Dog Poo

Justask · 24-07-2011 3:25pm #1

What do you do to dispose of your pets poo?

kylith · 24-07-2011 4:13pm

Into the brown bin with it!

pokertalk · 24-07-2011 4:45pm

in the grey bin in nappy bags

theparish · 24-07-2011 4:53pm

http://canineconcepts.co.uk/en/poop-bags--collectors/2614-the-dog-loo-toilet.html

Got one of these in ALDI a few months ago.

Justask · 24-07-2011 4:56pm

kylith wrote: »

Into the brown bin with it!

You can't put it in the brown bin

can you?

westies4ever · 24-07-2011 4:59pm

bag it and chuck it in the ordinary bin. i like the look of that dog toilet though seems much more green!

mymo · 24-07-2011 5:02pm

My two poop very little in my garden, when they do I just lift the cover for the drain and chuck it in, usually followed by a bucket of whatever I mopped the floors with. Couple of my neighbours just powerhose it down the drain.
My two mostly poop when out on walks, I use nappy bags or poop bags, pick it up and chuck it in my bin, or any bin on the street nearby.

Justask · 24-07-2011 5:02pm

Im guessing but I think so far everyone who has posted have smaller dogs lol

star-pants · 24-07-2011 5:02pm

That 'Dog Loo' looks interesting.
We have a container out the back, with a big bag in it, we bag the dog poo in nappy bags and put it into the container. When we're putting out the bins every fortnight we put the large bag into the black bin.

kylith · 24-07-2011 5:19pm

Justask wrote: »

You can't put it in the brown bin can you?

*Googles* it says you can't put dog or cat litter in, but whether that's a euphamism or they actually mean the stuff for litter trays I don't know.

I couldn't put it in the black bin, that only goes out about 4 times a year the smell of poo would be unbelievable.

DBB · 24-07-2011 5:26pm

kylith wrote: »

*Googles* it says you can't put dog or cat litter in, but whether that's a euphamism or they actually mean the stuff for litter trays I don't know.

It's not an old wives' tale as far as I know! Though I can see your problem with the irregular bin collections, it's hard to know what your alternative is.
My understanding of why dog and cat (i.e. carnivore) poop shouldn't go into the compost/brown bin is because the compoments of carnivore poop are not good for compost, whilst non-carnivores have plenty of compostable ingredients still available. But the main problem is worm eggs: if they go into the compost, they're going to end up being spread into the soil again somewhere, and they will re-infect humans and other animals.

kylith · 24-07-2011 5:38pm

DBB wrote: »

It's not an old wives' tale as far as I know! Though I can see your problem with the irregular bin collections, it's hard to know what your alternative is.
My understanding of why dog and cat (i.e. carnivore) poop shouldn't go into the compost/brown bin is because the compoments of carnivore poop are not good for compost, whilst non-carnivores have plenty of compostable ingredients still available. But the main problem is worm eggs: if they go into the compost, they're going to end up being spread into the soil again somewhere, and they will re-infect humans and other animals.

I thought that the temperature of industrial compost bins was high enough to kill stuff like that off, and that's why you can put in cooked and raw meat.

DBB · 24-07-2011 5:49pm

I think that rumour did the rounds, but I think it was shown that it's not a reliable way of killing eggs... I think!
Another problem with it was that anti-parasite chemicals, antibiotics, or residues of other medications being given to dogs/cats could make it's way into the environment via the soil from compost containing it.

TooManyDogs · 24-07-2011 7:03pm

Carnivores also would have pathogenic bacteria in their guts so again not a good idea for composts. I had a big discussion about composting dog poo with an expert and while they had done no studies into the matter they reckoned you could compost the waste as long as the compost created was used for flowers but not vegetables. The bin collectors are normally very clear that dog/cat poo can't go into a brown bin.

Mine all goes in the black bin but not in a bag so it can break down quicker

are you serious · 24-07-2011 7:33pm

Straight into the brown bin... Have had a thought recently though to lift the shore out the back garden and drop them straight in!

Hellrazer · 24-07-2011 7:43pm

When cleaning the back gardn up I open the manhole cover and put it in there flushed down with the hose.

My dog refuses to poo when shes out so its always down the drain with it.

pokertalk · 24-07-2011 7:51pm

Hellrazer wrote: »

When cleaning the back gardn up I open the manhole cover and put it in there flushed down with the hose.

My dog refuses to poo when shes out so its always down the drain with it.

have the same problem well its not really a problem he is to posh to shizzle outside of the backgarden

pokertalk · 24-07-2011 7:53pm

theparish wrote: »

http://canineconcepts.co.uk/en/poop-bags--collectors/2614-the-dog-loo-toilet.html

Got one of these in ALDI a few months ago.

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is there anywhere you can get them now besides online?? cool idea

theparish · 24-07-2011 8:53pm

pokertalk wrote: »

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is there anywhere you can get them now besides online?? cool idea

Just remembered and forgot to mention that I have a hearthy Labrador whose youknow-whats are a bit big.The plastic unit filled up rather quickly and the waste did not break down after the flushing with water as per instructions.I cut out the bottom and now it works fine.It might suit smaller breeds better.

Davy · 24-07-2011 10:49pm

pokertalk wrote: »

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is there anywhere you can get them now besides online?? cool idea

If you can wait a few months, aldi will have them again

DBB · 24-07-2011 11:09pm

Tee hee!:D
Isn't it funny how animally people can converse comprehensively and with great passion about our pets' bowel movements?
I don't know any other group of people who share a common interest that can talk so much about poo!

TooManyDogs · 24-07-2011 11:13pm

DBB wrote: »

I don't know any other group of people who share a common interest that can talk so much about poo!

So true..... and a little sad!!

A friend of mine has recently bought this http://www.dogpoowormery.com/ I'm waiting to hear how she gets on because poo from 6 dogs would fill one of those little dog toilets really quickly

Justask · 25-07-2011 12:16am

DBB wrote: »

Tee hee!:D
Isn't it funny how animally people can converse comprehensively and with great passion about our pets' bowel movements?
I don't know any other group of people who share a common interest that can talk so much about poo!

LMAO I know its great isnt it... Wonder do they mind us talking about their poo

Chris_Heilong · 25-07-2011 12:30am

Down the toilet, or if there is a lot the into a plastic bag and into brown or black bin which ever is being collected first.

fred funk }{ · 25-07-2011 12:51am

Scooped up and down the loo. I have slabs out the back so there is never anything else on the shovel stones, grass, muck etc.

Whispered · 25-07-2011 1:50am

DBB wrote: »

Tee hee!:D
Isn't it funny how animally people can converse comprehensively and with great passion about our pets' bowel movements?
I don't know any other group of people who share a common interest that can talk so much about poo!

Parents of young kids?

But yes it's gas. A sign of very mature people I think :pac:

Into the regular bin it goes.

Honey-ec · 25-07-2011 11:35am

This discussion has thrown up some interesting facts. My mum always said you shouldn't flush dog poo down the toilet, so I've never done it. However, having just Googled it, it seems that this is actually the best method of dealing with it, and is endorsed by the EPA in the US.

However, we have three Boxers, who generate a fair amount of poo - I'd be flushing the toilet a lot - so I have issues with the amount of water that would use.

It's an interesting one, alright.

tk123 · 25-07-2011 12:25pm

My bro's old house had a weird extension/conversion done - rather than remove the old downstairs loo whoever did the building work basically sealed it off from the inside and put a door on the outside facing into the garden - a glass panel door lol... Anyhoos he was minding a dog one time and thought he was great - pick the poo up with a shovel and straight over to the loo to flush away! I didn't realize the genius until we got our own dog!! :pac: Luckily he only poos out the front by the hedge so bagged and put in a flower pot then a bigger bag when the pot fills so it doesn't stink up the bin too much. I used to prefer him going outside eg in the park but they've removed nearly all the bins so you end up carrying the poo around for ages!

lorebringer · 25-07-2011 1:52pm

We put the dog poo into the nappy bags, usually the biodegradable ones, and into the black bin (for general waste). We put out our bin for collection every two weeks (we are charged based on weight, not on number of collections, so we put it out every time for collection even though most of the time it isn't full) but this is about the limit to the length of time I would let it hang around for. We usually end up bringing home dog poo from walks (due to lack of bins around) so that goes in the black bin too. Our bin company won't allow dog/cat poo or any human related waste (nappies, tampons (wtf?!) etc.) into the brown or green bin. Our black bin gets a good cleaning with Jayes fluid quite a few times in the year (more in the Summer) so it tends not to smell (as much as a bin can't smell!)

We tried flushing it down the toilet but, because we have so many dogs, it ended up with us flushing the toilet ten times per day (and then squirting some bleach down afterwards).

DBB · 25-07-2011 2:04pm

Honey-ec wrote: »

My mum always said you shouldn't flush dog poo down the toilet, so I've never done it. However, having just Googled it, it seems that this is actually the best method of dealing with it, and is endorsed by the EPA in the US.

Do you know why your mam said not to flush? I asked my vet about this before, and she felt at the time, given the relatively poor standard of sewage treatment in Ireland at that time, that pathogens, worm eggs etc would end up in the water course, to be potentially consumed again by animals and humans, although I'd hope that drinking water treatment would look after this end of things in our mains water! Eww!
However, many sewage treatment plants have been upgraded now... I wonder are they good enough to eliminate this stuff from the water course? I wonder is that why the US EPA are happy for poop to be disposed of down the loo?

Cows Go µ · 25-07-2011 6:04pm

When the dogs were still being house trained and so pooed in the house, they were picked up with toilet roll and flushed down the loo but once they were going outside its poo bags and into the black bin!

Larianne · 06-08-2011 6:44pm

mymo wrote: »

My two poop very little in my garden, when they do I just lift the cover for the drain and chuck it in, usually followed by a bucket of whatever I mopped the floors with. Couple of my neighbours just powerhose it down the drain.
My two mostly poop when out on walks, I use nappy bags or poop bags, pick it up and chuck it in my bin, or any bin on the street nearby.

My Dad got fined for putting the dog's poo in a street bin on the way back from a walk. He was told this was household waste and couldn't be disposed of in street bins.

I tried looking this up but can't find any information on it. Could anyone point me in the direction of information please?

tk123 · 06-08-2011 6:51pm

Larianne wrote: »

My Dad got fined for putting the dog's poo in a street bin on the way back from a walk. He was told this was household waste and couldn't be disposed of in street bins.

I tried looking this up but can't find any information on it. Could anyone point me in the direction of information please?

Really!??! What a load of ...well...poo!!! There's signs up in my area on the lamposts beside the bins so I always throw it in on a walk. That said half the bins in the area are gone.:mad: We had our guy a week or so and by coincidence the dog warden was going around the area knocking on doors so we got the license from him to save going to the post office...anyhoos my mum asked him about what bin to put it in etc and he said the black bin and bins around the area.
Surely anything you put in a "street bin" is technically household waste?!

Larianne · 06-08-2011 6:53pm

Yeah, I don't really understand it. That's why I was hoping someone might have information on it.

Zapperzy · 06-08-2011 11:03pm

Larianne wrote: »

My Dad got fined for putting the dog's poo in a street bin on the way back from a walk. He was told this was household waste and couldn't be disposed of in street bins.

I tried looking this up but can't find any information on it. Could anyone point me in the direction of information please?

Thats madness! :mad: Surely when there's such a problem with dog crap all over the footpaths it shouldn't matter which bin poo is being thrown into, in fact he should have gotten a pat on the back for picking it up. I must be the only one in my area that picks up poo. :rolleyes:

star-pants · 07-08-2011 9:11am

That is ridiculous for being fined for that, it's hardly like you took a massive black bag full of rubbish from home and stuffed it into a public bin.
Public bins are for rubbish disposal. I'd have gone nuts.
They've signs in our area about fines for not picking up dog poo (tbh most obviously don't pick it up around here the amount I've seen about) but I always do, and we pass by the shops (and bins) at the end of our walk and I'll always throw it in those bins. If they're going to fine people for using public bins for dog poo disposal then they need to provide dog poo bins. Flipping ridiculous.

Larianne · 07-08-2011 5:18pm

Yes, that's why I'm confused by it and wanted to find information on it.

I go on a 45 minute walk and only at the start of the walk is there a bin on the route. I sometimes have to carry around poo for 30 minutes! :cool: I don't understand why they'd fine you for doing something good.

The Sweeper · 08-08-2011 6:07am

Dog's poo goes into bags and into the bin. My garden is large and feral, so cleaning up the dog poo isn't a daily job. It's like the world's worst treasure hunt. If I had a well manicured lawn I could easily see the crap and pick it up, but in my overgrown yard it's a major effort, so I just do it once a week.

The cats' litters are scooped twice a day - I use a timber pellet litter, so little or no litter is picked up with the cat poo - and that goes into the loo and is flushed.

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