THE POO COLLECTOR - NO NEED TO EVER TOUCH OFFENDING OBJECT

We walked over to a stall where there was a mound of pretend poo on the pretend grass. The man demonstrating the machine went on about how this would change every dog walker's life for the better. The machine looked something like a hoover that folded down and could be worn slung over your shoulder, like a shoulder bag or backpack as it was light in weight. There were no batteries. But a very large rubber nozzle at the end which looked like a elephant's trunk. To make it work you pushed a handle at the back and a lumpy reptilian proboscis popped out. One covered this projection (the elephant's trunk) with a plastic bag, then placed the same over the offending item, pulled the handle at the back, the machine gripped the poo covered in the plastic bag, you then simply had to walk over to the nearest pet litter bin, push the handle for the last time, which would then release the offending object directly into the bin. Job Done!!

The machine was, as I remember, quite expensive, so it would have to make sure that it paid for itself. For those people who only have one dog, can be bothered to remember to take the machine with every time you leave the house, and are so offended by dog waste, then maybe this is the gadget for you. But maybe you should also be asking yourself whether you really want a dog, if it is so upsetting to have to deal with dog waste! For more than one dog, you would spend much of your day setting up the machine, keeping you poo free, but with little spare time for anything else!

I am more than happy to hear from anyone out there who folded in the heat of the moment and has one of these machines to know if it has changed your life.