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Budget Money And Time To #ScoopThatPoop | Responsible Pet Owners Month

2/17/2014

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Typist: Bethany
Being a responsible pet owner is expensive. The routine and emergency vet visits (or insurance.) The microchips and tags. Feeding healthy meals and treats. Proper grooming (even if you do it yourself, you need the right tools.) Being prepared for emergencies. It all adds up. And in a place like Seattle, where plastic grocery bags have been outlawed, purchasing poop bags to clean up after your dog is part of the expense of being a responsible pet owner. It's also the cost of obeying the law, being a good neighbor and caring about the environment. So when you think about how much each one of those plastic bags is getting you, isn't it worth the cost?

It has sadly seemed to me that too many people walking their dogs in Seattle do not include the purchase of poop bags in the cost of responsibly raising their pets. I have observed a steady rise in the amount of poop left behind that has coincided with the outlawing of plastic grocery bags in the city of Seattle and many surrounding areas. Thoughtfully made community poop bag share stations in my neighborhood and in nearby parks remain empty week after week. Free plastic bags to scoop poop donated by park patrons at local off-leash parks are a thing of the past. It's appalling that this is a country of people spending

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Brother, can you spare some time?
billions of dollars annually on their pets yet in a city with out an abundance of free plastic bags dog poop lies everywhere. Even if you live in a city where plastic bags are legal and free, responsible pet owners should still budget money on cleaning up after their dogs. One more thing we need to bank on when speaking of responsible pet ownership is time. Responsible pet owners take the time to train and properly exercise their dogs. They should also take the time to stop and scoop that poop!
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Scooping Poop: 3 cents and 30 seconds. Dachshund comfort in clean grass: priceless.
Compared to the other expenses of responsible pet ownership, a few cents for a plastic bag and a few seconds to pick up after your dog are hardly going to ruin the schedule or the budget. There are so many options to make cleaning up after your dog convenient and affordable. A responsible pet owner can choose a dog poop bag delivery subscription or basic rolls of plastic bags easily ordered online. And for as little as $30, dog owners who scoop that poop can carry the waste home to properly dispose if it odor free! If cost and convenience are no longer an excuse to not clean up after your dog, then please, please, be a responsible pet owner, law abiding citizen, respectful neighbor, caring environmentalist and scoop that poop.
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Responsible pet owners aren't stingy with money or time or sunshine!
Do you have any suggestions to help responsible pet owners afford the time and supplies to scoop that poop?
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Thank you to the hosts of the #ScoopThatPoop blog hop, Sugar the Golden Retriever, Emma the GBGV, Oz the Terrier,  Pawsitively Pets, The World According to Garth Riley and The Lazy Pitbull. Click on any of the links below to learn more about why responsible pet owners must clean up after their dogs and get more great ideas on how to scoop that poop each and every time, excuse free!
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Molly The Wally link
2/17/2014 08:51:51 pm

We always scoop the poop come rain or shine. Have a terrific Tuesday.
Best wishes Molly

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Bethany
2/18/2014 06:46:55 am

I just wish everyone would follow the excellent example of the humans who walk you, Molly!

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Golden Woofs: Sugar link
2/18/2014 01:41:24 pm

So glad to hear the banned of plastic bags. Soon it will b banned on all states. It is expensive to be a dog owner. Many likes to save $ and just use regular poop bags. One reason we need to continue to raise awareness #ScoopThatPoop. Golden Thanks for joining the hop. Golden Woofs

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Ann Staub link
2/18/2014 01:42:35 pm

Nice post Bethany! Our town hasn't outlawed plastic bags yet, but if I go shopping just South in Austin they are outlawed there. This made me think why someone hasn't created a re-usable dog poop bag yet... I know it sounds gross, but some people use cloth diapers for babies and I swear I have seen cloth feminine pads just the other day.

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Jana Rade link
2/18/2014 02:26:05 pm

Frankly, I don't find poop scooping neither time consuming or expensive. Doggy poop bags don't cost that much at all. I think it's the effort and icky factor that are the problem for most people. I mean you gotta pull out the bag, bend over ... ;-)

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