Welcome to Poop City

Responsible dog owners should use dog poop bags, right? That would seem to be the least they should do. We run in the morning along McLeod Creek, a pristine little trail, neatly asphalted and bordered with willow trees. As we've been for several years into a brand new millennium, you'd think that people who live in Park City and walk their dogs along that path would be civilized enough to pick up after their pooch; no, too many still don't and make sure their dogs leave their dropping right in the middle of the path.

You would perhaps think that these same selfish folks would feel a tiny bit guilty and muster the strength to kick the poop sideways, out of plain view. Nope, they'd never bend over to pick up a twig and do the job or, God forbid, kick the pile with their own shoes! They'd rather have you and me step smack in the middle of it! I'm not finished; among the exceptional individuals who walk their dogs equipped with poop bags, some “conveniently” drop them to the side, presumably to pick them up on their way back, but guess what?

Many often “forget” the little, white wrapper; put this on the account of absent-mindedness... Some are of the “saving” type and may be betting on canine feces taking off as our dollar nosedives. These speculators pile them up behind a rock at the corner of Holiday Ranch Loop Road and we've got another daily eyesore to contend with. I'm telling you, now that it has built its own canine park, Park City is irreversibly gone to the dogs!