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Pets & Working Animals => Dogs => Topic started by: darkbrowneggs on January 18, 2014, 10:01:19 am
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Not the nicest of subjects but now I dont have my own fields for her to run in I need to be sorted. So far I have just carried a small plastic bag, but what does everyone else use please.
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surely you need BIG plastic bags :-D
we just use baby nappy sacks as they are cheaper than poo bags...
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surely you need BIG plastic bags :-D
we just use baby nappy sacks as they are cheaper than poo bags...
Same here, Morrisons! Every pocket in my house has a bag in it I think :roflanim:
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We use nappy bags for walks as they are so cheap and plentiful.
At home we use a rake and horse poop scoop.
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I use a plastic scoop made from a 2ltre bleach bottle and either flush the contents or fling them into the woods to feed the trees.
Maybe a biodegradable poop scoop bag would be the best idea and as you won't want to overtax the portaloo system in Thebus perhaps you could bury the stuff by the roadside if a council bin isn't handy.
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Dog poo doesn't bio-degrade like other animals, so best not thrown anywhere. For instance it CAN carry an organism that causes abortion in sheep and cows, so never leave poo in a field.
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We used to have wolfhounds and giant crosses but found their poop almost impossible to pick up with just a bag - way too soft, only a shovel, rake and supermarket carrier bag (carefully checked for holes :o ) would do. Now we have tiny dogs with settled insides it's no problem. Local councils have free bags available at their offices, and green spaces in towns usually have a red bin for doggie bag disposal. If you keep a lidded bucket somewhere about your bus, you can dispose of the bags when you find a bin. Maybe camp sites have them too.
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I use small plastic bags. The £1 shops usually have a supply
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Feed dried food .......... makes poo picking up much less of a trauma
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Feed dried food .......... makes poo picking up much less of a trauma
Agree. Good quality dry food such as hills, eukanuba, Arden grange. High quality so less needed each feed time. Smaller, harder poop to pick up. Nappy sack or doggy poo bag. We just put it in the general waste if no dog waste bins around.
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feeding raw gives even better poos - small and dry! Our council poo bags are the best I've had - big and strong.
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Whatever the diet makes little difference! I've tried both - it's the dogs' internal organs that determine the consistency. ::)
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doganjo - I have to disagree ( which is rare - I usually agree with your doggy findings! ). The food determines the poo! Generally poo does get stiffer and drier on raw, just as it does to a lesser extent on good quality kibble compared with cheap stuff. But I'm not preaching "raw" - that's a personal decision.
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Dog poo doesn't bio-degrade like other animals, so best not thrown anywhere. For instance it CAN carry an organism that causes abortion in sheep and cows, so never leave poo in a field.
This is plantation woodland and will be thick with spruce trees for decades to come. No livestock will be anywhere near it even after that as the only thing to do once the trees are harvested is to plant more.
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doganjo - I have to disagree ( which is rare - I usually agree with your doggy findings! ). The food determines the poo! Generally poo does get stiffer and drier on raw, just as it does to a lesser extent on good quality kibble compared with cheap stuff. But I'm not preaching "raw" - that's a personal decision.
I'm only going on personal experience - found no difference at all. Nothing scientific :eyelashes:
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Giant dogs tend to have relatively unformed faeces because their guts are proportionately shorter for their body size than small dogs. Our vet put it that the gut is the same size as in medium dogs, but the body is much bigger in the giants. We definitely found that it didn't matter what we fed our giants, they never produced crispy dry faeces, and of course there's always so much more from a giant dog :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog:
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and of course there's always so much more from a giant dog :dog: :dog: :dog: :dog:
Ah well, forget the little nappy bags and go for great big waste bin linners :roflanim:
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Its a type of worm that causes abortion so if dog is wormed monthly with a good wormer then no problems. I buy black poo bage from the local pound shop they are large and sturdy, my second fav thing is using arm length gloves from agri store.
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I use baby nappy sacks,
they are stronger and cheaper than the dog poo bags in my local pet shop
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I don't know if other councils do them but we have a little caddy for recycling food waste. The council provides free caddy liners which are biodegradable. We don't use the caddy as it all goes on the compost heap so I use the bags for poo, much better than plastic.
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Its a type of worm that causes abortion so if dog is wormed monthly with a good wormer then no problems. I buy black poo bage from the local pound shop they are large and sturdy, my second fav thing is using arm length gloves from agri store.
Why would you worm a dog monthly? That is extreme in my view, and I can't see it does their innards any good. Provided they are not drinking out of puddles and eating stuff outside there is no need for such a regime. My vet recommends half yearly for pampered pet dogs and quarterly for my roughie toughie field dogs. ::)