Dog walker and scoop - broadening / slight shift

[Benjamin Barrett]

I would, too, but in about three years of daily visits to OLAs, I don't recall seeing anybody use a poop scooper (even though I see them in the pet stores).

BB

On Oct 31, 2010, at 3:36 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:

>
> I would call using a pooper scooper scooping.
> DanG
>
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> In Seattle, the term "dog walker" is employed for a person who exercises
>> dogs at the off-leash areas (known colloquially as "dog parks").
>>
>> AFAIK, nobody refers to watching the dogs, scooping up their poop,
>> disciplining them and letting them exercise as "walking."
>>
>> Also, the word "scoop" is clearly used to mean "pick up poop with a
>> (plastic) bag inverted around the hand." My recollection is that going
>> around the park with a bucket and a shovel to clean up the poop is called
>> "picking up poop" not "scooping."
>>
>> Benjamin Barrett
>> Seattle, WA
>>

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