Why can horses poo anywhere, but dogs can't?

[m1spw]

I'm sure theres a perfectly good explanation for this, but why is it that you can get fined up to £2000 for letting your dog poo in a public place and not clening it up, but if a horse poos on a path or road, they don't have to clean it up (well, apart from the fact that its considerably larger...).

Why are there different rules for different animals? And what are the rules for cats (who seem to poo in everyone's garden except their own!)

[DanH]

Horses don't eat meat so their faeces aren't nearly as disgusting as dog shit.

[leftie]

Horses often do in our street, and rather than being disgusted I am out there like a shot popping it in my compost bin. Conversely when my dogs do it I have to force myself to scoop whilst heaving my guts up.

Horses (not glass ones)must be a sort of magic beast.

[tvrbob]

My dog thinks horse poo is really tasty

[Balmoral Green]

Its simple really:

Horses shit in the road, wether they are good or bad horses and regardless of wether they have good or bad owners.

Dogs shit on the pavement, but only if they have bad owners.

Cats shit in my garden, they dont give a damn about anyone or anything. ALL cats would torture and kill their owners if they ever got the chance, their owners are only safe from them because of a difference in scale.

[mxdi]

But horse poo smells better than dog poo, and horses eat own poo, so must be more 'natural'

[scared but happy]

Still a bitch when you skid on it with your push bike though.

[warmfuzzies]

Toxocara [sic] not from horses,

so you can see the problem, added to which How many bloody dogs are there......with a great many irresponsible owners.......guess how many want to use my driveway to sh1t on....


kevin

not a dog disliker, more an owner issue.

[eharding]

los angeles said:

Don't forget, there was a day when the stench in the street from horses droppings and urine was unbearable We don't want those days again.

Alright Methuselah - next you'll be banging on about when
you were a lad you had to put up with the Black Death....

[eharding]

Gazboy said:

Most bikers could tell you a story involving horse crap.

...and most horse riders could tell you a story about crap bikers

[haze]

mxdi said:

But horse poo smells better than dog poo, and horses eat own poo, so must be more 'natural'

Used to have a horse on a share basis with my friend, & I must admit I have never ever known or seen a case of horses eating their own poo! I know dogs can do this though... Horse poop is good for the rose beds, so I've heard.

>> Edited by haze on Thursday 10th November 20:25

[m1spw]

haze said:

mxdi said: But horse poo smells better than dog poo, and horses eat own poo, so must be more 'natural' Used to have a horse on a share basis with my friend, & I must admit I have never ever known or seen a case of horses eating their own poo! I know dogs can do this though... Horse poop is good for the rose beds, so I've heard.

Isn't it only rabbits that eat their own poo?

[eharding]

los angeles said:

You whippersnappers don't know how lucky you are. Dog poop? I had to wade through a ton of gutted fish entrails, whale blubber, human urine thrown from windows, a sea of cow pats from cattle herded through the streets, just to buy a nice sticky bun in the baker's shop ... and then I had to scrape bloody mouse droppings off the bun. Eh, lad, but bun, it were delicious.

I see you've been to the Saturday market in Bracknell as well then......

[MrV]

haze said:

mxdi said: But horse poo smells better than dog poo, and horses eat own poo, so must be more 'natural' Used to have a horse on a share basis with my friend, & I must admit I have never ever known or seen a case of horses eating their own poo! >> Edited by haze on Thursday 10th November 20:25

We have one that does that !!!!!!!!

[haze]

Blimey!! Say no more...

[speedychrissie]

i dont particularly know why horses are allowed to poo everywhere but i seem to remember that cats are allowed to both roam and poo wherever they like because they arent classed as domesticated animals in the same way as dogs are (ie, they are still wild and we just feed them from time to time).
maybe it is the same for horses.

chris

[mxdi]

MrV said:

haze said: mxdi said: But horse poo smells better than dog poo, and horses eat own poo, so must be more 'natural' Used to have a horse on a share basis with my friend, & I must admit I have never ever known or seen a case of horses eating their own poo! >> Edited by haze on Thursday 10th November 20:25 We have one that does that !!!!!!!!

I once learnt to ride (about 5 yrs ago) and the owner of the riding school said that the horse I was learning on would eat its poo

[Muncher]

Hamsters eat their own poo as well.

[Jonna_Rex]

What about us humans, we poo and dogs don´t come to us to complain about it

[jazzgirl]

Horses should not naturally eat their own dung, If they do it's either due to dietary deficiencies or a learned habit from unhappy days in their lives, e.g. being shut up in a stable for 22 hours a day.
Most people would agree that horse poo is less offensive than dog poo, and is usually in the rural road, not on the urban pavement.
I wouldn't want to comment on what happens when a biker runs over horse dung, but shouldn't they be able to avoid it if they are riding safely?