"Mike" wrote in message
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and people. I have a very low tolerance level for people who show their
ignorance and bad manners. Swearing in public or on a domain such as
this
is
not acceptable and if people use such language, they are put in the
gutter
where they belong.

Mike

This time I must disagree with you...the gutter is too good for them....H


:-))))))))))))) I was being 'polite' ;-)//////////((((((((looks as tho we
do agree then....

"adm" wrote in message
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Does anyone have any idea about how best to get rid of dog poo from one's
garden ? I have recently aquired a puppy - now 8 weeks old, and of course
what goes in one end, comes out of the other.

She is housetrained - i.e. she comes out and pees and craps on the garden
instead of in the house, but I need to get rid of the mess. Right now,
I've just been throwing over into the field next door, but I don't think
this is a good long term solution.

Firstly, I want to make a dog loo for her so that at least all the mess
is in one place. For this I'm thinking a low box structure set into the
ground filled with sand and gravel. Obviously I will still need to get rid
of the solid waste from here, so I was thinking of one of the "dog loo"
type poo digesters that are basically a bucket set in the ground filled
with enzymes of some description.

Does anyone here have any experience with this type of thing ? Or at least
some funny stories.


What's wrong with flushing it down the toilet?

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"Alan Gabriel" wrote in message
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"adm" wrote in message
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Does anyone have any idea about how best to get rid of dog poo from one's
garden ? I have recently aquired a puppy - now 8 weeks old, and of course
what goes in one end, comes out of the other.

She is housetrained - i.e. she comes out and pees and craps on the garden
instead of in the house, but I need to get rid of the mess. Right now,
I've just been throwing over into the field next door, but I don't think
this is a good long term solution.

Firstly, I want to make a dog loo for her so that at least all the mess
is in one place. For this I'm thinking a low box structure set into the
ground filled with sand and gravel. Obviously I will still need to get
rid of the solid waste from here, so I was thinking of one of the "dog
loo" type poo digesters that are basically a bucket set in the ground
filled with enzymes of some description.

Does anyone here have any experience with this type of thing ? Or at
least some funny stories.


What's wrong with flushing it down the toilet?

I don't really want to have to go inside with my bag of doggy poo, take my
shoes off, navigate the maze of kid's toys, remove the child's training seat
from the loo and then flush it away......


On the other hand, if I built an outside loo, I could sit there and ponder
on nice mornings while I listen to the birds singing.

adm wrote:

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What's wrong with flushing it down the toilet?

I don't really want to have to go inside with my bag of doggy poo, take my
shoes off, navigate the maze of kid's toys, remove the child's training seat
from the loo and then flush it away......


On the other hand, if I built an outside loo, I could sit there and ponder
on nice mornings while I listen to the birds singing.

What's wrong with just lifting the manhole cover in the garden and
tipping it in there. Then either chuk down a bucket of water, or go
inside and flush the toilet. A friend of mine who breeds spaniels, in a
small way, only three bitches, does it this way. It works OK


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In message , Peter James
writes
adm wrote:

snipped

What's wrong with flushing it down the toilet?

I don't really want to have to go inside with my bag of doggy poo, take my
shoes off, navigate the maze of kid's toys, remove the child's training seat
from the loo and then flush it away......


On the other hand, if I built an outside loo, I could sit there and ponder
on nice mornings while I listen to the birds singing.

What's wrong with just lifting the manhole cover in the garden and
tipping it in there. Then either chuk down a bucket of water, or go
inside and flush the toilet. A friend of mine who breeds spaniels, in a
small way, only three bitches, does it this way. It works OK


I had forgotten about doing that. We used to do it years ago but have
not considered it here in London. It never once blocked the drains and
a good clean with Jeyes fluid kept the manhole reasonably sweet.

I complained last week to our local council (Barnet) because they had
taken away and not replaced the dog-pooh bins in the park. I was told
by someone claiming to be in authority that they were no longer going to
supply the bins and that the public had to use the ordinary rubbish
bins. When pressed, he explained that it was a Government directive and
that, where the dog pooh had previously to be burned, it now goes in
with the normal waste. Very strange. It would seem, from what he said,
that sticking bags of dog-pooh in your dustbin or in a street waste-bin
is now satisfactory. (He did add that they were phasing in new street
waste-bins with lids I dread to think how long that will take!)
--
June Hughes

In article , June Hughes
writes

It would seem, from what he said, that sticking bags of dog-pooh in your
dustbin or in a street waste-bin is now satisfactory.

Well, it's an improvement on what happens in the Nature Park I help look
after - pick up the poo, tie it up neatly in a plastic bag, then sling
the whole lot in the bushes to remain dangling from the branches. I
can't work out the logic behind that one.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

"Peter James" wrote in message
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adm wrote:

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What's wrong with flushing it down the toilet?

I don't really want to have to go inside with my bag of doggy poo, take
my
shoes off, navigate the maze of kid's toys, remove the child's training
seat
from the loo and then flush it away......


On the other hand, if I built an outside loo, I could sit there and
ponder
on nice mornings while I listen to the birds singing.

What's wrong with just lifting the manhole cover in the garden and
tipping it in there. Then either chuk down a bucket of water, or go
inside and flush the toilet. A friend of mine who breeds spaniels, in a
small way, only three bitches, does it this way. It works OK

It's ok for those with manholes, but some, like ours, don't have them.
(although we don't have any dogs, but I thought I'd give you something to
think about... :@} )

"JP in Lon" wrote in message
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"Peter James" wrote in message
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adm wrote:

snipped

What's wrong with flushing it down the toilet?

I don't really want to have to go inside with my bag of doggy poo, take
my
shoes off, navigate the maze of kid's toys, remove the child's training
seat
from the loo and then flush it away......


On the other hand, if I built an outside loo, I could sit there and
ponder
on nice mornings while I listen to the birds singing.

What's wrong with just lifting the manhole cover in the garden and
tipping it in there. Then either chuk down a bucket of water, or go
inside and flush the toilet. A friend of mine who breeds spaniels, in a
small way, only three bitches, does it this way. It works OK

It's ok for those with manholes, but some, like ours, don't have them.
(although we don't have any dogs, but I thought I'd give you something to
think about... :@} )

I do have a manhole - but it's a big solid iron one, and I want to put a
deck over it anyway. (With access to the manhole of course....)

adm writes

"Flower Bobdew" wrote in message
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In article , adm
writes

Right now, I've just been throwing over into the field next door, but I
don't think this is a good long term solution.

Umm, no. Right now I'm probably envisaging a different 'field', but I
shudder to think what that might look/smell like some 15 years down the
line!

Quite. By "long term", I meant in the next few months - not 15 years !


Ahh, right you are. For a while there I had visions of it eventually
being seen from space.

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Flower Bobdew
South Facing Garden
South West: UK