Please not make dogs suffer because of silly owners. I rarely see poop and I walk miles all over Newport.
I always pick up. Most people do. There are some who routinely let their dog out to go while they stay indoors or forget to bring a bag but it is rare

why should the people of Newport supply crap bags for dog owners? im assuming everyone has plastic bags at home ,maybe they should use them for Ive seen the snobs on the south end take them by the hand fulls and ive seen them used as birthday bags on the northend. may be dog owners are letting the powers that be know that Newport is nothing but a giant toilet and they should get rid of idiots at cityhall

I really think our police officers have more important things to do than go after people for not picking up after their dogs. I walk all over Newport with my dog, I pick up after him and yes I have seen a bag or two left behind but I don't feel like its such an issue that the police need to get involved.

They don't pick up after their dogs where I walk in Middletown. It is disgusting.

Poop is definitely a problem in the area of Newport where we live. Not only is it on the sidewalks but in our yard. We have a dog and always carry multiple bags with us, just in case.

In the big scheme of things I don't see this as a major problem. Yes, it's annoying when dog owners don't have the common decency to pick up after their dogs, but I have seem many more owners doing the right thing than not. Hell, I've seen more goose crap in ten square feet of Brenton Point State Park than dog poop in all of Newport - and nobody seems too spun up about it.

I don't believe it's a widespread problem but I do think it would be helpful to "remind" dog owners of proper poopy etiquette. I find dog poop in my garden, which is only possible when the owners lift their dogs onto my wall so they can crap in the flower beds. Bad enough that they do it to begin with but then not to pick it up? It's just rude.

My wall is stone and relatively wide is only a couple feet high - a spry little dog or a bigger dog could get atop it no problem, and my neighbor has caught someone in the act. She saw a woman lifting a small terrier onto my wall and watching it poop and then walking off. I've been keeping my eye out for her. I clean dog poop out of the same area in my garden a few times a year. I've also found it in my shell driveway and in another ground level bed. It is always small dog poop. Not cat or other critter poop. And since this person has been caught in the act, I'm pretty sure it's just someone being a jerk.

It's not a huge problem, but there are people (and I hate to be sexist, but it's mostly men who hate to embarrass themselves by picking it up) who either leave the bags or look the other way while their dog is pooping, then walk away. I find land mines in my front yard ALL the time. I walk my two dogs every day and have a container filled with poop bags attached to their leashes. And I bring those filled bags home and dispose of them. It shouldn't be a big deal. But because of inconsiderate dog owners who don't pick up, we were barred from Sachuest Point several years ago (and it was horrible what was left, so I don't blame them!). But my dog and I used to enjoy that nice walk there. No more. We're stuck with a crappy, tiny dog park, and fewer and fewer safe places to walk.

I have a dog and pick up. Most of my dog friends do the same. The good news is that eventually the illegal poop goes away with a good rain storm. What doesn't go away is "people trash". Welcome to "pigtown" because dog poop is not the big problem. The real shit in this town is the total lack of respect for trash. It is beyond me that people, not dogs ... polute just about every corner. Newport does not have respect, it's going down, down hill. Our elected officials are by name only and they do not care. Murder, muggings and trash. What a waste of my tax dollar.

WALK DOWN BROADWAY THERES A HUGE POOP PROBLEM, JUST TAKE A GANDER AROUND MEETING STREET