When my brother's family comes down from Massachusetts, one of the kids takes the dogs for walks in the neighborhood and they are told to take a plastic back for the excrement. These are children who obey their father and do the right thing. Discipline needs to take place in the home. We need more parental discipline and teaching in the household, not the classroom. Parents need to accept their responsibilities. The problem begins and is corrected in the home.

I agree with your comment, fdorsi, but there are plenty of people well past the age of childhood who refuse to comply with the law. Unless the law is rigorously enforced, then we are saddled with the dog waste problem as an addition to the over-all trash and neglected property problem on The Hill. The only discipline too many adults understand are fines and the inconvenience of time before a judge, especially with so many of these dog owners being J & W college students and folks who own bigger dogs to look like street toughs. And yes, I own a dog, I pick up after my dog religiously and I keep my property clean and as trash free as conditions allow...

Since it's clear nothing will be done since it's not considered Important, might as well close the ticket.