Dog Sod

[Seijun]

*gasp* They've reinvented the wheel--I mean, litterbox!!


http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2005/6/19/96410.html

"Dog gone good idea
Sunday, June 19, 2005

Pet ownership involves lots of love and lots of work.
Nadine Wadsworth created Doggy Sod for the convenience of dog owners.

When nature calls, however, some folks find themselves proving their
commitment by taking their dogs out in the middle of the night or in
bad weather. But now dog owners have another option, thanks to a Bay
area entrepreneur.

Doggy Sod is the creation of Treasure Island pet owner Nadine
Wadsworth. She loves her dogs Autumn and Winter, but didn't want to
have to take them down two flights of stairs in the middle of the
night when they need to do their business.

That's when she got the idea for Doggy Sod.

"At that point I just devised a little box, and I put sod in it and
it worked,'' Wadsworth said. "I trained them with it, and that's
what started the whole thing. Then my neighbor saw me do it, and he
ended up being my first client."

Wadsworth said the key to the whole concept to Doggy Sod is service.
Her clients don't have to worry about replacing sod or dealing with
the messes left behind.

"Basically we set it up,'' Wadsworth said. "We bring this plastic
tray filled with fresh sod, and two weeks later we take that whole
tray out with that sod, and replace it with a new tray with fresh
sod."

At first, Wadsworth targeted town homes, condos and boats with her
idea. But she soon found that others could benefit from Doggy Sod.

"Now people with multi-story homes use it because they have to go up
and down two flight of stairs and there's beach homes, they don't
have green space," Wadsworth said.

A small 2 by 3-foot slice of innovation created in the Bay area that
brings a whole new meaning to walking your dog.

The Doggy Sod service is available to pet owners in Pinellas County.
For information call (727) 420-5056. "


~Seij

[JackieMaya]

Oh boy, then you can have all the joys of the great outdoors (ants and worms and dirt and all sorts of fun stuff) inside! I think I'll pass.

And you would have that one 2'x3' piece of pee-soaked/poop-laden sod in your house for a week? Gee, what a great idea!

[Canis erectus]

Look again JM, that's TWO weeks, sounds kinda gross to me too.

Actually I'd be inclined to say that's it's not a bad idea per say, but it sounds to me like alot of lazy people. Mind you though, there's plenty of times (20 below in the dead of winter) when I wouldn't mind not going outside.

[JackieMaya]

Canis erectus napisał(a):

Look again JM, that's TWO weeks, sounds kinda gross to me too.

Actually I'd be inclined to say that's it's not a bad idea per say, but it sounds to me like alot of lazy people. Mind you though, there's plenty of times (20 below in the dead of winter) when I wouldn't mind not going outside.

Ewww! Two weeks of pee and poop on a patch of sod in the house. No thanks!

[Rowie-the-Pooh]

Good idea, but just too gross for me.

[JackieMaya]

Luckily, when it's 20 below in the dead of winter, I can just open the door and let the kids out while I sit inside the house until they're ready to come back in.

[thornbirdskkk]

How can that be sanitary? And the smell must be horrendous!! I know after my dogs does his number 2, I don't care how far away you stand you can still get a sniff of it!! Gross!!

[abker17]

:roflt:

Before this article I didn't know the definition of sod other than a curse word. :lol: So reading through this was pretty funny for me.

[mouseatthebusstop]

I've seen it on TV a long time ago - it won't catch on it's too gross