Do your doo diligence

Outside/In

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Nature, Science

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Most dog owners know they’re supposed to scoop the poop. But when a pup does the deed off the trail, a lot of otherwise responsible citizens find themselves wondering… Is it really better to pick it up in a plastic bag and throw it in the garbage? Isn’t dog poop… natural? Listen to the latest edition of This, That, or The Other Thing: our series about the little decisions we make in life to try and build a more sustainable world – whether they have any effect and what we can do instead if they don’t. This time, we’re wrestling with a major ick factor: should I leave my dog’s poop in the woods, or put it in a plastic bag and entomb it forever in a landfill? And why do otherwise environmentally-minded folks look the other way when it comes to the impact of our furry friends? Featuring Stephanie Chow, Anthony Drouin, Ben Goldfarb, Rebecca Perlstein, Forrest Schwartz, Jennifer Williams SUPPORT Outside/In is made possible with listener support. Click here to become a sustaining member of Outside/In. Talk to us! Follow Outside/In on Instagram or discuss episodes in our private listener group on Facebook. Submit a question to our Outside/Inbox. We answer queries about the natural world, climate change, sustainability, and human evolution. You can send a voice memo to outsidein@nhpr.org or leave a message on our hotline, 1-844-GO-OTTER (844-466-8837). LINKS The Leave No Trace organization studied how to get more people to pick up after their dogs in Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks. Dog waste is a major source of water pollution. “Dogs are a beach’s worst nightmare” according to Ben Goldfarb in Hakkai Magazine. Stephanie Chow of Pet Poo Skiddoo breaks down which dog waste bags are truly compostable here. CREDITS Host: Nate Hegyi Reported and produced by Jessica Hunt. Mixed by Taylor Quimby. Edited by Nate Hegyi and Taylor Quimby, with help from Justine Paradis and Rebecca Lavoie. Executive producer: Rebecca Lavoie. Music by Blue Dot Sessions, Spring Gang, El Flaco Collective, and Daniel Fridell. Our theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Outside/In is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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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