Doggie Bags 101
When you travel with your dog, you are an ambassador for the rest of us. So, please, please, please, please, always pick up your dog's waste. I have been in hundreds of campgrounds and seen so many people claim, in public, that they always pick up their dog's waste; only to see them, in private, leave it on the ground and hope no-one noticed.
Look, it is not a pleasant job, but neither is changing your child's diapers and you still do that faithfully.
Now, on to what to use to pick up the nasty stuff.
I have been through the gamut in using doggie bags. I have used thick silver ones that cost about a dollar a bag and I have used cheap thin ones that practically break when you look at them. When I lived in downtown Boston, a remarkably friendly dog town, I had a neighbor who bought rolls of produce bags from the local grocery store for a few bucks. Those are just too thin for my taste!
But, I found a nice middle ground. They are in the grocery store with the Ziploc bags and the aluminum foil. They are called "Food Storage Bags." They usually come 75 to a box and they also have twist ties with them. A box is about $2.40. So, they are much cheaper than specialty doggie bags, but they are thicker than produce bags. I have found them to be the perfect balance. Try them...
Look, it is not a pleasant job, but neither is changing your child's diapers and you still do that faithfully.
Now, on to what to use to pick up the nasty stuff.
I have been through the gamut in using doggie bags. I have used thick silver ones that cost about a dollar a bag and I have used cheap thin ones that practically break when you look at them. When I lived in downtown Boston, a remarkably friendly dog town, I had a neighbor who bought rolls of produce bags from the local grocery store for a few bucks. Those are just too thin for my taste!
But, I found a nice middle ground. They are in the grocery store with the Ziploc bags and the aluminum foil. They are called "Food Storage Bags." They usually come 75 to a box and they also have twist ties with them. A box is about $2.40. So, they are much cheaper than specialty doggie bags, but they are thicker than produce bags. I have found them to be the perfect balance. Try them...
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I've found an even better bag--and it's free! Our home delivered newspapers come in a tough double layer plastic bag. It's just the right size to put over your hand, pick up the waste, turn the bag inside out and tie it in a knot. I save all the newspaper bags and find all kinds of uses for them.
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: 9:43 AM
: 9:43 AM
Free: Most grocery stores use plastic bags. The top holes for carrying can be tied in a double knot. put both hands in, grab up the waste, turn it inside out and tie the knot.
# posted by : 11:48 AM
: 11:48 AM
I found doggie bags at the Dollar Store. The white ones are to thin and they come 100 to a box. The blue ones come 50 to a box. They are the one I use. They are cheap enough that we have a box in the RV, jeep, back pack and the fanny pack. And if I see someone who is walking a dog and in need of a bag I am happy to hand one over!
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