Hi all,
I was just wondering what everyone uses in the way of poop bags. I have always used the Bob Martins, but the last couple  I bought they seem to have changed the way they manufacture them. The last twice I have used them, the poo fell out and had to be re-scooped, the 2nd time I got it all over my fingers. Fortunately, that was at home so I could clean up immediately,but I am not impressed. The bags open out too flat! Can anyone recommend good alternatives? I thought about freezer bags or similar, but the fact they are transparent puts me off and I want something bio degradable if poss. Thanks,
Lizzie

Nappy bags - either tesco or asda own make but not the really cheap value/smartprice ones as they're very thin :)

Seems a shame that none of the supermarkets are selling biodegradable ones yet (or not that I've seen).

I buy online from Naturebotts.

M.

Nappy bags here too....300 for about £1.80 I think from the local store. Unfortunately they are not biodegradable :(

Mmm it's the old problem isn't it, if the biodegradable ones were easily available (without paying for postage) in the supermarket most of us wouldn't mind paying that bit extra for them.

I never thought about nappy bags, I haven't dealt with babies' botties for many a year now LOL.
Thanks for the Naturebotts link Lily, that looks good.
Thanks everyone for replies-
Lizzie

I use 2 different kinds LOL

Nappy sacks for home use - Asda or Tesco are great but NOT the really cheap ones!  they are too small to be of any use and far too thin so your fingers just go through :(

Proper Doggy Doo bags for walking (wilkinsons/asda/morrisons do good ones, but not biodegradable) as I really don't want a pocket full of poo or poo on my fingers :-D  EEEEEWW    they are great in the winter as they help my fingers stay warm but no chance of breaking :-D

I use Tesco own Nappy bags :) If I get the value ones when the others have sold out, I use 2 at a time :)
Lea :)

we get free ones from the council, they have them available in any council office, vets or most pet shops, very handy

Nappy sacks as well -last paid 99 p for 300 at Morrisons. :)

we get freebies from the council  too.  . Have used Wilko  nappy  bags as well  , although they are a tad on the thin side

Just use the ones from the Pound shop and the box lasts forever, or if I don't take enough out usually have a plastic shopping bag in a pocket!

>Mmm it's the old problem isn't it, if the biodegradable ones were easily available (without paying for postage) in the supermarket most of us wouldn't mind paying that bit extra for them.

I've bitten the bullet on it now and really do try to avoid using the non-degradable ones. I'm also trying to train myself to launch the poo into dense plant growth in appropriate places, and carefully re-use the one bag for all three dogs on a walk, then just pop that in a bin at the end of the walk. Goes against the grain really, as like to be seen to have cleared up after my dogs, but it does make more sense environmentally.

M.

I get biodegradables from Pets At Home. I can't remember the price; 50 for 99p or 1.99 something like that.

We use Tesco Value nappy sacks.  We don't find them too thin or too small at all (and we have setters)

For in the garden it's a carrier bag and glove, (those from petrol stations)!

I have always bought biodegradeable ones since I first saw them in the shops. Around here you can get them in Jolleyes, or Pets at home. Im not keen on this excuse of " the supermarket doesnt stock them"  that some people use. I buy my dog food from there anyway, so its no extra trouble. I think manufacturers should now be prevented from making the regular sort, and change to biodegradeable...they dont seem to me to be any more expensive. Same with carrier bags.
Cathy

Agree they should only be making biodegradable Cathy. Can you imagine the sort of numbers of poo bags that just the people on this forum use every week, going into landfill. It's when I sat and added up just my own numbers that I made the decision to only buy biodegradable - just for me, a bare minimum of 21 a week, 91 a month, 1092 a year - all for something that would rot away on its own in vegetation. Multiply that for all the dog owners, babies in disposable nappies ...

Sorry, not trying be be smug at all, in case that's how it sounds. It's tragic the stuff that goes through my head when I'm out walking my dogs LOL.

M.

Boots sell degradable nappy bags.

An interesting note biodegradeable plastic bags are not as green as you would think !

That is shopping bags though were the very real alternative is to use a "permanent" shopping bag not sure how that would work with dog poo :-). 

there is a catch with everything.  I choose biodegrable because ordinary plastic will take many years before anything happens to it.  So it seems the lesser of the 2 evils.   We are planning to build a new house and it is almost impossible to make it green unless you have lots of money.  We have a big plot but still not big enough for a ground source heat pump.  No room for wood chip boiler, the lovely slates would be almost completely covered by solar panels, rain water harvesting requires more excavations and electrics, you name it we have researced it.  Can't afford it or just not practical.  It is woollen jumpers for us to be green I am afraid.  Oh and who puts poo bags in their pockets when full!!!!! 

> Oh and who puts poo bags in their pockets when full!!!!! 

Hangs head in shame

Earlier today I was thinking cor! the little blighter has brought something manky in....went looking ( sniffing actually :-D) couldn't find the source. Then ping!! the lightbulb switched on and I sheepishly removed the poo bag from my  jacket :(    it was only a small one!... really!!

> Oh and who puts poo bags in their pockets when full!!!!! 

My OH!!

On several occasions I have been sorting out clothes to go in the wash and found bags of poo in the pockets of his combat trousers Gross!!  I don't know how he manages to forget that they're there...we have a Newfie and a Rottie X so their offerings aren't exactly tiny! I have also found them stashed in the door pockets in the car on occasion where he has obviously put them with the intent of disposing of them when he got home.  Bleurgh!

i also use nappy sacs and they are scented !

Our town is trying to become the first carrier bag free town!!!! So we cant use carrier bags anymore as they either cost 3p or you have to specifically ask for them in a few shops, or you feel so guilty using them that you dont!!!  :(
And as I reuse them for my in the cupboard bin that is specifically designed for carrier bags, I canot use them for poop scooping LOL
Lea :)

paper bags then Lea!!!!  Carry those at arms length.

I couldn't use carrier bags either, they usually have holes in them   I have a horror of picking up and putting my finger through it

The poo bag goes in my jacket pocket if there's no bin nearby, unless I'm showing off (to people who I know DON'T pick up), I hate walking with a swinging poo bag ;) 

I did forget to put the bag in the bin once, the smell in the cupboard soon reminded me :-D

cheap nappy sacks from pound shops or Wilkinsons.

Are biodegradable nappy sacks better value then biodegradable poo bags?  Trouble is they are see through!

Nappy bags for me too, though I do use the value ones.  With four poo machines it's all I can afford! :-P

And I also put bags in my pockets on walks - I detest walking round with a bag full of poo, or on some walks it can be anything up to 5 or 6 by the time I reach the bin - and that could be right at the very end of the walk!  So I wear jacket and cargo pants to give me plenty of pockets so I can fit bags in, even when I've got pockets full of headcollars, treats, empty bags and so on.  Summer does get hot though :-P

nappy sacks either from tesco 29p for 50 or any pound shop. 99p for 300.

Hi Lizzie, i mostly use supermarket carrier bags as we always have far too many lying around, but have used some (i think they were pets at home own brand) which were good, they were a pinky colour and they were scented (but the scent wasn't that great!) the bags were very strong though and they weren't dear. can't remember if they were biodegradable though sorry.

Where I walk (out in the sticks !)  I dont usually need to pick up as they usually go off in the bushes or if they go near a path I flick it under the bushes ;)   I do use biodegradable poo bags from PAH, I keep them in my car for when we go to shows as thats the only time I use them :)

> I have always used the Bob Martins, but the last couple  I bought they seem to have changed the way they manufacture them.

I noticed that today. I'm not happy. The bags are much, much thinner, and are no better than a cheap nappy sack.

> I dont usually need to pick up as they usually go off in the bushes or if they go near a path I flick it under the bushes

I often wonder just how concientous I should be. Oscar seems to choose the most inaccessible places to do his business - usually on top of brambles or stinging nettles! It doesn't making clearing up very easy but if it's more environmentally friendly to leave the ones no one is likely to tread on then maybe I'll do that in future.

'flick a poo - save a bag!'

;-)

>if it's more environmentally friendly to leave the ones no one is likely to tread on then maybe I'll do that in future.

Clearing up might well be more hygeinic but it's not really very eco-friendly, because the plastic bags of poo only add to the landfill problem. If it's not where anyone's going to tread on it, it's far better to leave it to nature.

That's what I do cos my dog likes to go into the thick undergrowth to go.  Anywhere else and I pick it up and bin it.
Could I still be fined for it though?  Guess yes I could I suppose.

I only have a small breed and buy the value nappy sacks, never had an embarassing moment yet!

On walks my pooch is very considerate and goes in the bushes and never on the path. If she goes on a field I pick up using cheap nappie sacks that yes, you can see through so not nice but then again does advertise that you do pick up after your pooch.  (Oh, and I am a swinger ;-) :-p )

What does my head in is at home where she will often insist in depositing under my rotary washing line :rollseyes:

I must admit I don't always pick up after mine - unless, as JG says, it's in a place where it might be trodden on. We live out in the country and the majority of our walks are in fields. Our new samoyed has a delightful habit of stopping in the middle of the footpath that leads to the field and leaving me a little present - so I've always got bags handy. Gypsy the cavalier is very good and will wait until we are in the field, she prefers to go on long grass away from the path.

If I'm coming back the way I've came, I'll often leave the bag in the hedge or something and pick it up on the way back - does anyone else do this?? I do worry that people think I'm just leaving it there, as people sometimes do where we live. It does annoy me so much when people leave poo on the path though - it gives us dog owners a bad name and I do sometimes get dirty looks from non-doggy people!

I will always pick up after my dogs no matter where they do it.  After all I always go absolutely spare if I tred in some other dogs "deposits" and am none too impressed if either of my kids step in some either.

> If I'm coming back the way I've came, I'll often leave the bag in the hedge or something and pick it up on the way back - does anyone else do this??

Yes, I do! But once or twice I've taken a different route home and forgotten to collect the bags. They've always been there the next day though. I always worry that if anyone sees me putting the bag down they'll think I'm just dumping it.

I only put them in the hedge if I know I'm definitely coming back, otherwise I carry it with me (yuk). However the other day I did the usual and placed the bag neatly in the hedge out of the way, and when I came back it was gone! I am still wondering where it disappeared to!