The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking

@mrmhead Said
OK, in this case "Hitchhiking" is a euphemism for picking up dog s*** after cutting the grass, rather than before ... but that wouldn't work so well in the title ...
So, I've done this dog-owner / grass-cutter thing for better than 20 years, and in most cases it was "Before" so you don't step in it or roll over it.
(sure there was the occasional rush job and it was skipped all together, but that was well less than 10%)

But today, I purposely took the other stance ...And I liked it!

Pro's:
The grass is shorter, so it's easier to spot

You're not in a rush, because if it gets dark, or it starts raining, no big deal to stop! The s***'ll be there tomorrow (bet your bottom dollar!) But you hardly want to leave a half-cut yard!

You know where everything is, because you've already walked the entire yard and you've found everything - one way or another!

I'm not operating heavy machinery after several refreshments, though a shove can be dangerous too ...

Con's:
So you've found everything - but did you see it beforehand and swerve ... making zig-zags in the cut? Or did you only notice after that odd clump of grass on the wheel? Or that little slip in the step?

Being that my dogs are only in the fenced in back yard, a little zig-zag here and there is no big deal to me.

I think I'll try it again next week!

Dog owners, what do you do?

Before or after?

@mrmhead Said
OK, in this case "Hitchhiking" is a euphemism for picking up dog s*** after cutting the grass, rather than before ... but that wouldn't work so well in the title ...
So, I've done this dog-owner / grass-cutter thing for better than 20 years, and in most cases it was "Before" so you don't step in it or roll over it.
(sure there was the occasional rush job and it was skipped all together, but that was well less than 10%)

But today, I purposely took the other stance ...And I liked it!

Pro's:
The grass is shorter, so it's easier to spot

You're not in a rush, because if it gets dark, or it starts raining, no big deal to stop! The s***'ll be there tomorrow (bet your bottom dollar!) But you hardly want to leave a half-cut yard!

You know where everything is, because you've already walked the entire yard and you've found everything - one way or another!

I'm not operating heavy machinery after several refreshments, though a shove can be dangerous too ...

Con's:
So you've found everything - but did you see it beforehand and swerve ... making zig-zags in the cut? Or did you only notice after that odd clump of grass on the wheel? Or that little slip in the step?

Being that my dogs are only in the fenced in back yard, a little zig-zag here and there is no big deal to me.

I think I'll try it again next week!

Dog owners, what do you do?

Before or after?

@boxer Said

I go out on the porch when the dog goes out, so I see where he poops, and we pick it up every day, so it's not an issue. But our back yard looks like a magazine, it's our pride and joy and the envy of the neighborhood.

@DiscordTiger Said

I have dirt and rocks, much like the rest of my neighborhood. When I did have the dog and grass, the dog liked to poop in the same area so it was pretty easy to pick up.
There was that one time I had to cut the grass with scissors that sucked.

@Hitting40 Said

I always said "where's Waldo" is s***..