Sure. It’s not the most delightful subject in the world, but someone has to get it out….bad choice of words.
Dog poo. It’s everywhere…in your yard, in your favorite park, on your favorite beach, and maybe in your closet.
What are you supposed to do with it? Etiquette says that you are supposed to take this poo…a “green product”…and pick it up with a plastic bag and dispose of it in a proper trash recipticle. Now this never made much sense to me…take something that is probably the most biodegradable substance know to man, wrap in a a non-biodegradable substance and throw it away…where it takes up space in a landfill. That doesn’t sound that “green” to me, but until the environmentalists start the “Stop the Poo in the Landfill” campaign, I guess I’ll just do what is right.
This brings me to the “Tip for Dog Poo”. If you’re like me and you are tasked with the wonderful job of taking the dog (in this case a 100 pound chocolate lab) out for his morning and evening crap-fest, then you are faced with the unfortunate job of disposing of the poo. So twice a day the choice is plastic or…plastic. The plastic I am talking about here is one of the greatest inventions of my lifetime…the plastic grocery bag.
In our home, I usually have one of two choices for the poo containment vessel…the Kroger bag or the Target bag. Now I have no scientific data to back this up, but given the above choices…always go with the Target bag. The plastic is thicker and the bag itself is better reinforced at the bottom (especially the corners)…and the most important factor is the lack of small holes in the bag. And by the photo to the right…the California Target bags actually suggest you use them for dipsoing of the doo poo….see #2.
Now don’t get me wrong, I am in no way knocking the Kroger bag, but let’s face it, you don’t want to risk a blow out from the thin plastic construction or find there is a hole in the bag when it’s too late. Always go with the Target bag. Another advantage of the Target bag is the quite identifiable logo. If you’re going to carry a bag of poo through the neighborhood, you want to look stylish.
So there go. My Tip for disposing of the dog poo…always go with the Target bag. Kroger bags work good in an emergency, but why risk it?
PS…If I had my choice I would use a Zip -Lock freezer bag…but given the though economic times, I just can’t afford it.
PSS…By the way…the Kroger bag is quite useful for dispoing of the mountain of poo filled diapers that KTOWN produces every year. But tips for handling that crap-topia is another matter all together.
