horse rider can't pick up after it's horse,they ride on pavements and people with prams have to walk in the

Question

road to avoid it ,thats well selfish, how many people have you seen out picking it up for the garden?? if they did there wouldn't be a problem.

Answer 1

Fresh horse manure will kill any plants it touches. It has to be left for several weeks to break down. But what a wonderful idea, A Super-Pooper-Scooper for horses................

Answer 2

Horses manure is generly left for several reasons. First, the logisics is rather difficult... you would have to dismount, tie your horse somwhere near a road, which is bad idea, or get somone to hold it. Both of these present major problems that the non-horse person wouldn't understand, but lets just say that with most horses that is a MAJOR accident waiting to happen. Then you would have to pick it up somehow and carry it with you, probably in a plastic bag... which would scare your average horse into freaking out. Riders falling off and horses runing loose through the streets would become a regular occurance.

Second, horse manure generally doesn't stink as much as dog poo, and is mostly undigested hay, and so is relitivly harmless once it drys out

Answer 3

Be a bit sensible. If it was a young girl out on her pony, would you really expect her to dismount, then with a spade in one hand and a bucket in the other and one hand holding the pony.....oops, she only has two hands, so perhaps she should let the pony go to gallop into the traffic.
Herbivore poo is not offensive or dangerous to humans. Surely you can wheel your pram around it. It is unreasonable to expect horse riders to carry a bucket and spade with them, then dismount, control their animal while scooping up something entirely inoffensive . If poo is so very terrible to you, you might be best advised to go and live in the city somewhere.
And no, I am not a horse owner nor rider just someone who sees both sides of the argument and can tell when someone is moaning for the sake of it.
I can take it that you are not a gardener either since if I find horse poo on the road outside my cottage, I scoop it up and put it on my compost heap. I grow some of the best tomatoes in the area out of my compost.

Answer 4

Horses should NOT be on pavements, they should be on the road. The horse should be broke in to traffic, if it is not, then it shouldn't be near a road.
Why don't riders have to pay tax and have insurance to be anywhere near a road? We have to with our cars etc. How many riders actually bother to say thank you if you slow down for them? Practically none, so don't slow down below 30mph (unless the speed limit says so) BUT DO give them a wide berth. If the B****Ds kick out and damage your car, the riders won't pay up.
And believe it or not, I'm a horse lover. Generally it's the owners that are wasters.

Answer 5

Well i dont know quite where this question is going, but the other day i was told to be more considerate to drivers by another driver. He was directly behind me, and the people behind him were overtaking me and him as one. It is illegal to ride on the pavements where I live.

However, those people who think that people should pick up their horses faeces need to think a bit harder. On an average one hour ride, a horse will stop twice to excrete. This would mean riders to get on in the first place, then off, then on, then off then on, and then eventually off again.

They would also need to carry a rather large strong bag, and a shovel. Bearing in mind, you need two hands for the reins, where do you suggest we get more hands to hold, a stone of poo and a shovel. Also the poo doesn't stick like dog poo, and it doesn't smell like dog poo. It is much larger than dog poo. It is not practical to pick it up, and is causing no harm to the public. However, riders should not ride on the pavements, as they are designed for pedestrian use only.

Answer 6

Horse poop is not like dog poop. Dog poop stinks and lasts for weeks. Horse poop doesn't stink and is gone in a couple of days. Because it is only grass, it will disintegrate faster if you roll the pram across it ;) It would be just as unsafe to have the horse riders ride in the street as it would be to have the pram pushers push in the street. Horses were here first, so it's probably best to learn to live with them and use your angst for something more worthy.

Answer 7

As a horse owner and rider I can tell you that riding my horse whilst carrying pooper scooping equipment is simply not practical nor possible. Should I amazingly manage to do just that getting off my horse and cleaning up is just not possible either. Have some sense and tolerance please horse manure is not offence as is the case with dog poo and horse riders are tired of people complaining about them. Remember horses have right of way on the road and are the greenest form of transport there is.

Answer 8

I don't know where you live, but round here and in England in general, horses ride on the Road not the pavement.

Answer 9

In NYC at one time the mounted police had diapers (nappies) for their horses; guess it didn't catch on. Can you imagine trying to change a horse's nappy? ROFLOL
If people have to pick up after their dogs I should think they should after their horses as well, even if you have to dismount to do it!

Answer 10

I think it to be rather rude for them to leave the horse dung on the pavement! Perhaps you can write a letter to your town mayor and get something done about it. I wish you luck my friend!