What do you do with your sh*t?

[S_B]

Here is how we have managed our waste over the last 5 years.

We collect the droppings from the dogs, and any green material (Bermuda hay, leaves, sticks etc) and we pile them in the corner of the yard. As it piles up we add a couple 50# sacks of hydrated lime (about 2x's yearly). There is virtually no smell, unless it is extremely hot and dry. Or when it is really wet, then there is an earthy odor. Neither of which is bad.

Before this, we had 5 gallon buckets placed throughout the yard with black trash bags and lids. We would clean daily, then each week when the trash man comes, well, he had a surprise! I figure this new method saves the landfill somewhat, and we have come up with a use for the "compost".

Once the matter has broken down, it resembles a "rich" garden compost mix. We haul it across the yard and fill holes, or back fill an old chainspot (pictured).

Please share some of the creative ways you dispose of, or recycle your dog yard waste.

S_B

[widerange]

I have three set ups for dogs. Above ground kennels and kennel set ups both of which are setting on a concrete slab that 15x60. It runs slightly downhill and funnels at the end. We dug a hole for a 55 gal barrel cute out the btm and use it like a septic tank. The chain spots on the other side of the yard has one set up but we haul the waste to it

[No Quarter Kennel]

feed raw and you won't have to do much at all
very little smell and that "stuff" is gone in a matter of 2 or 3 days

[Officially Retired]

Very good topic, actually.

The last place I had a lot of dogs was Florida. There were so many dung beetles, they would handle most of the shit before I could even get out there with a shovel

[S_B]

Widerange,

That is something I've thought about doing as well. Kind of modeled after the Doggie Dooley.
Do you add Ridex, or enzymes to break the waste down? Also, what about water?

I actually thought about using a green plastic barrel, perforating it and burying to the top, making a hinged lid that would open when you step on it....and connecting perforated pipe in ground as well.

Never got around to it, but glad to hear a similar system is working for you.


Jack,

Yes it is a real issue, dogs eat, dogs shit. No way around it. We've got a few dung beetles, but nothing like Florida I'm sure of it

[widerange]

Yeah use rid-x and have used other septic tank care products but if you will dig a little deeper down then the barrel is talk you can cut the bottom off completely then fill the bottom of the hole you dug with sand and gravel. This will allow the waste to drain out of the tank after the work is done. Now, the one with the slab has PVC ran into the lid so waste is washed into with water from the hose while I can the area but the other simply has a lid that I take off and often will dump old water out of bowls into when I refresh each chain spot. Now I have a friend that has a great yard set up. He has 2 acres with a 6ft fence then each dog is on a 10-12ft chain with a 6ft kennel circling right outside the chain spots. But by each kennel door the built these "septic tanks" out of 5 gallon buckets and doesn't have to carry waste but to the door of the kennels

[rodburner]

I DID THE 55 GAL. DRUM IN THE GROUND. THE FIRST TIME I DUG IT OUT TO ABOUT 1 '' DEEPER THAN THE DRUM. IT HAD HOLES BORED IN IT WITH A HOLE SAW. BUT WITH THE BIG FROG STRANGLER RAINS IT SEEMS TO BE A SKEETER BED.SO DUG IT UP AND PUT 4 LEECH LINES OUT FROM IT. NOW WE HAVE NO PROBS. I DUMP THE BUCKET IN THERE ADD A BIT OF LIME AND LET MOTHER NATURE DO THE REST. IF ITS DRY I'LL PUT SOME WATER IN IT.I KEEP IT COVERED WITH EXPANDED METAL.

[CRISIS]

i would assume with a yard of dogs you would want to do this on a much larger scale, so instead of a kitchen trashcan... id use a large trashcan like the ones outside your house with the "flip up" lid. same idea.
http://youtu.be/YENblDs79cI

[brokeback]

BUMP


Does anybody care to share any pics of their compost setup? The video was nice but I'd prefer to see some other bulldog folks' setups. I'll be putting one in the ground soon. Thanks.

[Mudville]

I'm in the city so all my dog's shit goes into the green waste can. I do have a question for anyone though. I have one or two who's chain spots seems to reek more than the others. Is there anything out there to help with that. Thought about tossing in absorb all, or maybe som Dolomite in the space. Any ideas or tips?