“[I make] a theatrical show of searching all my pockets and looking exasperated… then make a mental point of the pile and go back later and pick it up,” said Redditor u/cranberry94. In a reply to this comment, u/morehappysappy, said, “I even talk to my dog so my neighbors wont hate me. Oh no pup they are out of bags at the poop station. We will try one more or come back later!”
But before you get too carried away, were here to tell you that you do have options. Any dog owner knows the deep shame and fear of retribution that comes from leaving a poop on a neighbors front lawn, and will go to great lengths to avoid this happening. Thankfully, dog owners on Reddit have lots of advice for what to do if you run out of poop bags.
One option is to use your surroundings to fashion an instrument for picking up the poop so it can be transported to the nearest possible garbage.
Of course the obvious solution is to try and prevent it from happening in the first place. Use a bag dispenser(opens in a new tab), stash extras in your coat pockets, tie some around the leash, some harnesses(opens in a new tab) even come with pockets to store bags. But this is what to do when shit inevitably happens.
Once youve acted your heart out, several users suggested leaving something behind as collateral, or marking the poop with a stick or a pile of leaves; a cairn, if you will, to keeping neighborhoods clean.
Why Dog Poop Can Be Dangerous
As Dr. Chavez mentioned, there are some inherent dangers when it comes to handling dog poop, so it’s important to always be vigilant and careful when doing so. “Diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans are called zoonotic diseases,” he said. “Zoonotic diseases that we can get from contaminated dog feces include Salmonella, Campylobacter, Giardia, roundworms and potentially hookworms.”
Complicating matters is the fact that sometimes our pets can be carrying these diseases — like Salmonella — without actually becoming ill themselves, so it’s important to treat every one of your dog’s bowel movements as carefully as possible.
I explained my predicament to the doorman, and swore I had no intention of leaving the stuff in the dog owners’ apartment. I reminded him that people are carrying poop in and out of the lobby all the time (inside their bodies, but still). Despite my debate team-worthy protest, he wouldn’t budge. So, I walked outside just out of sight, put the plastic bag in my knapsack, and he waved me in.
Not my own. I used to work at a dog daycare in Greenpoint and was escorting home a poodle. The mile-long walk took us through a still semi-industrial part of North Brooklyn where there was not a trashcan in sight.
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I asked a professional dog walker friend if she had tips on what to do when there’s no city trash can nearby. “I make sure no one is looking and I leave it on the ground. Or I sneak into someone’s garbage hoping they wont see me,” she told me. She asked to remain anonymous.
One afternoon a couple of summers ago, I found myself in an odd situation in the lobby of a Williamsburg condo: the dftheoorman wouldn’t let me inside because I was carrying a bag full of excrement.
How To Make Your Dog Poop Quickly/Amazing Dogs
Dog poop might not be the most glamorous of topics, but believe it not, there’s actually quite a lot that pet parents should be aware of when it comes to this, let’s say messy, topic. “There are a list of diseases that can be transmitted from dogs to humans via the fecal/oral route,” says Dr. Oscar Chavez, DVM. “For this reason, some care should be taken in the handling, or picking up, of dog feces.”
Diseases aside, as a pet owner you’re probably also interested in learning how to get those pesky accident marks out of your carpet or other fabrics, as well. Fear not—we’ve got the full poop scoop right here.