Anyone out there got any tips/advice how to do it effectively;) As I sit here putting off the inevitable- I was just thinking there's a lot of 'serious' topics going on at the minute and although mine is a genuine question- I thought you could all do with a little light humour;) When I go out to 'clean' up- for some reason I can't quite get the hang of picking it up in one piece so to speak- I end up chopping it half, picking half of it up and squishing half of it into the grass with the pressure I applied trying to pick the first part up:( I was just wondering if there was some 'technique' to doing it right- with little mess;)

Welcome to the world of owning dogs for me eh:D :D

Stacey x x x

P.S; Leigh I thought this should go under general but as I type I think maybe more Idle if it's wrong- sorry;)

Now what you need Stacey is a husband whose job it is armed with a shovel and a long stick saved specially for this job. The stick comes in handy to either hold it still while you shovel or to roll it on - yeauch , and all this discussion before I've had my breakfast :D

Sara with the 2 poop machines and a nagged husband ;)

P.S. I do do it sometimes really so know this technique works

EWWWWWW :D

Well I take 2 carrier bags ...open them both and put one over my hand and hold the other one. I then pick up the poo with the bag covered hand and place it into the other bag

:)

Works well if poo is solid ...doesn't work at all if it isn't :D

Melody

Stacey

I had exactly the same issue with the Mockodile and without being too graphic his early puppy poos were impossible to pick up well from grass, had to do a lot of hosing grass down (they have now improved, most of the time, unless he has been playing like a mad thing !!! :p)

I got fed up of it and built a little sandpit for him to poo in and then it doesn't matter, you just pick up some sand too if necessary !!! Of course, this only works if he actually goes in the sandpit but you still have to scrape the odd one off the grass :(

Beth

Hi Stacey
They actually do a can spray in pet shops which you spray onto the poo it freezes instantly and hey presto instant freeze dried easy to pick up poop!!!! :D :D :D
I would imagine if your dog has pretty sloppy poos it would be handy to take out on walks with you
Thats all I can suggest as I don't do poop scooping in our house. Thats hubbys job! :D :D
Ali

The best method we have found is to have 2 shovels, one to hold it and one to push it on.
Bags are ok unless you have long finger nails and puncture a hole in the bag!! YUK!!!!!

Long finger nails ..hmm ...what are they then?

:D

Oh yeah ..I remember ..I had them once ...1987 I think it was , grown especially for the Officers Mess Ball in Buchan

:D :D

Same here with the nails Melody:D I think they're just about down to my elbows with this bloody dog- she's attacking my pride and joy house plant at the minute- I've got it grown to 4ft and it's looks like I'm gonna lose it soon- she keeps attacking the bottom of it:( My Mum's trying to blag it off me- to prevent it from harm she reckons;)

Stacey x x x

Hi Kash I do not leave my dogs onto the grass untill they have finished the big job . I keep them on the concrete . I cant even bear the thought of the amount they do being scraped off the grass yuk .
I also give them bones to eat this gives them a solid poo , making life easier .and less smelly :) :) Mari

Beth this bitch's gotta be renamed the Mockodilly- I have to do the hosing part too;)

Ali- Quick what's the name;) I've still not done it yet- I thought I'd have another cigarette and a coffee while I thought about it- then I've ended up back on line:D Good job the kids are back at school eh- she's asleep after biting the back my bare ankle-ouch:(

Luckily enough though- there's only two- I have learned to keep the grass very short in quite a short space of time don't you think;) I only used to cut it when I couldn't see the kids anymore- now I've learned it's easier to pick up when the grass is relatively short- just need to brush up on my technique:)

Stacey x x x

Stacey
Just had to say a coffee and fag (or two) whilst having a think is always the best way to do it !!!!!!!!!!!

Smokers Unite !!!!! :D

I won a can of this 'freezing' spray in a dog show raffle recently! Much to the amusement of 1 gentleman!!!! I haven't used it and you can't use it on wet poo or diarrhoea acording to the instructions!!!!! Rather bizarre as I assume this would be the one time you could do with needing to freeze it to scoop it up!!!!! :(

Can see the can heading for another show raffle! ;)

Best way IMO is to put your hand inside a poo bag (*incidentally County Council Offices provide these for free if you go in and ask so you can save a bit of money*) and place your hand over the poo. Apply just enough pressure to grip poo firmly and lift! If it all doesn't come away at once then stick the bit you just lifted back on the bit left behind and lift again - poo is a bit like Blu-Tac - it sticks to itself so you can use one bit to pick up another! :D. Close your hand a bit and pull the bag back over and tie! Hey Presto!! :)
For squidgier poo - place the bag over the poo with the handles out the way and scoop with your hands like you were picking up a double handful of dog food in a bag or something. When you bring your hands together the bag should be closed at the top with the poo inside. Turn hands over and tie the bag! Simple!
I'm not very keen on those gadgets that are supposed to assist.
If the dog poo is in my dog run and not out on a walk then I put on one of those disposable plastic gloves from the diesel pumps at the petrol stations and just pick it up and put it in a carrier bag.
I suppose these methods aren't for the very sqeamish as you 'feel' the poo without it actually touching your skin.

I use the 'bag' method too. By the time you have fart assed around looking for a shovel and bucket, you could have cleared it all up, disposed of it and be making a nice cuppa tea :D

Exactly Leigh :)

We can get an extra 2 cups of coffee and 10 minutes online whilst everyone else is looking for the spade

:D

Melody

I do the bags too! At least you chuck the whole lot away and don't have to clean the shovel!

ah but my shovel and spade are *special ones* just for the mess and live near the fence for easy finding :D and if anything I SHOULD be spending less time on here ;)

Less time on here?

HERETIC

:D

I have a special Poo bucket ,Poo trowel and Poo fork! (cheapo from B&Q) for when I do the Poo Patrol! I use the fork to roll the poo onto the trowel and then dump it in the bucket, which has 2 Asda bags in ( cos they always have holes in somewhere!). The dogs do have their own 12'X14' litter tray (dog pen) but they still manage to do a sneeky on the grass sometimes The grass ones are definately a bag over the hand job, or if you have PMT like me you just Dig them out with the trowel and leave huge potholes in the grass, and then you throw it into the dog run and shout " Thats where you're sposed to go , don't you understand Anything!!!" :D ( dogs were in kitchen not pen but made me feel a whole lot better)

roflol at the PMT bit :D
Know the feeling !!!

I buy the cheap nappy sacks from Asda. They're perfect for the job and smell alot nicer than all of the others I've come across.

Fiona
x x x

I use a dustpan (a separate one, specially for poo patrol) and a cat litter scoop or trowel, push poo into dustpan (with 4 adult dogs and 2 puppies, it's a good job they all do firm ones!) and when it's full, empty it into the poo bin in the garden. Then, because I hate emptying the poo bin, I always leave it too long, the rain gets in under the lid, and I have to carry it round to the wheely bin dripping mucky water where the poos have 'brewed' like tea bags! Oh God, I've even disgusted myself now!! Must go and empty the poo bin!
Liz

What a delightful subject Kash,
just having a quick look through the boards before the School run, and I come across this!!!! When I started this problem with my new rescue Greyhound some time ago, I was advised to change the food, and to put it bluntly to make them s*** like bullets so its easier to pick up. Have'nt actually managed to achieve this yet, just thought you'd like the reply, also struggling myself as one of the little darlings has a 'dicky' tum at the moment, so while I am out i am picking up best I can and doing a runner! (naughty I know) in fact while I think on I had better go and get my good old faithfull bag of soil to carry round on my next walk.(This ones a pavement job going to school)

Tell me again why I love dogs!!:)

Good Luck Kash, I am sure there will be lots more interesting replies.

Lynda

Sorry Linda- you've got to admit though, however disgusting this thread may be- it must have made you smile;) It is a genuine question but this morning some of the topics were looking serious so I though I'd add a bit of light humour:) Anyway surely it's easier cleaning up on the pavement:)

Stacey x x x

Feed extruded food - not quite like bullets but lovely to pick up with shovel even on grass - you can even do it one handed while your smoking a fag - suppose you could even carry your coffee as well !!

I use a bucket with a pedal bin liner in it and a trowel for the garden. On walks I use a bag (roll of 500 food bags from Tescos) with a piece of kitchen paper to place over the offending article first! Please note, not tissue because it's too thin and it still feels too squidgy! Right, now I'm off to be sick! :D
LynnT

Well I use nappy sacks (from the £ shop). What really peeves me is you go out and do 'poop patrol' and then the little rotter sneaks out and does it again:D Right before the kids decide they are going to play out there:D

Timing is everything:D
Anita

Isuppose it is a s!!!ty subject :)

I have an old plastic paint bucket. Into this I put two carrier bags, and holding it sideways with one hand, I shovel s**t into it using an old trovel head, that lives behind the soil pipe against the house wall! I then tie eaqch of the bags and deposit in wheelie bin!

SPEED....thats the answer! I have a long handled Devon spade (thats the really long handled type) and you don't have to bend down atall, just stroll around the lawn and as long as you do it in one quick positive movement (I was going to say "motion" but thought it was a pun too far!!!) then it all goes on the spade. I reckon on getting 3 adult hound poos plus 1 bt poo per spade full!

Oh Stacie, I really wasnt being serious, it did make me smile. along with the other replies, like you said 'the lighter side of things'. I like the one where you can use one hand and still have a fag the best, saves me using two in the garden and looking like 'Hilda Ogen of old' with fag out of side of gob. Not to mention the PMT, "...don't you know where you are supposed to do it" deffo pmsl, now I have come back and read the thread properly.

I've also just come back from the park with the lab, who did very kindly perform and thanks to you lot have just looked like a prize loon, chuckling to myself whilst picking it out of the grass (with hand round poo bag of course). So, where do I get this Devon spade from then, stroll round in one movement like that idea, especially as I have 3 adult hounds and soon to ge getting another.(hopefully)

Thank for the afternoon entertainment.
Lynda:)

Suddenly I have a vision of s**t shovelling becoming a sport. I can even hear the commentary "... and Sam strolls into the lead. Just look at the speed and that relaxed scooping action! YESSS! and she must have got 5lbs at least on that corner!!! Come on Sam, we're all rooting for you at home here!!! Ohhhh what bad luck!!!!! Three penalty points! That little BT poo just slipped off the shovel! But here she comes powering up to a big loose deerhound plonk .... will she be able to get it all on the shovel? Yes, she has!!!! ...... :D.

If all you women don't like the thought of it, what about us guys?

At least you're used to it, what with child birth, nappies, sick, and stuff.

Not to mention the embarassment and the damage to our egos, having to 'stoop & scoop' in public. Just when we've got into our stride, nice poseur walk, big manly dog by our side, then plop! And it never happens near a bin, so we have to walk manfully on, stinking bag of poo by our side. And trying to look cool, with aforementioned bag swinging merrily away (the thought of putting it your pocket is just too much) is not easy.

So spare a thought for us :) Also, why do your swear can can smell it on your hands, even though you've picked it up through a plastic bag??

Scuse me DaveN but there is nothing in the rule book that says baby poop and sick is down to women:D I'll let you off with childbirth:D
Anita

I am a mother of two but somwehow I don't find the s***t shovelling anywhere like as bad as the nappies were, and as for sick, thank God the canine version doesn't smell as bad!

Why is it that men can get away with saying they CAN'T change nappies, as they would heave, and we still HAVE to do it?

I buy the cheap nappy sacks for the job, when out!

Ah Dave,
You made me smile with your post :) I just remember a year or so ago, hubby & I were exploring through a renovated castle restaurant with our 'girls'. I could tell that Chienne had to go, so we went behind the bushes and she dropped a tiny amount that fit nicely into the baggy I had for my pocket. I put in in the bin and we were good to go. AT the same time, Michael took 'his dog', Samma and tried to get her to take a break... Nope, not interested.

So we walk up towards the entrance and five minutes later, she decides right there she had to go..... Huge huge amount for such a tiny dog. Obviously much more than her 'usual amount.' She never seemed to stop.

And right in front of an audience of well dressed restaurant patrons who were just about to head in for Sunday brunch. :rolleyes: Never fear, hubby whips out his handy baggy..... to find that instead of grabbing a sandwich sized bag, he had a tiny snack sized bag that had no hopes of fitting the mess into it. :O :O :O ;) ;) ;) He was so embarrassed and Samma was so happy to be much lighter ;) I had a hard time keeping a straight face.

(I ended up going into the ladies room and grabbing many paper towels for her unusual mess-- and oh, it stank too :rolleyes: ) Hubby bowed out due to the "smell" (actually, I think it was to save face ;) ) :D

LOL@ Dave The big macho wuss :D :D :D

ROFLMBO Sharon, that brought tears to my eyes girl, Thank you, theres going to be a nation of people giggling as they do the poo patrol tomorrow, has given me an idea that includes a golf club and a can of the freeze drying stuff! :D now that could be fun ( hubby has just informed me that you would need a sand wedge which we could rename a Poo wedge ) :D :D

Hi Sharon, roflol till I cried, and the old mascara ran!!! Does this pup have any idea what a hilarious mother it is going to have. By the way, start thinking of themes for names please:) I dont usually use letters, I think of a theme and work from there. Might be King Arthur and his knights and ladies this time, but Im open to suggestions.

I feel I must make it clear to all on this board that I am a two shovel man!

Lynda and Sharon- they were both hilarious:D :D :D :D :D

As for you Dave- If you lived near me I'd use Lynda's method (the golfing one) to smack it straight at your head for that comment re nappies, babies etc;) Then you'd be a s**t head:D :D :D :D :D And you can still smell it- I think the smell wafts up my nose and stays there for a few hours!!!! And as for carrying it round- course it'd fit in your pocket.................if you squidged it:p

Stacey x x x

A friend of mine with a young Elkhound was out one very cold evening, and did just that bagged it and put it in his pocket to warm his hands, yuk! :D :D

Are You boasting John :p that you have more than most men to do the job :p :p :D :D

Hi Phil, sorry about the mascara :-). How about the Ulster Cycle for names? Its not very original for wolfhounds, but people always seem to go for the obvious ones. There must be a thousand IW's called Cú Chulainn, but I've not come across a single Sétanta :-)

Hey Sahron, love that name!! Please tell me some more, ty x

Well.............what more can I add except thank god for anti-bacterial hand-wash!!!
;) ;) ;)
Lorna

Phil, Cú Chulainn was called Sétanta before he killed the smith Chulainn's hound and had to become replacement guard dog. Cathbad then renamed him Cú Chulainn (hound of Chulainn). If you browse through this site you'll see plenty of Ulster Cycle names, and there are links to other sites where you might find a theme.

Thank Sharon, Ive put it in Favourites to browse at leisure

My IW (from over 15 years ago now) was called Shannon :)

My Daughter is:) It means 'old wise one' which fits:) My Son also has an Irish name 'Kane', I think it's an Irish Surname meaning 'fighter':)

Stacey x x x