How to Make a Dog Poop Septic Tank - Be Done With the Smelly Poops and Bags

I loved taking my dog Sasha for a walk, and I always brought a poop bag, that I would then throw in

a public waste receptacle before coming home.

But fast forward a few years, and as a senior dog, she didn't want to go further than the backyard, so it also became full of poop!

Stinky Gross Garbage Can

I would pick it up with a dog poop scoop and collect it in bag that then went into my garbage bag for garbage collection.  By then, it would simply stink horribly!  No one wanted to lift the lid.  I figured there had to be a better way.

Homemade Dog Septic System - Put The Poop to Work!

You can purchase them already made, but since I love to do the DIY thing, I decided to research this idea, and found out just how to do it.  Once in place you simply scoop and plop into this system.

Find a Corner of Your Yard that You Can Safely Dig a Hole for Your Dog Poop Composter

Make sure it is safe to dig a hole, this is actually about the most labor intensive part of this project.  But you can have this running in an afternoon, you can even dump your little poop bags into it as most poop bags are biodegradable and will quickly dissolve.

What You Will Need:

• A Plastic Barrel - garbage can sized. (this would be easier to cut than a metal one)
• Shovel for digging the hole
• saw (to take the bottom off)
• small rocks
• drill (for the holes)
• Septic treatment
• water

Step 1 - Cut the bottom off the barrel with the saw

Step 2 - Draw Around the base of the barrel so you can dig a hole

Step 3 - Dig the Hole

Step 4 - Drill at least a couple dozen holes evenly around the bottom 2/3rds of the barrel

Step 5 - Place in the hole, Note:  Have the top 3rd of the barrel sticking out of the ground.

Step 6 - Place the small rocks into the bottom.

Step 7 - Add some Pet Waste (even in the dog poop bags)

Step 8 - Add the Septic system treatment ... Septonic was used in the video

Step 9 - Add some water to get it started digesting.

Step 10 - Place Lid Back On to Keep out Weather

Dog Waste Disposal - Ready to Go!

As you pick up the waste around the yard, or even the little bags you have from your walk can be added.

Just monitor the system.  Add septic treatment as needed and more water.  This all depends on how many dogs you have and their size.  You could use a smaller barrel for smaller dogs.

The septic treatment takes care of the smell as well as digesting the poop and slowly liquefies it and then it leaches out of the holes you drilled as liquid compost.

Very similar to a human septic system.  Check out the video below:

This Pet Waste Disposal System Helps the Environment - Keeps it out of Landfills

This video should pretty much sum it up.  You could even decorate the top portion to fit in with your yard.  But as long as you have it somewhere easy to access, but not in the way, it should do its job of turning your doggy's poop into liquified compost that goes back to the ground.

✅Love the Idea But Don't Want to do the DIY?  You can purchase the system online:

Dog Septic System

 You will still need to dig a hole, but the rest has already been done.

If you watch the video she reports just how much dog poop has been going into the landfills.  Since they pack garbage pretty tight when disposing it can take a long time for even biodegradable bags to decompose.

We flush our waste down the toilet, so why not create a dog waste compost to get rid of your dog's waste.  Keep it out of the landfill.  You can get most supplies online and have them delivered.