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    cvbee    August 13, 2010   canada

    Sorry about the yuckiness of this subject.

     I'm a fairly new dog owner and have encountered a new issue.  See, I used to toss the dog poo into the ditch (I live in a rural setting), but lately I've felt guilty about it, like I should be picking it up. So I am. 

    I've been putting the doggy doo bags in our kitchen garbage. I think we're going to have to create an outdoor garbage just for the poo. 

    What does everyone else do with all the poop?

     
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    Mrs.KMM    July 17, 2010   Atlanta, GA (wedding in Indianapolis, IN)

    Well I live in an apartment now so there are trash cans outside by the grassy area to throw poo bags in.

    My parents have a house and they keep a small metal pail outside with a small shovel.  They don't pick up the poop everytime the dogs (they have three) go.  They just clean up the yard with the shovel and pail right before the mow the grass.

     
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    SuperKate    May 28, 2011   Missouri / Playa del Carmen, Mexico

    We live in a townhome complex so we toss the bags in the dumpster. Luckily is it right across from our place. If I were you I'd go with the outdoor garbage. 

     
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    Our one dog is a secret pooper and she usually goes in the bushes/brush that line the fence.  It's pretty thick back there so we don't go in there looking for it, never smelled it so whatever.  With stuff that's in the yard though or on walk we pick up with biodegradable bags and throw in the outdoor trash.

     
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    Miss Lilac    July 21, 2012  

    Definitely toss them outside. We have a garbage can in the yard dedicated to dog poo and a little rake/pan scooper type thing. So every day I take a walk around the yard, pick it up in the dust pan thing and toss it in the garbage. Then it just goes out with everything else on garbage day. Then on walks we just buy the scented recycled material doggy bags and toss them in garbage on our walk.

     
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    Future Mrs. Martin    August 21, 2010   London Ontario Canada

    We pick up the poo once a week before we mow and we throw the bags into our garage garbage.

     
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    artbee    February 28, 2010  

    We have a trash can in the front of our house, so we can toss it in when we walk in the door.

     
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    Miss Lilac    July 21, 2012  

    @troubled: "Our one dog is a secret pooper"

    Lol, my mom has one of those. If I didn't know any better I would think she never goes!

     
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    almostmrsc    October 29, 2011   Western Mass

    we just pick it up in the poop bags and tie a quick knot and toss it either into the kitchen trash or outside. It never smells like poop at all in the house if we do that and we've been doing that for 2-3 years now. I may double bag it every now and then if it's a full load, but never had an issue.  

     
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    NauticalBride2011    August 27, 2011  

    I live in a city in a condo, so it's never an issue where to throw it out, since there are trash cans on every corner.  But I would certainly not keep it in the house.

     
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    Ms. Sorbet    June 18, 2011   Atlanta, GA

    We live in a condo, and our HOA provides dog waste stations with bags and a little trash can.  Even with that convenience, a lot of my neighbors are douchebags who can't be bothered to clean up after their dogs.  There are always turds lying a few feet from the stations. 

     
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    cvbee    August 13, 2010   canada

    Thanks ladies. 

    I wish my dog did it in our yard. We even have a huge forest in our backyard with a million places she could do where it wouldn't matter. 

    She ALWAYS saves it for a walk. And we have no outdoor trashcans due to the rural setting.  

    Based on your input, I'm going to get a new outdoor garbage can just for her poo bags. 

     
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    organizedbride11    November 11, 2011   Illinois

    We always walk by a park. So I throw it in the dumpster there.

     
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    houstonlawbride    October 1, 2011  

    We have a small trash can (metal with a lid) dedicated to poo - we keep it in the garage where we walk in/out with him. We empty it on trash day each week, so it never gets stinky.

     
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    breezybri19    September 22, 2012   San Jose, California

    @cvbee: You could train her to do it in the yard...  everytime she poops on the walk, tell her your word for doing it, "go potty," whatever works for you. Give her treats after she does it when you say your word so she associates the word with the action. Then leash her up in the house and take her outside periodically on leash. Tell her your bathroom command and when she does it in the backyard then YAY give her a treat! After a few times of doing that she'll have marked her spot to go in the backyard and figured out that you want her to go back there too. You could also skip the first part and not take her for the walk and just use the leash method, but you'd have to save taking her for a walk until after she poops for a few days. You should notice a pattern also, like if she only goes right after eating, right after waking up with the morning, before eating, etc so you know when to expect her to go outside. 

    It's also a good idea if your the traveling type as well, then she knows when you say the word, it's okay to go do her business :)

    Hope that helps!!

     
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    cvbee    August 13, 2010   canada

    @breezybri19: this poop training business sounds very interesting; thanks!

     
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    snoie    September 4, 2011   Northern, VA

    We used to have a small trashcan on the side of our townhouse that we used (as we can't leave a can out front due to HOA), but since I started taking the dogs out front, I stopped using it.

    If they go while I'm on a walk, or halfwaty up our street, I walk it to the trashcan on the corner. Typically though, they go in the island in front of our house, and I just bag it and put it next to the garage by the downspout (it's mulch/flowerbed over there). Then, on garage day (twice a week), I collect and put all the bags in the trashcan before I wheel it to the curb.

    Most of our neighbors put it in their can, but I noticed when it's in the can in the garage, the rest of the house stinks (since the garage is below the family room). The downspout is by my neighbors stairs - guess it makes me a bad neighbor, but the guy is a jerk and already caused a huge uproar with us (and half the neighborhood), as he threatened to take us to court if we put up a fence (and threatened the HOA too, so they told us we had to move our patio to do it). So in return for him being a jerk, he can smell poop :)

     

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