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Use 'Doggie Bags' To Make Your Neighbors Happy

From pet stores to dollar stores, you'll find them.

It's always a problem in any neighborhood. There will always be those neighbors who “forget” to pick up after their dog.

It's not Fido’s fault after all, his master told him to do it. See, all those weeks of paper training and housebreaking did work! But what happens when Fido is not properly supervised? I'll tell you what happens: very angry neighbors.

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One of the biggest complaints in any subdivision is, "Why can't people pick up after their dogs?" There is a very good way to alleviate this problem: "doggie bags." Nooo, not the leftovers-containing doggie bags you take home to Fido but the “doggie bags” you use to pick up the Fido leftovers in the yards.

Next time you're out shopping, pick up a box of doggie bags. From pet stores to dollar stores, you'll find them. I purchased 100 bags for a buck at the dollar store. Never mind that they were supposed to be for dirty diapers (hey, I have big dogs). Once you start to use doggie bags, your neighbors and Fido will thank you.

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