Booda Dome Clean Step Litter Box

The Coprophagous Dog Does Not Like the Booda Dome

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Kitty snacks, coated with crunchy cat litter are among the foodie dog’s favorite snacks. Disgusting to us, but yummy to our dogs and our large dogs have been known to follow the cat around as if it were a vending machine. Fortunately our cats use a litter box and even more fortunately, the Booda Dome Clean Step Litter Box provides a secure pantry for the depositing of cat waste.

We’ve always had cats and dogs. The first dog could care less about these crunchy treats.  The second dog was only interested in the cat food before it was processed through the cat. The third, a yellow lab, couldn’t wait to get her mouth around these processed snacks. As it turns out, our fourth, also a female yellow lab, has the same preferences. The Booda Dome litter box stops large dogs from getting to the results of the cats private moments.

The cats love it, the dogs don’t. 

The dome has an inside ramp from a side entrance with an interior wall that prevents even the most ambitious head from getting to the goodies. My cat dislikes litter boxes with flaps or doors, but she’s just fine with this design. Our 50-pound-plus sized dogs can’t get through the door – I’m not sure about miniature and tiny dogs. They conceivably might slip inside but they might also be intimidated by the cat.

The Dome

• Resembles a molded plastic igloo, except it’s in titanium, pearl, and white. 
• The circular box area is spacious enough for most cats (it’s about 22 inches by 15 inches) with space to accommodate 5 or 6 inches of litter. 
• Scooping the sloped sides is easy to clean, although I have also heard comments from some who complain the curved interior shape doesn’t work with their scoopers. 
• A corrugated ramp climbs about six inches. Theoretically this ramp traps litter inside, and it does keep some but certainly not all. There is always a scattering of litter on the floor outside the door.
• The top is vented with a small compartment under the vent designed to hold activated replaceable charcoal filters. 
• It’s designed for custom liners, but after using the complementary liners I opted for none. It’s difficult scooping the sides of any litter box with those liners in the way. They snag. 
• The dome rests loosely on the base’s rim. The dogs quickly realized they could knock it off and steal the goods. Being inventive we found a way to clamp it down (bungee cords or small clamps--brick on the top didn’t work). If I didn’t fit the dome on just right kitty would occasionally back up against the side, knock it loose and a little puddle would appear on the floor. Securing the top was doubly beneficial. 

The entire box is easy to clean. I don’t dump litter every week. With only one cat frequent scooping suffices but carrying this box outside to clean and dump is more awkward than rectangular boxes. It’s expensive at around $30, but when I consider how much money I wasted looking before finding this one I cringe.

In Use: 

Our canine foodies no longer snack on warm crunchy treats and gross me out, they don’t have cat litter breath, the room doesn’t smell like cat urine or fresh feces, and the cat has her privacy. (She can use the box knowing there isn’t a dog hovering.)