"Victoria Clare" wrote in message
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I'm about to adopt a greyhound. She will be my first dog since uni, and
(in a flurry of fencing and putting up gates) I've started to think about
the 'disposal problem'.

I don't fancy dog doings in my main compost heaps. This is probably
illogical: they do get pretty hot, and I do sometimes pop dead rodents and
small rabbits in there(presents from the cats), plus most of my shrubs
must
be liberally mulched with cat doings anyway.

But I just don't like the idea.

I have got a big box of biodegradeable paper/card poop scoops, and I
reckon
it must be possible to dispose of these in the (largish, childfree) garden
in some way with reasonable safety.

What's the best approach? Dig a deep hole and stick a cover on the top?
(bedrock is approximately only 2-3 feet down in most of the garden, so a
real pit is not really feasible. I suppose I could do the pond thing and
use the original diggings to build up the sides a bit.)

Have a separate compost heap for use on non-food plants only, layer poo
with grass cuttings, and handle the results with gloves?

Something else?

All suggestions welcome!

I really don't want to put them in the bin: we have a landfill shortage
problem down here, and apart from that our binbags sometimes get the
attention of the local fox, so I try to only put things in the bin that I
don't mind cleaning off the lane the next day if necessary. ;-)


Stick them down the cesspit or septic tank. Or of you are on the mains, put
them into the inspection tanks which takes your toilet waste away. Or if you
only have one dog, put them down the loo, or buy a dogloo. Don't compost dog
poo.