We can’t be a winner every day. I have been picking up dog poop for 9 years without issue. Recently I had to come to terms with me mortality. We were out for a hike and, of course, Gretel waited to take a poop until we were 3 miles up the trail and nowhere near a garbage can. As some of you know, it is very annoying when your dog refuses to go poop at the trailhead but instead waits until … [Read more...]
When I exposed the Myth of the Biodegradable poop bag in Part 1 and Part 2, a few of you commented about the “fancy marketing”. I am sure a few more of you wondered how a company can label their poop bags biodegradable or compostable when they don’t actually biodegrade in landfills? “Biodegradable” and “compostable” are terms that can be applied to a product if they meet the … [Read more...]
Where did I leave off? Oh yes. In my last post, The Myth of the Biodegradable Poop Bag – Part 1, you just threw the poop bag in the trash. Here is where I get all “science-y” on you. In the old landfill days, people dumped stuff in a pit in the ground. Much of the stuff decayed, releasing methane and other gasses into the atmosphere. When rain passed through the decaying matter … [Read more...]
We love to get out in nature so we are all for bettering the environment. As written in my previous post, Does a Dachshund Poo In the Woods?, I am a water quality specialist by trade and very passionate about the issue of dog poop. One hot button issue for me is the biodegradable poop bag. I read a lot of articles touting their praises but I want to scream because there is so much … [Read more...]
Yes, yes they do. Do you pick up after your dog? You should. Here is why and how. One of my many hats is a Water Quality Specialist – the streams and lakes kind of water. I help keep the world’s waters clean. This makes me very passionate about poo, or more specifically, what you do with it. I am not afraid to speak my mind about but either. It makes me cringe when I see a pile of dog poo … [Read more...]
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