Pooper Scooper Lax, So Now Dogs May Have to Wear Pants

Tired of stepping in doggy droppings, Joe Lefebvre has a solution: Fido had better button up.

The chairman of the selectmen wants dogs to wear diapers or pants when they’re out and about.

The Berkshire County town of about 9,000 enacted its pooper scooper law several years ago. But there’s trouble enforcing it, since a dog must be caught in the act for the owner to be fined $50.

“My feeling is if this isn’t working, make them put pants on their animals,” Lefebvre said Thursday.

This is the second time Lefebvre has proposed the idea.

“The board just laughs at me,” he said. “I tell them, ‘You may think I’m a nut, but I feel this is the only way it’s going to work.’ ”