# Question about dog poop bags **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163 "2023-08-26T22:58:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/41 "2023-08-28T14:10:20Z")
We use the plastic bags that they load food into at Kroger. They’re plenty sturdy enough for picking up dog crap. You just need to check them first to make sure they don’t have any holes. In places that have banned plastic bags at supermarkets you’d be dependent on buying a supply of poop bags. [Not all that expensive](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=biodegradable+poop+bags&crid=3BO9WVQQ3XW3T&sprefix=biodegrad%2Caps%2C177&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_9)\*, but I’d wonder about durability during extended walks. 💩 😱 \*_Lavender-scented?_ Blurgh. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/42 "2023-08-28T14:13:16Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > I discovered, during a very cold Minnesota winter day, that a filled doggie bag makes a good hand warmer if you put in your glove. One thing a Minnesota winter is good for - easy dog poop cleanup in your yard! By the time you get out there to pick up the poop it’s frozen. No mess! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/43 "2023-08-28T14:14:56Z")
On the other hand, yard cleanup of missed poop after the spring thaw can be…unpleasant. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/44 "2023-08-28T14:27:24Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > but I’d wonder about durability during extended walks. The compostable ones are very thin. What I do is bag it, and then put the bag inside another bread bag (double bag). When at a garbage can, the poop bag can be dumped and the outer bread bag can be saved for another day. Just feels cleaner this way, and saves the pack in case of breakage/leakage ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/45 "2023-08-28T14:43:38Z")
Yeah I left out the part where they live across the street and I would watch their off-leash, unsupervised dog use our front yard as a bathroom. I would not have made a stink (heh-heh) if it were as you describe. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/46 "2023-08-29T00:26:44Z")
Once you ID the perp, wait and the next time you see them, follow them home. Its obviously walking distance and a little surveillance, like driving by twice a day while going to and from work will do the trick. Where I live, this would be easy to determine. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/47 "2023-08-29T00:56:47Z")
Stalking the poop perp. Yeah, I’m into that. Big time😊 ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/48 "2023-08-29T05:32:08Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > Once you ID the perp, wait and the next time you see them, follow them home. Plus buying cameras. And placing poop onto people’s cars after stalking them to their homes. BuT nO oNe WaNtS To WoRk AnYmOrE. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/49 "2023-08-29T06:58:23Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > It is not fun running with a swinging bag of shit in your hand… I’ve never left behind a bag of poo when walking a dog. I will attest to the fact that carrying a smelly bag is not fun… especially when your nose itches and you accidentally use THAT hand to deal with it. I believe on that occasion, I just made a point of using the other hand to deal with any itchiness, until I passed by an actual trash can. I’m with the “mostly complete assholes” crowd, as from the description, these are not the “gonna fetch it on the way back” sort. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/50 "2023-08-29T11:24:58Z")
Even if you plan to fetch it on the way back, you are still leaving a bag of poop sitting there for everyone else to enjoy. Maybe only for an hour, not until the unbanned pop would have melted into the dirt. But I’ve seen an awful lot of bags of poop on the ground. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/51 "2023-08-29T12:10:40Z")
When I am in possession of a poop bag, I often stop at a gas station for gas/a bottle of water/etc. I’ll toss the bag into the garbage bin by the gas pumps. My gf says this is a terrible thing to do, but isn’t that why garbage cans are there? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/52 "2023-08-29T12:45:41Z")
I jog with my two dogs fairly regularly. Both poop. One often a couple of times during a run (exercise seems to stimulate his bowels!) Honestly I’ve never perceived holding the poop bag in the not leash hand for half an hour or so (and adding more poop to it as needed) to be a huge problem. I’ll skip over garbage cans until near home so I don’t possibly have to use an extra. The bag isn’t going to contaminate my face if I scratch an itch. Poop is on the inside, not the outside. Yeah leaving the bags is strange behavior. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/53 "2023-08-29T13:19:10Z")
For easier carrying, get bags that have handles. They look like mini grocery bags. You can loop the handle over your finger when you carry them. They’re easier to carry than the rectangular bags since those need to be grasped. The grasping is more awkward when you’re dealing with leashes and dogs moving all different ways. The handle bags are easier to tie up as well since the handles can be tied around each other. And the handle bags typically have a larger diameter, which makes them easier to turn back right side out after you’ve picked up the poop. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/54 "2023-08-29T14:06:23Z")
The dogs and I walk by a bowling alley/pizza parlor every morning. If I have a bag of poop, I always toss it in their dumpster. I don’t see anything wrong with that at all. Fun fact - the lawn bordering the parking lot of this establishment is where two of my dogs seem to think is the most magnificent place in all the world to poop. So the dumpster is quite handy! ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/55 "2023-08-29T14:46:17Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Honestly I’ve never perceived holding the poop bag in the not leash hand for half an hour or so (and adding more poop to it as needed) to be a huge problem. I’ll skip over garbage cans until near home so I don’t possibly have to use an extra. > > The bag isn’t going to contaminate my face if I scratch an itch. Poop is on the inside, not the outside. Yeah, I just don’t get the references to “stinky/smelly” poop bags. The ones you see lying around can be grosser IMO, as they might have some condensation, or the outside is dirty from the time spent on the ground. But once you turn the bag inside out, it is odor free. Just a plastic bag. Are people perceiving some “psychic stink”? Such talk - and people not carrying their poop bags - is just yet another instance of people mang a big deal out of something that most definitely isn’t. I long ago stopped using newspaper or grocery bags, as a non-zero percentage of them had holes in them from usage. If I were taking long hikes in the wilderness, I’d outfit my dog with some sort of harness such that he/she could carry their own water, bowl, and yes - waste. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/56 "2023-08-29T14:48:52Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I just don’t get the references to “stinky/smelly” poop bags. My Amazon bags are baby powder scented. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/57 "2023-08-29T16:29:23Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > My Amazon bags are baby powder scented. Yeah, mine are lavender. My dog likes to wipe her feet after the deed, most of the time it’s on dirt or gravel and unless I intervene, she’ll scratch a bunch of dirt right on top of her pile, as nature evidently intended. I try to pull her a little to the side to make the pick-up easier. Here’s a question for the group: If your dog poops on someone’s lawn, of course you pick it up, but - if their trash can is at the curb, do you deposit there? Or, do you bring it home and put it in your trash can? Does it depend on if it’s trash day and has not been picked-up yet, versus an empty trash can? Opinions? (Me - I never put it in someone else’s can, but a public trash bin at the park or gas station (per above) is OK). ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/58 "2023-08-29T17:30:27Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > if their trash can is at the curb, do you deposit there? Or, do you bring it home and put it in your trash can? Never in someone elses trash can, even if the truck is down the block heading this way. I just think it’s disrespectful. Public/park trash cans are another story though. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/59 "2023-08-29T17:39:18Z")
My wife RARELY errs and buys scented poop bags. Yes - THOSE I would call stinky. We’ve discussed the trash can issue before (and Larry David did it humorously on CYE.) I don’t understand why it should be an issue for anyone, but I realize that enough people get pissed about it that I do not do it. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/60 "2023-08-29T17:44:28Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > We’ve discussed the trash can issue before (and Larry David did it humorously on CYE.) I don’t understand why it should be an issue for anyone, but I realize that enough people get pissed about it that I do not do it. Plenty of people use our garbage can for bagged dog poop disposal and I have no issues with it. Much better than them leaving the shit in my lawn, which also happens. Hell, if someone picks up trash on the road or sidewalks around my house and wants to deposit in my can, more power to them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163.md?page=4)