Doggie Dooley "The Original In-Ground Dog Waste Disposal System, Black with Green Lid (3800X)

The Dooley has been in the ground now for a couple weeks and I’m really pleased with the results so far. The material for the chamber walls is outdoors plastic and really pliable so left me curious if it would hold up. After installed the top of the chamber is extremely solid and rigid considering. Probably best practice to not walk directly on top of it but no doubts at all it will hold up the soil and mulch on top of it.I probably reduced some of the odor management by inserting a short 2ft pipe at the top. I wanted to ensure the hole wouldn’t cave in. Deeper than that it’s very much clay and I had to use a heavy pike to break through it.I did dig as deep as possible, the 6” hole is over 4 ft deep. The Dooley holds the water for a good 6 days. When it dried up I was really surprised to see No turds. The bacteria ate it all and left only a sock my dog had eaten.So far so good. I’ll add an update if anything worth knowing comes up.Update: After two very hot summer months I have to say this thing has absolutely delivered. It was a lot of work to install and maybe a tad pricey considering volume of materials BUT worth every freaking penny and drop of sweat. No smell. None. We put it in a flower bed by the back porch for convenience and it’s been a good decision. With the addition of a poop scoop that “grabs” the poop it’s a very easy job now and the trash can doesn’t smell or attract those hordes of flies like it did when we were putting the poop bags in the trash. This is a no-brainer folks; if you can handle a little digging you will not be sorry.

I installed this myself which is saying something considering I’m a 50 year old woman. The digging was made much easier after I used a 36” auger drill attachment to loosen the soil. I dug the hole with a post hole digger, put some drainage rocks in the bottom of the hole and set the dooly flush with the ground. Only problem I had was due to the soil where I live, it’s mostly sand and the hole kept caving in so I sunk a 8 inch drain pipe with holes drilled through sides down into the hole to shore up the walls. Next I added the water and the tablets that came with the product and it’s been working ever since! I haven’t had any problems with odor and each time I add a fresh pile of dog poop the previous one isn’t there. The product seems sturdy enough to do its job. I’m debating on moving it to a new location closer to my garden hose because it needs water to work properly and I believe it will hold up well if I do move itPretty cool product. I keep my garbage can in my garage and it doesn’t smell like dog crap since I started using this. I have one large golden retriever but she has friends over often who like to poop here so I use the product a lot.Hope this helps anyone who is on the fence deciding if they want to buy this, I’m glad I did!

As other reviews state, the ease of use, cleaning, and size are really good.However, the sturdiness, the stability, and the inability to use bags causes some draw backs.Living in Phoenix, AZ most of the soil is a clay based with something called Caliche, or calcium carbonate mixed with clay. This it was very frustrating to dig in, and required some extra steps to make sure that this system would work.Also after digging the hole for the actual assembly was hard enough, then the directions stated to dig another 36"/3' deeper. This was extremely frustrating and ultimately led me to take multiple days to just dig the hole.I have six dogs, as such just one was inadequate, I did ultimately but this one and two of the metal ones, (which I found offered a little better in product strength).The product itself is made from very thin and flimsy plastic which the lid is off the same caliber. The hinge and mechanism is also sub-par.Somethings to think about before buying this:Where do I plan to put this?Can I actually dig the hole deep.enough?What type of soil do I have?Do I plan to maintain this according to the directions?If you answered no, or the soil that you have is not compatible, I wouldn't recommend this for you.As you read above, I did end up buying this and two other to satisfy the amount of dog dung that's produced on a daily basis. I'm happy with the outcome, but it is another added chore that I have to add only certain amounts of feces, add a gallon of water to each canister, and do that on a daily basis to prevent issues/odors with each system. My main take away is 1 don't waste my money on the additives you see listed on the other items section, and two the stability of the device made me place these systems easy away from pathways and potential areas that will cause the system to collapse.

Small yard. Tired of bagging waste for the garbage and didn’t see the point. This works similar to a septic tank or old fashioned out house disposal. It’s great they include the enzyme packs and it isn’t hard to install. I’m lucky to have one of those electric augers. That made it a breeze to install. I have to say that I think it’s pretty flimsy in design. The thing is pretty thin plastic and it straddles the hole. It would have been much better to have been made of a thicker material or just one that wouldn’t crack easy. It would also have been nice to have attached a pipe that would have sat below ground a bit. Over watering one has already collapsed the sides. If it had a pipe extension into the ground, I doubt that would have happened. I do not expect the plastic to last long. Someone is going to step on it or weather is going to degrade it and I will have to look for another solution. It certainly has me thinking of a better one.

Works as intended but cheaply made