Doggie Dooley Plastic Septic Tank Style Review

The Doggie Dooley is a septic tank for pet waste. It is shaped like a small plastic garbage pail with a foot operated lid. The Dooley is installed into the ground. Added water and digester break down the pet waste.  There are two wedge shaped holes at the top that allow digested pet waste to overflow into the earth.

This is a great idea! Here is why it doesn't get a five star rating. It is not easy to install. It is straightforward, simple,even...but not easy! You have to dig a fourteen inch diameter hole four feet deep. I thought it would be pretty easy, we have a pole digger. I never realised just how deep four feet was! Thankfully I have a very fit husband who was able to help with this.

The Doggie Dooley requires daily maintenance, every time you add pet waste. In order for the unit to work properly, water must be added daily. It is also necessary to clean your yard daily. The Dooley won't work if it is overloaded.  Once a week, a tablespoon of digester must be added to the Dooley. A six month supply is included and is easily reordered from the web site. The Dooley itself was around $30.00 for the smallest unit.

If you slack off on the digester, on the daily gallon of water or try adding too much doodie to the Dooley, you will be "rewarded" with a most foul stench.  So, this Doggie Dooley is not a thing to just plunk in and be done with it. We have been using it for several months and it is a great system as long as we follow the directions. Before we collected the waste once a week and threw it in a place in the very back of the property,(no neighbors on that side).  Now we clean up daily, much better for everyone!

I can recommend the Doggie Dooley, just be sure you have a very strong back or some help with installing it!  Of course a perfect solution to cleaning up after pets would be to pay someone else to do it and take it away, but until we become ridiculously wealthy, this will do the trick.

I wanted to add that the customer service is great at Doggie Dooley. That is very important to me.