Comments on: How to Make Dog Poop Green

By: Pup Fan

Pup Fan — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:14:14 +0000

These sound like a wonderful idea! I may need to give this a try. 🙂

By: Pamela

Pamela — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:16:07 +0000

In reply to Leslie. The nice thing about Flush Doggy is that you can get free bags to try if you pay for shipping. When you're talking about plumbing, try before you buy is probably the best idea. We have a new, low-flush toilet in an old house and we've experienced no problems at all.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:06:52 +0000

Thanks for the review. We’ve tried other disposable’s in the past but didn’t find them terribly effective. Nice to know maybe they’ve been improving on the initial efforts. We’ll definitely give them a try.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:38:50 +0000

In reply to melF.

I’ve never seen anything but biodegradable bags at pet supply stores. Of course biodegradable isn’t when it’s buried in a landfill. 🙂

I was thrilled to find this product at Edie Jarolim’s website. Before I found it, I was toying with bringing a plastic pail and scoop with me on all my walks so I could flush. I procrastinated because managing a leash, treat bag, clicker, and pail and scoop was more than I wanted to entertain. And if I had more than one dog? Forget it.

By: melF

melF — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:37:29 +0000

Cool! I was thinking you were writing about Doggie Doo Little when I read the title, but was surprised to see it was about poop bags. I had no idea there was a bag you could flush. I will have to check them out. I wonder if my pet food store carries them?

By: Pamela

Pamela — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:01:02 +0000

In reply to Jen. Yeah, if I had two Newfs, I wouldn't have to worry about not having enough waste to dump in a week and I wouldn't need them either. :)

By: Jodi

Jodi — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:00:19 +0000

I was afraid the answer was going to be #1! LOL I love this idea, my problem is that Delilah usually goes as soon as we start our walk and I end up carrying a smelly bag for the entire trip. I’ve taken to dropping it on the side of the trail and making sure to stop and pick it up on my way back.

I like this idea and have already talked to Hubby. This will be purchased very soon! Thanks Pamela!

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:55:01 +0000

I don’t know. The Newfs drop pretty big bombs and my husband is a plumber and I really think he might kick my butt if I start flushing the poo, However if I had smaller dogs this would definitely be an option!

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:43:15 +0000

In reply to 2 brown dawgs.

ha ha!

The company does suggest that if you pick up a really large poop, you might want to empty the bag into the toilet before tossing the bag in separately.

I think the tiny dog was for aesthetic reasons. No one wants to see the athletic efforts we large dog people must go through to keep our hands covered by the bag while scooping up a handful of poo. 🙂

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:41:18 +0000

In reply to Georgia Little Pea.

Ithaca believed in the carrot and stick approach. You paid for garbage but recycling and yard waste pick up were free. Oh, and at the dog park, poop is composted. It got us one of the highest recycling rates in the nation.

Unfortunately, because of tight budgets, they no longer allow small garbage bag pick up at a discounted rate and now charge for yard waste removal. I couldn’t afford to let dog poop hang out in the hot summer sun while I gathered enough garbage to justify paying for a 30 pound bag. It smelled like cruel death.

Not sure how garbage is handled in Australia, but one of the problems here with biodegradable bags is that the landfills are dense and have no access to air to encourage little buggies to break things down. So even biodegradable bags break up very slowly.

Dealing with sh*t is a sh*tty problem. 🙂