How should I dispose of dog poop?

Jennie
by Jennie
What should I do with dog poop that I pick up in the yard? We have 3 big dogs and I put it in a plastic bag and put it in the garbage can. My son says that is gross and I should bury it. What should I do ?

  10 answers
  • Peg Peg on Jul 21, 2017

    I flush mine down the toilet.

  • Norris720 Norris720 on Jul 21, 2017

    Jennie - Garbage bags, saw dust, and dispose of in the garbage.

  • Molly Anmar Molly Anmar on Jul 21, 2017

    Pet MD says flushing is the best way to go (without the bag, of course). If you can't do that for some reason, then bagging and throwing in the garbage.



    http://www.petmd.com/dog/care/scoop-poop-facts-and-fiction-about-disposing-it#

  • Holly Kinchlea-Brown Holly Kinchlea-Brown on Jul 21, 2017

    WE bag and throw out....with two big dogs we would gave had more holes in the back yard than holes!

  • Jewellmartin Jewellmartin on Jul 21, 2017

    @Peg, I agree. @Jennie, if you have three big dogs, I don't think you could keep up with the burial. And dogs love to dig in fresh earth. And you might have to dispose of each dog's poop in a different flush. Thank you for caring. Best wishes 😇

  • Michele Pappagallo Michele Pappagallo on Jul 21, 2017

    Yep...flushing is the best. Or they actually make a little gadget that is buried partially into the ground in your yard. You dump doggie poop into it, and I assume it works sorta like a septic system. Could probably google doggie waste disposal system or something similar for more info....

    • Oberlinmom Oberlinmom on Jul 21, 2017

      I looked into these for our yard. You must have ground that porous otherwise it won't work. Our clay base wouldn't work.

  • Sharon Sharon on Jul 21, 2017

    I double line a kitty litter bucket, or if you use the giant dog food bags, then I put out with the trash, but he leaves my bucket behind.

  • Oberlinmom Oberlinmom on Jul 21, 2017

    We bag and add to the garbage. Our town does a second can for recyclables. If your area uses a company that hand picks through the trash I'd think twice about adding the poop.

  • Jennie Jennie on Jul 22, 2017

    Thanks for all your hints, we have a septic tank and my husband is very cautious about too many flushes!!! The sawdust and bags sound good for us.

  • Dani Hyde Dani Hyde on Jul 23, 2017

    ehats the difference between that and baby poop??

    nothing other than it's a bunch of by product that is wasted and takes forever to break down.

    Just leave it in the yard. Let it decompose naturally. What we do with our two cats and dogs