Always doing "business" on leash (and not having a fenced yard) is new for us. So, I'm going through those little blue "doggie bags" way faster than usual. I was thinking of getting one of those rolls of trashcan liners instead to save money (you know the kind, the scented ones that come in a roll of 100 for a buck at the Dollar Tree). Would that WORK? Any reason not to?
We also use medium sized zip lock bags (though not for walks). If you stock up during the holidays, you can get pretty nice sales. Double if you go with the store brand.
I buy poo bags at the dollar store.....50 of them for $1.25. I can just stash them in my pocket. I have used grocery bags as well but it gets a little bulky when you have 3 dogs!! I could use the same bag for all 3 but that usually means walking for a period of time swinging a bag of poo with me......not too pleasant most days!!
I buy poo bags at the dollar store.....50 of them for $1.25. I can just stash them in my pocket. I have used grocery bags as well but it gets a little bulky when you have 3 dogs!! I could use the same bag for all 3 but that usually means walking for a period of time swinging a bag of poo with me......not too pleasant most days!!
The bags our newspaper comes in works great too. I also buy store brand food storage bags that come with twist tie not zip lock also cheap but be warned they are clear so you can see whats in them.
We have the same issue. We go through poop bags so quickly and because we've promised ourselves to only use the biodigradable ones it gets even more expensive. Hoping to come upon a sale on these at some point in the future but not holding my breath (haha - sorry, lame and completely unintentional).
As an aside, check out these awesome poop bags made by a local radio station that sponsores our shelter.
Yeah... it does make me feel a little guilty using the plastic bags for doggy poop. Especially since our garbage guys have said they do not want organic material (leaves, yard crud, doggy poop) put in plastic bags.
We've been trying to make a point of emptying the bags in the compost bin, but er... not always.
Confession: In summer I kinda stockpile the poopy bags and then throw them into leaf piles (yes, we have plenty of leaves to burn all spring and summer before the new batch drops in fall) for burning. They do burn up pretty fast. For some reason.
We save all plastic bags - grocery, etc, and use them when traveling. I stuff several into empty Kleenex boxes and keep them in the vans for use at ex-stops. No need to pay big bucks for what is essentially the same thing but because it comes in a box with a picture of a dog on it is marked up many $$$$$.
I use the plastic sleeve our newspaper comes in, grocery bags, and I buy the cheap black poop bags at the pet store. The colored ones are more expensive. I figure, it's just poop. It doesn't need to be fancy.
When we go to the park, our township has a bin for doggie poop and provides bio-degradable bags. I usually take a few at a time and have an extra when the need arises.
i always use grocery bag and just dump the poop into my big black trash can (here in CA take only they take the trash once a wk) and it become sooo smelly in my trash can ... can we get one of the trash can for baby diaper and put the poop inside... will that be less smelly?
We purposely "forget" our reusable grocery bags occssionally to have extra poop bags. We also use about anything that available, but ditto on the checking for holes. When I don't its usually memorable!
Apparently at our landfill biodigradable items don't actually break down because of the lack of oxygen (I've actually called them and asked them because for a while we were paying triple the price for biodigradable trash can bags too), but I refuse to believe it. I'm still optimistic that using biodigradable poop bags will at least come back to me as good karma...
We do the grocery bag thing too. I like the keenex box idea as well. We have also found that the side door pockets on our car doors are an excellent place to store bags as well. (and are convenient for shoveling out the trash that our 2 kids leave in the care as well) I hate holey bags, grrr.....but a couple of knots, and they will do in a pinch.
Now if I can just convince her that OUR yard is just as great to poop in as her favorite yard one block away. She potties here...and then poops there.
So, I think I'm going to grab some of those $1 bags. Sad they aren't biodegradable, though.
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