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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
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Re: Poo Picking
« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2014, 11:24:15 pm »
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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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Poo Picking
« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2014, 09:02:29 am »
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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funkyfish

  • Joined Nov 2011
  • Devon
Re: Poo Picking
« Reply #17 on: January 19, 2014, 08:33:15 pm »
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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Ladygrey

  • Joined Jun 2012
  • Basingstoke
Re: Poo Picking
« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2014, 09:14:28 pm »
I use baby nappy sacks,
they are stronger and cheaper than the dog poo bags in my local pet shop


zoe_emma

  • Joined Apr 2013
Re: Poo Picking
« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2014, 09:15:45 pm »
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.

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Clackmannanshire
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Re: Poo Picking
« Reply #20 on: January 19, 2014, 09:34:31 pm »
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. ::)
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