Do your doo diligence

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🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

You’re hiking with your dog when poop happens. It’s natural to let it decay in the woods, right? Or is it better to put it in a plastic bag and send it to a landfill?

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0:00.0	Hey, it's that side in.
0:01.9	I'm Nate Hegey here today with producer Jessica Hunt.
0:04.6	Hey, Jessica.
0:05.6	Hey Nate, let's do this.
0:07.4	All right.
0:08.4	So today we are talking about a subject we both love, which is dogs.
0:13.4	And a problem that just about every dog owner has to deal with.
0:16.9	So I recently went on a walk with a friend of mine.
0:19.3	Her name is Rebecca Pearlstein, and she has a dog named Hugo.
0:23.4	And he's Hugo, the beautiful, great date.
0:26.5	He's a lot of fun, but he's a lot of dog.
0:30.5	He's a lot of dog.
0:31.7	Yeah, Hugo's poops can weigh up to five pounds, and that's not an exaggeration.
0:37.3	I've had a lot of dogs in my life.
0:38.9	I've had big dogs.
0:39.9	I've had little dogs.
0:41.5	And this dog, they're just immense.
0:47.1	There's no words.
0:53.5	That's massive, five pounds.
0:57.1	Oh, my God.
0:58.3	This is why I've never wanted a big dog to be honest with you.
1:00.9	It's just way too much poop to pick up.
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