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We clean up daily and throw in the outdoor trash can.....yes, we bag it in the disposable bags.....No odor problems....just 2 piles a day and that's easy!!
We have 11 puppies here.... :wink: 4 mom-dogs and a teeny yard so we scoop every day! And we put it in bags, and they go in the weekly trash pickup. The bags stay outside on the side of the yard, not ripening in our garage in summer weeks 
Hope that helps!
If you wanted to keep track of your turds in the woods I might suggest sprinkling Diatomaceaous Earth on them to minimize the fly population too. But getting it out of your vicinity would be the best plan for a host of reasons, I think.
Hope that helps!
If you wanted to keep track of your turds in the woods I might suggest sprinkling Diatomaceaous Earth on them to minimize the fly population too. But getting it out of your vicinity would be the best plan for a host of reasons, I think.
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Diet can help. Hershey is on raw food and it comes out very dry and turns to powder and dissapears in a day or two. Her poop area doesnt smell, and the poo itself has much less odour than on kibble.
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Wow! Me, too!! I don't have the time for that either right now....but how great would that be !!
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It does take a little planning and i was so hesitant to start. We spend an hour or so on a weekend and buy 2 weeks worth of food and divide it up into meals in tupperware. Then freeze the lot of it. We then just take out what we want for the next day and thw it in the fridge. The hardest parts are watching where she eats her chicken wings so I can clean to floor (usually "near" her bowl) right after, and of course finding good deals on meat. we always keep some canned tuna nd eggs on hand for the days when we forget to thaw it in time.
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And what are the portions per meal??? Do you include veges of any kind?
oatmeal? rice?
My breeder is big on raw meat and I bought some organic beef for Coco when she was really little and would add a big tablespoon to her kibble I was using....but then I quit that. no reason, really....just the time and remembering to do it.
I would do the portions and freeze each one in a baggie....thawing it overnight for the morning. Maybe I should go back to that. My vet was against it of course....but she wants me to feed Purina, soooooooo. :roll:
oatmeal? rice?
My breeder is big on raw meat and I bought some organic beef for Coco when she was really little and would add a big tablespoon to her kibble I was using....but then I quit that. no reason, really....just the time and remembering to do it.
I would do the portions and freeze each one in a baggie....thawing it overnight for the morning. Maybe I should go back to that. My vet was against it of course....but she wants me to feed Purina, soooooooo. :roll:
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sorry to hijack this thread....
We switched over 2 weeks or so, mixing kibble and regular ground beef, about the same volume as just kibble, and added warm water to make a thick stew. I have heard of people doing it cold turkey (lol) and we would have if we could do it over again, but we had an almost new bag of food and didnt want to waste it.
Disclaimer: I am not a vet or a raw expert, but i have done a lot of research and have a happy healthy dog.
Typical meals for Hershey (approx 65 lbs) would be like:
1. 1/2 to 2/3 of a pound of regular ground meat (usually beef, but it depends what is on sale) with some shredded carots and the broken up eggs shells from 1 or 2 eggs (we rinse and save them) for calcuim. We add warm water to make a thick stew. Some times i try to mix in diced up organ meat but she picks it out if the pieces are big enough (i read organ met should be 10% of the diet, so i give it in a meal once and a week). This is our standard breakfast.
2. 3 or 4 chicken wings. Super easy meal. She cruches the bones and it makes for great clean teeth. I never give bigger bones like legs, i hear they are harded because they are weight bearing and can splinter.
3. cheap raw meaty bones, like lamb shoulder. One about the size of my hand laid flat with my fingers curled in is a good meal (i am a big guy, if that helps to picture the size). I choose lamb shoulder because we can get 2 pieces for under 2$ at the local grocery store, but whatever is on sale is good.
4. 4 soft boiled eggs. I rinse and save the shells for the ground beef meals.
I never feed raw pig. Many reasons. We give meal 1 everyday for breakfast and rotate the other 3 for supper. If we ever forget to thaw something, 2 cans of tuna/salmon with warm water is good. We also use that one when visiting friends, so we dont have to freak them out about raw meat on their floor :shock: . We have tried to get Hershey to eat raw fish, but she ignores it, even if we sprinkle some cheese on it to make it tastey. She just licks the cheese off and leves it. She prefers the dead and decaying fish carcasses she picks up by the river :twisted: .
We switched over 2 weeks or so, mixing kibble and regular ground beef, about the same volume as just kibble, and added warm water to make a thick stew. I have heard of people doing it cold turkey (lol) and we would have if we could do it over again, but we had an almost new bag of food and didnt want to waste it.
Disclaimer: I am not a vet or a raw expert, but i have done a lot of research and have a happy healthy dog.
Typical meals for Hershey (approx 65 lbs) would be like:
1. 1/2 to 2/3 of a pound of regular ground meat (usually beef, but it depends what is on sale) with some shredded carots and the broken up eggs shells from 1 or 2 eggs (we rinse and save them) for calcuim. We add warm water to make a thick stew. Some times i try to mix in diced up organ meat but she picks it out if the pieces are big enough (i read organ met should be 10% of the diet, so i give it in a meal once and a week). This is our standard breakfast.
2. 3 or 4 chicken wings. Super easy meal. She cruches the bones and it makes for great clean teeth. I never give bigger bones like legs, i hear they are harded because they are weight bearing and can splinter.
3. cheap raw meaty bones, like lamb shoulder. One about the size of my hand laid flat with my fingers curled in is a good meal (i am a big guy, if that helps to picture the size). I choose lamb shoulder because we can get 2 pieces for under 2$ at the local grocery store, but whatever is on sale is good.
4. 4 soft boiled eggs. I rinse and save the shells for the ground beef meals.
I never feed raw pig. Many reasons. We give meal 1 everyday for breakfast and rotate the other 3 for supper. If we ever forget to thaw something, 2 cans of tuna/salmon with warm water is good. We also use that one when visiting friends, so we dont have to freak them out about raw meat on their floor :shock: . We have tried to get Hershey to eat raw fish, but she ignores it, even if we sprinkle some cheese on it to make it tastey. She just licks the cheese off and leves it. She prefers the dead and decaying fish carcasses she picks up by the river :twisted: .
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thanks for the info!!
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Val,
I used to own a Lab and a St Bernard, and they would produce lots o' poop! In my experience, different foods will make a difference, but if you chuck lots poop into that wooded area it will eventually stink over there. Where there is poop there is stink. If your saying that your yard is clean but you still smell it, it could be coming from there. Good luck!
I used to own a Lab and a St Bernard, and they would produce lots o' poop! In my experience, different foods will make a difference, but if you chuck lots poop into that wooded area it will eventually stink over there. Where there is poop there is stink. If your saying that your yard is clean but you still smell it, it could be coming from there. Good luck!
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When we were looking at houses to buy, one of them had a big long freezer in the back yard. The owner would pick up the poop with a shovel and throw it in there. No smell problem, but could you imagine cleaning it once it got full :shock:
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Has anyone ever used those poop disposal systems,
in the ground, like a septic tank???
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in the ground, like a septic tank???
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