Dog Bags for Dog Droppings

 http://www.dogpoopbags.com/

I am a bit surprised that nobody has mentioned this place.  Been buying bulk bags from them since bringing Baily home and we suddenly needed bags.

Callie, they are NOT pink or blue   They now have 1 year biodegradable bags.  For example you can get them 3.8 cents each for an 8"x16" EZ Tie handle bag (when you buy a roll of 500).

I have NO excuse to not have a bag!  I have more than enough to have them everywhere.

I will say that my area is good.  I almost never see stray poop.  I did pick up a pile at the softball field today that belonged to somebody else, but that was the first time ever.

Edited to clarify

I have a bunch of your typical pink/blue poop bags but I would like to switch to the biodegradeable dispoza-scoops. No touching, nothing to feel (nothing like hot.. uh.. play doh!). In fact, I might distribute my plastic bags in the empty community doggy pot metal containers- you know what I'm talking about- that the community maintenance people never refill.  Hey, yes, a good idea. Hmmm.

 I couldn't care less about the feel of it through the bag.  As long as there are no holes in the bag I'm good.  I have smallish hands,so the little bags on the rolls are fine for me, both for scooping and for tying.  My dog's don't have big poop either, and I use one bag per pile.  I'm not about to try and juggle chunks around to fit in the next dog's contribution.  That said, I am soooo guilty as charged about the colorful cutesy bags.  I have them everywhere, because they FIT everywhere.  Its nothing to have an entire roll of 15 bags in my fanny pack for walking, with treats and long lines and everything else I need.  I've got a roll in my purse, which I have been known to hand out to those that have "Just used their last bag a block back".  I have some in jacket pockets, I washed a roll once that must have been in a pair of jeans.  I don't dress up my dogs, or buy collars for them everywhere I go.  You'd never see collars on them anyway, too much coat.  But I can get the cute poop bags and flashy long lines.  That's about all I get that are flashy.  They're biodegradable too.  (the poop bags not the long lines)  I don't really care if people see me carrying a cute little bag of poop.  I'd rather that, than assume I'm another dog owner that doesn't pick up after their dog...

Zachary

I'm trying to explore ways to motivate the community and more specifically engage those who do not pick it up immediately.

LOL, I am very fussy about poop bags.  I do like the colors and designs but not the scented ones.  And, I do not like anything with handles.  And, there are some brands I won't buy because they don't open easily enough.  And, I like the plastic to be thicker so I don't like the biodegradeable ones.  Once, I pick up I then put the bag into another plastic shopping bag and then throw away. 

I think we've used every kind of poop bag.  Our dog left very huge piles (he weighed 125+ lbs), so the plastic bags from WalMart or the grocery store worked well, although the unexpected hole could ruin the rest of a walk!  We've used lots of other kinds in recent years with all the dog-sitting we do.  It seems each of our friends prefer a different kind of bag and give us their own supply when their dogs are staying with us.  Like Lori, I avoid the scented ones -- something about the sweet powdery smell AND the poop smell is pretty sickening!  I do like bags with handles though -- I like being able to put them on my wrist so I can continue the walk and have my hands free for the leash and whatnot.  There are definitely some brands that are nearly impossible to open, and that drives me NUTS.

Sometimes I think how unfortunate it is that millions of dog owners around the world are putting something that's biodegradable into non-biodegradable bags that then sit in landfills for a gazillion years.  But, NOT cleaning it up isn't exactly environmentally beneficial or neighborhood-friendly, either! 

Charlie actually poops in the bag (old grocery store bags).  We taught to do it when he was fairly young and very picky about where he pooped (think 20 degrees below zero and he's taking his sweet time trying to find a place).  Because of this, we have to use the grocery store vs. bio ones because they are bigger (bigger target). 

We don't have a fenced yard and he poops on walks 99% of the time so we ALWAYS have bags.

 I've got several of those holders that stick on the leashes, and I just pick up whatever is cheapest in bag rolls to fill them. Right now we have handles, because those were on clearance at Petsmart. Sometimes I just shove some grocery bags in the holder, or whatever is around. My neighborhood actually does have a few things around with bags, and there are trash cans on most streets. You can't go more than a few blocks without finding a trash can, so you don't have to carry it very far here.

 Yes. This would be the place, and Miranadobe, thanks for helping  clear it up. I am, in fact, asking this community for tips/ ideas to engage my local community on responsible cleanup.

Through observation, I've noticed that both the style and customization of poop bags and dispensers has led to "other" pet owners being more inclined to pick up after their pets.

For example, Bags on Board. My neighbor owns a dispenser and always cleans up after his dog. Recently my other neighbor got a glance of his fire hydrant dispenser from BOB and now I've seen that neighbor picking up after the dog ( she was previously rather negligent when it came to picking up what after her pup left behind).

One thing I loved about Denver was the sheer # of poop bag stations somewhat like these:

   The community can re-fill them with their own bags (grocery, whatever) and it's a visual reminder that someone thinks you should be responsible for cleaning up after your dog.  Meanwhile, trash cans to put said poop bags in require some employee to empty and collect full trash cans...

To me, poop cleanup is a matter of common sense and common decency.  Not picking up poop is like walking past someone's house and deliberately throwing nasty trash into their yard.  There's no excuse.  It's sad (but not surprising) that there has to be community campaigns about such things.

 I agree, and that's a good analogy. With the community campaigns, I still feel that a good way of addressing negligence, would be to take picking up after your dog, and, in essence, put a different spin on it. It's viewed as a very ugly chore, but I think that can be changed with bag dispensers and colored bags that are unique and colorful. A purchase of a customized dispenser or bag, to me, shows that an owner, who previously did not cleanup, is now making a conservative effort.