Woodstock Early Bird is wondering if we have more dogs and their owners actually using our lovely doggy pick-up bags or whether the Village of Woodstock just dang ran out of the important public sanitation items?
Our Early Bird tipsters have noticed no bags in Village dispensers for about two weeks — Usual spots include the “Welcome Center”, Village Green, and across from the Woodstock Inn Administration parking lot. With an influx of visitors coming to town for our annual Wassail Weekend, many of whom bring their critters (please, please keep them on leash and away from the horseys!), perhaps we might ask for a big ‘ole refill of the poo bag dispensers so we can keep our lovely little Village neat and clean.
Insult to injury for locals and visitors is an unwanted parking ticket combined with a dog-feces smelly boot. Not to put too fine a point on it. But. Villagers approved the funding for these baggies so let’s get ’em out there and on the streets!
WEB notes that WE dog owners then need to be exceedingly responsible and PICK-UP even if it’s cold. No excuses for piles if there’s a baggie and a trash bin located next to eachother. The dog pick-up bags help everyone to be responsible. Villagers who are used to picking up using these baggies and then find none can’t be blamed if Fido has to go and we are out “un-equipped.”
Look forward to hearing from Tipsters that the bags are plentifully re-stocked soon!
Julia Carlisle
Woodstock Early Bird 
Posted by Katherine Webster on December 7, 2011 at 14:14
No excuse for not picking up pooch’s potties. Recycle plastic grocery bags, etc. It’s wise to carry an extra in your pocket in case there is more or another dog walker might be caught short without one.
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Posted by AMacDonald on December 7, 2011 at 18:34
I do carry a bag for pick-ups but occasionally have to do second pick-up and have been left holding oops not holding the bag. I did pick-up on a later trip and hopefully no one had to clean their shoe. It was disappointing to find none in the dispenser.
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Posted by Joe H. on December 7, 2011 at 20:49
It seems that pet owners should have something with them to deal with this as they go out on their regular walks. Kind of like leaving the house with a child in diapers and expecting strangers to have diapers available free of charge when they are needed. If these are supplied by the village maybe some of the dog walkers could fill up these stations on their walks and not have to have the village pay someone to fill them.
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Posted by Julia Carlisle on December 7, 2011 at 20:55
I’m sure most pet owners would be more than willing to re-fill the dispensers if that is what is needed. If it is a case of lack of staffing.
That said, the Village did approve to pay and provide these bags so if that is the will of the voters — which it is — then the Village should make sure this desire is carried out among other much larger things (like repairing bridges) that is what we have decided we want to do with our tax money. In this case, it has nothing to do with the diaper/children example.
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Posted by Bob Pear on December 8, 2011 at 20:29
If a resident or vistor expects that a dog bag is normally there, and it has been allocated and budgeted to be there by the community, it could put one in an unexpected and uncomfortable position to have to pick up the dogs poo with no expected bag on hand. I was a boy scout, so I am always prepared and I keep many extras on hand, but I too had noticed that the kiosks had not been refilled in the past week, (2 weeks is a stretch). Just wondering how this could be monitored better- is there a schedule to replenish the supply and we just had a run on dog bags, or our dogs had the runs, or was somebody on vacation?
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