Yeah, we switched to covered trash in the bathrooms when we bought a house with a septic system and I stopped flushing tampons. Dogs can be gross!

Funny story though - our septic system backed up and we had it pumped and then the lines snaked and the culprit was a tampon. I was adamant that in the 5 years we'd lived in the house, I'd NEVER flushed one. The septic guy and my husband clearly didn't believe me.

Two days later I realized that our female college-aged farm sitter had stayed at our place the previous weekend. I was vindicated!!! ;-)