poo bag question!

[JaspersMum]

Most of the walks round here have no bins or maybe one near the car park.  If there is lots of undergrowth I tend to flick it off walking areas, otherwise I hang from belt...

However it does remind me of one COL meet many moons ago when someone jumped up me and must of caught the bag with their claws!  As I walked on, that cold wet feeling seeping into my jeans was not a pleasant experience, neither was the smell  . Now I tend to double bag and haven't had a problem since (hope I haven't spoken too soon LOL)

[twiceover2]

For our routine walks there are loads of poo bins about.  Dog poo is one area where our council have really got their act together.    They give out free bags and have bins all over the place - even on the canal - which are emptied regularly.  If we are walking in more remote areas such as up on the moors, we also just make sure it is flicked away from paths.

[LurcherGirl]

I hook one empty poo bag on the leads that are across my shoulder so it hangs by my hip, then put all the full bags into that one (which can be a fair few with four dogs to pick up after). Doesn't look very fashionable either but is fairly practical and leaves my hands free for dealing with the dogs or their poops.  

PS. I seem to have some kind of aversion of putting a full poo bag into a nice designer bag type container... just doesn't seem right to me eventhough they are designed for that. But putting a full bag into another (empty) poo bag seems the right thing to do...  

[Joules]

Another proud swinger here, although I have to keep it out of Coco's reach as she is prone to grab a full poo bag and charge off with it twirling it round her head. 

[Ruby Tuesday]

That does seem to be a problem with dog poo bins,they are never emptied enough which is annoying when people actually bother to use them.

I can understand the Dickie thing if you are walking several dogs but seems a bit much for one bag 
Sometimes if i need a hand free i tie the poo bag to the chuckit stick or flexi lead and a bin will soon appear at some point.
Then again,if it's countryside walking you could be swinging for hours  with no bin in sight.

I think in the countryside there is the stick and flick method (which I tend to go by) - even the forestry commission suggest this unless you'e walking in a busy area near their car parks etc.

We do this if it is possible to get it completely out of the way- we call it 'poo golf' 

[piph]

We are very lucky - the tiny park where I walk Ozzy (my garden has a back gate directly onto the park)  has no less than 6 dog poo bins - one at each of the gates, and two by the fenced football/basketball court.  It also has several large general waste bins.  I save up Ozzy's poo bags from the garden and drop them in the poo bins each time I take him for a walk.  Move to Duston, Northampton, and we can have COL meetups every day with lots of bins for the dog poo!!!!

[Black Beauty & Silverfox]

Hi

Have you thought of contacting your MP and ask the question why there are no bins in your area, I'm sure yours as every other council would not wish to encourage litter and waste in their borough.



Mel.

a lot of councils are removing bins in lots of areas as it costs money to empty them - in may ways I would also rather they spent money elsewhere even though I don't like to carry a full bag with me

on our park we (Friends group) bought a metal bin, chained it to the fence (council OK'd this) and have it placed near the far gate of the park so they can empty it from the road. Also if they are bins specific for dog mess then its more expensive for them to empty them than general bins as they have to specifically treat these bins - may be request a general bin if this is the case.

I think since the recession we have to also look at how we can help ourselves with small things rather than suggesting/expecting the council do everything (volunteers also litterpick our park regularly, mostly its dog walkers who do this).

Sorry can't agree with you there, I believe the council have a duty to provide on environmental and health & safety issues.

When I run in various areas it's amazing the amount of people who make the effort to pick up the poo then sling the poo bag in any direction, this promotes a greater risk to the spread of disease.
The council flood our neighbourhood with every colour bin imagineable, surely a poo bin or two in popular walk areas would only stand to justify the extortionate council tax we pay.


Mel.

[JulieM]

I was a swinger  but have recently become a convert to the dicky bag.

After trying to hold a lead (with cocker pulling on the end of it), a poo bag, a scooter and hold my daughters hand crossing a road enough was enough. Yes- they're ridiculously expensive, but then I thought it's something I'd use everyday so was worth it. Have to say I've found it soooo much more pleasant.

[Toni-UK]

It seems not every dog owner can be a swinger as i found out today.

While out walking with my friend and her viszla i noticed there was no swinging action involved with such a large package. 


Yes Penny,i would stick and flick in the countryside,i forgot about that.

[sarahR]

I use an old bum bag to put the bag in. I find if I swing it tends to wrap its self around the flexilead.

[piph]

I use the 'stick and flick' method of dog pooh disposal while we are our on our narrowboat, or walking in the countryside - it's far more environmentally friendly than putting it in a pooh bag - even a bio-degradable one!  A couple of heavy rain showers and it's just about disappeared into the ground.  The only time I bag it then is if there is no hedgerow or long grass to flick it into, and we are on a heavily walked path.  I've even been known to flick it into the canal!  I got told off once by someone who said I was disgusting, but I just asked why?  Fish s**t in the canal, so do ducks, swans, herons and cattle, to name but a few species - so why should dog pooh be any different? 

[KellyT]

I use the 'stick and flick' method of dog pooh disposal while we are our on our narrowboat, or walking in the countryside - it's far more environmentally friendly than putting it in a pooh bag - even a bio-degradable one! 

in Haughmond Hill, Shropshire where I walk our 3 sometimes there are no poo bins and people are 'requested' to flick poop off paths into the undergrowth and bushes!

[Joules]

I use the 'stick and flick' method of dog pooh disposal while we are our on our narrowboat, or walking in the countryside - it's far more environmentally friendly than putting it in a pooh bag - even a bio-degradable one! 

in Haughmond Hill, Shropshire where I walk our 3 sometimes there are no poo bins and people are 'requested' to flick poop off paths into the undergrowth and bushes!

Same here in the Chilterns 

[black taz]

I used to put it in a bumbag until i forgot i had put one there - found it a few days later 

I now either swing, or tie the bag to my shoulder bag

[twiceover2]

I used to put it in a bumbag until i forgot i had put one there - found it a few days later 

I now either swing, or tie the bag to my shoulder bag

Reminds me of the poo bag left in the boot of the car and found mouldy several weeks later.  What a relief when that smell had gone!