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A Canine Owners’ Guide to Proper Feces Retrieval and Removal
Your dog will go, be in the know
Your canis lupus familiaris will need many things from you.
One such canine necessity is to be brought outside.
This is crucial to your pet’s health, and well-being. Your dog needs exercise and fresh air. As you venture out on one of these outings, perhaps upon a sidewalk or public way, it is important to prepare for the inevitability that your animal will pass excrement, in the form of urine and/or fecal matter, during this jaunt. Understand that dogs see the entire outside world as their toilet.
Any excreta that falls from your canine upon asphalt, grass, cement, pavement or any surface in the public sphere needs to be removed by you. Canines are incapable of cleaning up their own biological waste. They don’t understand the responsibility, nor do they have the manual dexterity to do so. So you must bring the proper materials to remove your dog’s dung. You need a bag at the very least, and it can be easily toted in a pocket, or hung upon your dog’s leash, which you are undoubtedly using, of course.
Preferably, you should have several bags on your person in case your animal has more manure within its bowels than you anticipated. Your surprise at the volume of your dog’s intestines, is no…
