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Poop on Heather

Honestly, I feel so incredibly fortunate to have found the best business partner and friend in Heather. (Yes, we met at a bar so don't think you always have to meet romantic conquests there.. open your mind to meeting business partners and Biters... I digress...). 

But dude, today starts my first vacation in 2 years, and I am writing a blog on dog poop bags, and it was the lovely (poopy) Mizz Stephenson that assigns who does what blog which day. 

I will tell you though that in Bozeman - which is a very doggy town - there are dog poop bags in every park that are the bio-degradable kind. I have trained the Cricket to go off the trails in the woods though so we don't have to mess with it.  However one day she made a little mistake and so I used the "stick - n - flick" method.  I got lots of laughs from dog owners and scowls from non-dog owners.

Off to walk the Crick... I am just taking her for swims more these days as it has been so hot - Jen

Posted by: jboulden on 07/28/2006
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rick  on July 28, 2006 at 10:07 AM 1
we use a dog poop composter like the ones at http://www.composters.com/docs/bins_p5.html No bags needed!
Jill  on July 28, 2006 at 11:18 AM 2
I just find a nearby plant with really big leaves, scoop and "bag" with that, and deposit in a more remote area. Guess that might not work in the city.
sarah  on July 28, 2006 at 11:37 AM 3
Dog poop is an unpleasant nuisance in cities, for sure, but hikers in remote areas should be doubly conscious about picking up after their dog. Dog crap can spread parasites and disease to wildlife, leach into groundwater, add extra nitrogen to the soil (not always a good thing) and because many species use scat (wild poop) as signposts, your dog's poop is probably mucking up communication. Pack it in, pack it out. I take plastic bags for my dog's poop where ever I go, biodegradable or not.
ian  on July 28, 2006 at 01:06 PM 4
We're so happy to see Spike getting some respect! FYI, this summer Spike Business Bags are "going domestic". Up until this year all of the plastic we used came from Europe (same source as the BioBag folks) and we imported a finished product. However, we helped an american company develop a homegrown version made with US Corn. While still meeting the most demanding specification for compostability, this new plastic will allow us to go head-to-head with traditional petroleum-based plastics. Remember what Spike says, "There's no business like dog business" Ian
stacey  on July 28, 2006 at 01:20 PM 5
They aren't biodegradable, but if you have an excess of bags from shopping, at least you're recycling if you use them to pick up poop. So many products come with excess packaging that can be used as well. And as someone else noted, it's important to pick it up for reasons other than saving people's shoes--dogs aren't living on diets composed entirely of natural foods, so their poop can contaminate the environment and hurt other wildlife.
Martina  on July 28, 2006 at 01:24 PM 6
I am so glad you came up with this topic. I buy sandwich bags that I have been using to scoop my poop (I have three dogs so thats a lot of scooping and a lot of bags...not to mention poop...:). I try to be eco-friendly and DOH, I can't beleive that I didn't think of that...biodegradable bags! Thanks...I'm going to find em!
Jean  on July 28, 2006 at 02:37 PM 7
isn't it still best to reuse plastic bags you get at the grocery or those clear ones from the produce aisle? Isn't it always better to recycle then to buy newly produced anything- even over bio-degradable plastic. I live in NYC and always have used the grocery bags and produce bags to pooper- scoop. Since these bags are not recyclable here it seems like the best choice, no? Btw, I have cut down on the number of plastic bags I take by carrying a canvas tote some of the time and by reusing the ones I already have. It is challenging though and life is too fast paced to plan and organize that those bags are always with me.
Darcy  on July 28, 2006 at 04:56 PM 8
Jen... you are such a scream!! Oh the visuals! Girl, you make me laugh :-)
Marty  on July 28, 2006 at 05:37 PM 9
I was glad to see this tip, but like Sarah, I think it didn't adequately express the importance of picking up dog waste to prevent water pollution and the spread of disease. And this applies to whether the doggie goes on a city street or out in the deep woods. The biodegrable bag idea is a good one, but I'm just happy to see people making the effort to pick it up, even if it is a reused plastic bag. My Office got nationwide attention recently went the AP picked up a story about dog waste and our "pet waste pick up cards." This page has some reader friendly info on it and you can see the card: http://www.eenorthcarolina.org/consumer/petcard.htm These cards are being distributed by vets in hopes that it will help pet owners understand why this is so important, no matter where your pooch choses to poop.
brigid  on July 28, 2006 at 07:53 PM 10
this whole topic (biodegradable/plastic/paper) is really pointless, since nothing decomposes in a landfill. trash is sealed in dumps, and w/o oxygen, nothing can biodegrade. and because of it can spread disease, it can't be composted. any other ideas?
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