a harness for releasably attaching said collecting device to an animal;

at least one arm defining a proximal end pivotally attached to said harness and a distal free end opposite said proximal end;

a feces collecting unit carried by said arm at said distal end thereof; and

an attachment member carried by said harness;

wherein said arm is pivotable between an operative position in which said arm clears said harness and is disengaged from said attachment member for positioning said arm distal end and said feces collecting unit adjacent to the animal's anus, and a stored position in which said arm is pivoted back against said attachment member to attach said arm to said attachment member and for positioning said arm distal end spacedly away from the animal's anus.