it's very dark, wet and muddy. Your dog will still poo and you will still have to pick it up. Leaving it until the next day is like leaving the dishes undone...it just gets harder and harder to clean up.
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