Pacific Heights neighbors have been horrified recently by a repeat offender who kept leaving dog-poop bags on the sidewalk outside a particular home —an apparent passive-aggressive critique of a long, annoying construction project.
In the annals of dog-poop-related crimes, this was obviously bad. But it did get me, a new dog owner, thinking about a less obvious and long-running debate dividing San Franciscans: Is it OK to put my dog’s poop bag in someone else’s trash can?
If I’m on a long walk with my dog, do I have to carry a hot baggy filled with feces all the way home if I don’t pass a city trash can? Or can I leave it in a stranger’s Recology bin on the street?…