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During the last 3 weeks someone has stolen my dog poop… twice!
Actually they took more than my dog poop. They took all my trash waiting outside to be picked up by my trash service.
The first time it happened I was concerned since I know why thieves steal trash. They are looking for enough personal information to steal either your identity or at the very least, some of your money. However my concern was quickly put to rest since I seldom throw personal information into my trash and never ever throw it away unless it’s shredded. And since Christmas was only a few days off before it happened, I knew I hadn’t been cleaning out any old personal files and I save every Christmas present receipt until long after Christmas.
Knowing there was nothing of value in my trash unless you consider empty food containers, dried out cat food and lots and lots of dog poop valuable, I figured the joke was on them.
You see, I clean up after my 3 large dogs daily unless I’m out of town. That means there are always at least 5 and usually 7 grocery bags containing nothing but clumped cat litter and a lot of dog poop. And I don’t just throw those bags into my garbage cans. I put them next to the can until the next large sack of household trash comes out. Then I toss those poop bags into the bigger sack before putting in into the can.
I’ve been following this dog poop routine for several years and here’s why:
1. The yard is a lot nicer when it’s not full of doggie presents.
2. I double bag the poop in an effort to keep it away from the trash collectors.
3. While I can’t see or smell the dog poop inside the big trash bags, it seems to keep the neighborhood cats and raccoons from getting into my trash and making a mess. (I used to use ammonia however dog poop seems to work as well, it’s cheaper and I never run out.)
Now you would think that if someone stole your trash only to discover it was nothing but garbage and dog poop they would leave your trash alone. Well either the thief who took my trash the first time likes those things or a second and even nicer thief came by this week.
You see this week I not only had a couple of big bags outside but I also had a 40 pound dog food sack full of cut up boxes and this week’s thief took it all.
So what did they get this week? Well, they got the same garbage and dog poop in the big bags and since I buy food in bulk they got cut up food boxes and an empty plastic cake container from the bakery.
Will they come back for more? I don’t know but if they decide to keep taking my trash I wish they would let me know. Then I would save all my trash for them and cancel my trash service 
To Your Success,
Susan
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