Once upon a time on usenet Hypatia Nachshon wrote:
On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 7:42:12 PM UTC-7, Amos Nomore wrote:
On 2015-10-28 02:15:11 +0000, Hypatia Nachshon said:

On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 7:28:23 AM UTC-7, Moe DeLoughan
wrote:
On 10/25/2015 11:36 AM, Hypatia Nachshon wrote:
Dog leaving smallish black doodoo in same area for years.
Dunno how he/she/it gets in.


If it's black, odds are it's raccoon scat. But if you're quite sure
that it is a dog, contact your local animal control and see if
they'll loan you a Haveahart trap. Trap the dog, then call animal
control.

I wish!!! Years ago our local animal shelter stopped lending
humane traps. To buy one is very expensive, so I will have to do as
some suggested:
block access. At the moment, there is space enough under the
driveway
gate for a
small critter to squeeze through. No other way for an animal to
gain access. So I will fill in the space by nailing up chicken wire
and monitor if
the doo-doo don't do no mo'.

I don't know how in the past huge raccoons got in; they did
terrorize us by coming in the cat door and ***ing up his food dish
and water fountain. (I suppose most gardeners know that raccoons
have no salivary glands?
so they have to wash their food in water? At least that's what I
was told...)

Seems odd that some domestic or even wild animal would be compelled
to repeatedly overcome barriers to take a dump in that spot other
than raccoons, which tend to do so.

Is there a tree with branches directly above the deposit site? If
so, try breaking up one of the turds and see if it is full of tiny
animal bones. The reason I ask is that perhaps you are finding owl
pellets. Just a suggestion.

Pretty sure it's a dog. No tree as you suggest. No owls around.

Nobody responded preferred dog repellent, so am going to remove
all turds, then drench area w/ammonia or one of the other home
remedies found on-line.

Thanks to all.

HB

I haven't checked group in a while but I use my own urine as a home-made cat
and dog repellant. I just put it in a sprayer, set it to jet (not mist),
pump it up and spray areas near entryways and 'problem areas'.
--
Shaun.

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little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)