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Unfortunately, no garden. I have a black thumb...we also have a really short growing season, nuisance deer, digging dogs, and oh yeah I have a black thumb, lol.
I'm on the prowl for a holy trash can. I threw away 2-3 last year that started out as water receptacles for my horses...then they sprung leaks so they were relegated to feed bins...and eventually didn't work for that, either. I remember thinking, gosh, it's too bad I don't have a use for them as I tossed them into the truck bed at the transfer station...
I love the fact when you look at the thread title on the main page all you see is:
I'm going to make a dog...
Gee! $38! For a garbage can! I guess it is what it is. There has to be a solution, because there is a solution for every problem.I'm still reeling that a trash can is $38. Fucking highway robbery.
As a six month old pup, Daisy turned her nose up at cottage cheese. The one thing she has done that has actually SAVED me money!My pup is about 5 months old, probably 40 lbs, already bigger than most dogs. But I've been feeding high quality food, small feedings throughout the day, along with cottage cheese once or twice a day. His poop isn't too bad so far. It's really important not to feed crap food; it just comes out in almost the same volume.
The dogs like the cottage cheese, which is painfully expensive (I give him a cup or so a day). I tried buttermilk, which is a LOT cheaper, but neither of the dogs like it!
I haven't picked up poop yet out of the yard so I know it's time, lol...haven't had dog crap tracked in yet but I know it will happen if I don't get on the ball.
I remembered that an elderly lady down the street from where I grew up had two dogs and a fenced, landscaped yard...and she used a system called "Doggie Dooley". I remembered seeing the top of it.
So I googled it, and sure enough, it still exists! And it's cheap! But what is even better...I continued to research and I can make my own out of a garbage can and some Rid-X! I'm kind of excited, but I will probably need a pickaxe to dig the hole...I think our soil (what there is) drains well enough...but it's full of rock. I mean full. Not like solid rock, but rock and soil...which is really great for septic but not so fun for digging by hand.
Thankfully I have a stout 7 year old boy who would like nothing better than to be given a shovel and a pickaxe and told "Dig a big hole".
Kids are great.
YouTube - ‪DIY Backyard Pet Waste Digester‬‏
And yes we pick it all up; I have a high tolerance for mess and dirt, but not for dog poop.
St. Bernard, my man! I think you mean "fire hose"!Why not just blast it with the garden hose?
St. Bernard, my man! I think you mean "fire hose"!Why not just blast it with the garden hose?
Yeah, the hose isn't going to get it..and it would take a long time to turn white and hard. I was feeling quite pleased with myself and my dog poop picking up adventures; well I hit the motherload (literally). The stuff I was picking up before was just Mylo's, I suppose...Klaus goes a little further afield and there was a LOT. I will continue to patrol over the next 24 hours and keep everyone posted, lololololol....
And Mylo was rolling on something...I went over there to see what it was and there was nothing; I thought she'd just found a nice bit of smelly dirt (she's a terrier, she reacts to things under the ground as well as on top of the ground) but when I saw her pick something up I ran over there pronto and she had a TEENY TINY NEWLY HATCHED BABY CHICK. It was disgusting, and (thankfully) dead...I grabbed it and flung it out into the road. I know, but it's tiny and I wasn't carrying that nasty thing anywhere.
Yeah, the hose isn't going to get it..and it would take a long time to turn white and hard. I was feeling quite pleased with myself and my dog poop picking up adventures; well I hit the motherload (literally). The stuff I was picking up before was just Mylo's, I suppose...Klaus goes a little further afield and there was a LOT. I will continue to patrol over the next 24 hours and keep everyone posted, lololololol....
And Mylo was rolling on something...I went over there to see what it was and there was nothing; I thought she'd just found a nice bit of smelly dirt (she's a terrier, she reacts to things under the ground as well as on top of the ground) but when I saw her pick something up I ran over there pronto and she had a TEENY TINY NEWLY HATCHED BABY CHICK. It was disgusting, and (thankfully) dead...I grabbed it and flung it out into the road. I know, but it's tiny and I wasn't carrying that nasty thing anywhere.
One time I caught my dog (now deceased) walking around, drooling, with his mouth half open. I thought WTF? and looked inside after about 20 minutes of him coming to me, drooling, then walking around in circles. Inside was a baby rat. A pinky. Very much alive. I tried to pull it out of his mouth but he wouldnt let me. Finally he laid down and nuzzled it. It was so small and pink, and he had long white hair. That baby rat would nuzzle into his fur and he would gently lick it. Then pick it up again in his mouth and walk around with it. Finally I cajoled him in to letting me have it. I put it back in with its mother. Must've fallen our of the nest she made. My son had two rats. One just had babies. 12 of them.