Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Dogs and their Poop

Posted by Shelly

Many people in Hong Kong have dogs – both large and small. Dog walkers are supposed to clean up after their dogs when walking them. Most walkers are quite good at this. As soon as a dog starts to squat, the walker will quickly slip a piece of newspaper between the dog's legs to catch, well, whatever drops out.


This is then wrapped up and dropped in the nearest dog poop collection box. I'm not sure what this box says about who walks the dogs in Hong Kong, but it must say something. There is no Chinese on this box, only English and Tagalog, the language spoken by most of the Filipina housekeepers in Hong Kong. Does this mean that the authorities believe that only English-speaking foreigners and Filipinas pick up after their dogs? Or that Chinese never take their dogs for walks? Or, maybe, that dogs owned by Chinese don't poop?


Extra polite dog walkers even carry a squeeze bottle filled with water to dilute any spot where the dog pees. As Hong Kong is mostly cement, this is a nice touch and helps the streets not smell completely like dog urine. Apparently, though, a dog walker recently did not clean up after their dog in front of our building as the following sign was posted last week. You can click on the picture below if you want to read it more easily.