News Hound Ady & Flo www.sunlive.co.nz

Most of us go to a lot of trouble to clean up our naturally-occurring motions, while cavorting in the parks and reserves of the region.

So it's disappointing to find droppings of a variety of shapes and origins left to settle and stink. The responsible dog owners get fingered!

One of our regular jaunts is a quick blast around Robbins Park – the former bowling greens make excellent Frisbee fields. Council workers do a great job keeping these gardens looking fab, so it's a shame when others soil the grounds with their dirty business.

You have to wonder why the council would go to so much trouble to keep the place nice, when some residents don't seem to care if it's trashed. Combined with the effect of the derelict homeless characters laying around stoned and liquored, we have to ask if the effort is worth it.

Come on dog owners, take a plastic bag!

Perhaps the council should provide some, just as other towns do. Some strategically placed bag dispensers would help those who get caught short.

Another episode this week had my eyes bulging. An enormous deposit was left on one of the local Te Puna reserves. So big, I hope the animal that passed it is okay. This pile of manure was the size of a small cat. My eyes were watering just thinking about the prospect of delivering that.

I'm hoping it was a horse, or an elephant. If it came from a bird, we're all in deep trouble.

Me looking a little concerned about the size of this monster doo doo.

Anyway, it occurred to me that us dogs are the only animals registered, levied and required to pick up our doo doo.

What of the contributions from cats, horses, birds, ducks and any of the other myriad of critters roaming the region? Thanks to everyone who sent in their awesome summer photos – here's one I'd like to share this week!

Storm keeping it fresh in his own pool.

Keep them coming – corrie@thesun.co.nz

- Flo