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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^. Yes. That's weird. I buy poo bags that biodegrade almost instantly and are not made of plastic. And what  do you use to pick up the poop in your backyard? You have to pick that stuff up almost immediately because dog poo and groundwater is really bad bad for the environment, as well.[/quote]

I do not scoop backyard poop since no one walks there. If I have to do a cleanup, I use a shovel and dump it in my woods.
Dog walking is a new concept. Dogs evolved from wolves because they wanted our food scraps. They didn't ask for a leash and collar. Your arguement about runoff is ridiculous. There are more deer and foxes where I live and no one picks up after them. [/quote]

Clean up your backyard. Dog doo and poo from urban wildlife are huge contributors to storm water contamination. Can’t pick up after the wildlife so the best we can do is pick up after our dogs, which tend to have way more contaminants like E. coli than deer poo. Further, these dog Pattie’s can rob fish of oxygen and breed algae that clogs up water systems.Try not to be defensive. Learn something.  Just google. Dog poop and water runoff and see have so many cities and towns around the country are trying to deal with this massive problem.

https://www.ecolandscaping.org/03/developing-healthy-landscapes/ecological-landscaping-101/the-scoop-on-dog-waste/[/quote]

I wonder if the pets are the biggest problem when compared to livestock. Anyway, smaller dogs should be favored. It is easy enough to put poop into a small hole in your yard if you're that concerned. The point is that we have had a relationship with dogs for thousands of years, but now, out of the blue, marketing and legislation has made us feel a need to bag up poop. Even if we use compostable bags (better than the biodegradable or plastic dog poop bags), it still amounts to more fossil fuel use. I think that we might need to reserve scooping with bags to urban areas. In the suburbs, we shouldn't be scooping with anything other than a shovel. [/quote]

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