{"id":3792,"date":"2026-11-14T23:34:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T04:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/?p=3792"},"modified":"2026-11-14T23:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T04:40:33","slug":"dogwalkers-relieved-as-fall-foliage-makes-picking-up-shit-entirely-optional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/dogwalkers-relieved-as-fall-foliage-makes-picking-up-shit-entirely-optional\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogwalkers Relieved as Fall Foliage Makes Picking Up Shit Entirely Optional"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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TAKOMA PARK, MD – As autumn leaves begin blanketing sidewalks, lawns and neighborhood parks, local dogwalkers are celebrating what experts are calling the most wonderful time of the year: shit camouflage season.

\u201cHonestly, it\u2019s one of the main reasons I love fall,\u201d said local dog owner Brenda Whitmore, 54, with a green plastic baggie around her right hand while watching her golden retriever deposit a steaming pile beneath a maple tree. \u201cNature has provided me a way to hide the fact that I just faked picking up my dog’s poop.”

The seasonal phenomenon has reportedly sparked a surge in what residents have affectionately dubbed the \u201cshit-and-run\u201d, as dogwalkers take advantage of the foliage to abandon their cleanup responsibilities.

\u201cI think people need to understand that we’re all part of an ecosystem,\u201d said another dog owner. \u201cThe trees drop leaves, the dogs drop turds, and eventually it all becomes somebody else’s problem.\u201d

City officials have expressed concern that the growing accumulation of canine waste could create problems once the leaves are collected. Public Works Director Daryl Braithwaite warned that the city’s annual leaf collection program could turn the municipal leaf mulch pile into something of a public health hazard.

\u201cPeople think it’s the leaves that smell,\u201d Braithwaite said. \u201cIt’s not the leaves.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TAKOMA PARK, MD – As autumn leaves begin blanketing sidewalks, lawns and neighborhood parks, local dogwalkers are celebrating what experts are calling the most wonderful time of the year: shit camouflage season. \u201cHonestly, it\u2019s one of the main reasons I love fall,\u201d said local dog owner Brenda Whitmore, 54, with a green plastic baggie around…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[114,2370,516,95,2374,1009,24,77,970,1130,2371,2376,2373,373,1826,370,2369,489,371,368,979,141,1387,1789,1807,306,189,640,309,638,130,1733,2375,339,6,94,2372,542,93,111,4,220,1397,1278,2,634,218,147,714,719,718,716,104,1840],"class_list":["post-3792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-amazon","tag-autumn","tag-cnn","tag-comedy","tag-compost","tag-dc-humor","tag-dc-satire","tag-disney-plus","tag-dmv-news","tag-dmv-satire","tag-dog-poop","tag-dogs","tag-dogwalkers","tag-ebay","tag-email","tag-facebook","tag-fall","tag-funny","tag-gmail","tag-google","tag-google-news","tag-humor","tag-instagram","tag-joke","tag-laugh","tag-leaves","tag-maryland","tag-maryland-satire","tag-moco","tag-moco-satire","tag-montgomery-county","tag-montgomery-county-satire","tag-mulch-pile","tag-netflix","tag-news","tag-parody","tag-poop-baggies","tag-reddit","tag-satire","tag-satirical-news","tag-takoma","tag-takoma-dog-park","tag-takoma-humor","tag-takoma-news","tag-takoma-park","tag-takoma-park-city-manager","tag-takoma-park-dog-park","tag-takoma-park-election","tag-takoma-park-facebook-group","tag-takoma-park-news","tag-takoma-park-satire","tag-takoma-satire","tag-takoma-torch","tag-tiktok","wpcat-15-id"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paPZSG-Za","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/takomatorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Shitandrun.jpg?fit=720%2C552&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3793,"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3792\/revisions\/3793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takomatorch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}