Abstract: A portable and easily handled collection device is manually carried by a person walking a dog and a disposable container which forms a part of the collection device is positioned beneath the dog when it haunches for excrement. The droppings are caught in the disposable container instead of falling to the ground. The disposable container is easily removed from the collection device and discarded as waste in a suitable sanitary manner. The collection device comprises a foldable handle and means at one end of the handle for releasably supporting a disposable container.

Abstract: A portable and easily handled collection device is manually carried by a person walking a dog and a disposable container which forms a part of the collection device is positioned beneath the dog when it haunches for excrement. The droppings are caught in the disposable container instead of falling on the ground. The disposable container is easily removed from the collection device and discarded as waste in a suitable sanitary manner. The collection device comprises a foldable handle and means at one end of the handle for releasably supporting a disposable container.