[pct-l] Fw: More Poop Poll/DOGS

[Edward Anderson]

Shon,
It might be somewhat comforting for you to know that studies have shown that fecal material from horses is not a significant source of pathogens - while that of humans, dogs, cats, and cattle is. Hikers who bring dogs should bury the poop in a cat hole - just as they do their own. I don't have a problem with dogs on the trail so long as they are on a leash. Then you know when they poop.
MendoRider-Hiker 
 
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From: Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 7:44 AM
Subject: [pct-l]  More Poop Poll
 
Shon,
A more experienced hiker would have taken his water farther away from 
the horses instead of in the "drop zone".
But, like I said, "Veggies" are good for you.
You remember your mother telling you that, don't you?

Remember to eat lots of "Veggies" on the trail....they are good for you.

JMT Reinhold
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Shon wrote:

.......two horses, standing in the water near the shoreline, with butts 
towards the lake's center and faces down in the shallows earting the 
nice green grass, while poop plobs out and falls into the lake over and 
over.  I needed to take water from this lake, so I filled two 1L Nalgene 
bottles and watched the water in the bottles as horse poop sank to the 
bottom.
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