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Post by mnmloveli on Jul 5, 2018 18:56:06 GMT
OMG ! That really is disgusting. We have 2 Labrador retrievers and pick-up poop, usually twice a day. POOP PATROL !
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Post by pierkiss on Jul 5, 2018 18:58:05 GMT
My dog won’t poop in the backyard any longer. She’s gotten weird in her old age (15). But in previous years, yes we would pick up before mowing. After winter was the worst when all the snow melted and there were landmines everywhere. There are landscape companies here that advertise cleaning up your backyard after the snow melts. Gives them business in the off season. What a genius business concept! I would be VERY tempted to use that if we had a dog. |
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Post by carhoch on Jul 5, 2018 19:06:23 GMT
We pick up at least twice a day I have two dogs and a pretty large backyard I think people that don’t pick up are pigs .
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Post by mom2rjcr on Jul 5, 2018 19:22:15 GMT
I have 6 dogs and we always pick up poop before mowing. I do have a company that comes out once a week and pooper scoopers for us. That really helps since my kids aren't around to help anymore and we have a huge yard.
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Post by needmysanity on Jul 5, 2018 19:44:57 GMT
We pick up the poop twice a week and never mow over it. That's gross!
If we are out walking and Stella poops we pick it up. I get so mad when I see people out with their dogs and they don't pick up the poop.
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Post by 950nancy on Jul 5, 2018 20:27:50 GMT
There was a large pile of poo at the bottom of our deck stairs the other morning. It was on the cement. Neither of my dogs are capable out that kind of output. It was either a small bear, coyote, mountain lion, bobcat, or an enormous fox. Whatever it was, it had no manners and neither of my dogs wanted to go down the steps that day. Gross!
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Post by PLurker on Jul 5, 2018 21:01:58 GMT
I teach the boy to not go in the lawn but rather along field or elsewhere. (country/free range dog)
He has to be reminded sometimes come spring after not wanting to always venture far through the snow.
Can't say I blame him.
But yeah, pick it up if there.
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Post by sharlag on Jul 5, 2018 21:03:50 GMT
Wow. It never occurred to me to pick up before mowing.But then, I never notice any other smells but freshly cut grass...
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Post by muggins on Jul 5, 2018 22:02:17 GMT
I have two dogs and I’m still amazed at how much they do both in the yard and on walks. I pick it up at least twice a day otherwise they run through it and track it into the house.
I always make sure it’s picked up before mowing. Who wants Dog shit all over the mower that gets put back in the garage?
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Post by used2scrap on Jul 5, 2018 22:03:27 GMT
We pick up twice a day and before mowing. Never noticed a lingering poop smell when the grass is cut. We do get some weeds that smell like a wet dog when they are mowed over though!
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Post by librarylady on Jul 5, 2018 22:25:50 GMT
We pooper scooped daily or at least every other day.
If there was a problem that made the poop too unstable to scoop--then we used the water hose and watered it into the grass.
No flinging poop bombs over here.
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Post by Sorrel on Jul 5, 2018 22:31:20 GMT
Ew, that is so gross. We taught our dog to poop on the shredded bark border in our backyard, I think pooping in the grass is disgusting, even when it gets picked up. We go out barefoot on our back lawn a lot.
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Post by joelise on Jul 6, 2018 9:03:36 GMT
In summer I pick up after every time he poos. In winter I pick up every day. I think it’s gross to mow without picking it up!
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Post by guzismom on Jul 6, 2018 12:35:18 GMT
Um, no.
My dog rarely goes on the grass; but of course I pick it up before mowing. I can't even imagine NOT picking up before mowing.
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Post by utmr on Jul 6, 2018 12:57:06 GMT
I never heard of picking up poop out of your own back yard until a few years ago on here. We always had smallish dogs, if you had a huge dog I can see it being more of a concern.
Growing up, if we had complained, my parents would have told us "then watch where you step!". Lol
Shrugs, whatever works for you.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 6, 2018 15:01:54 GMT
I never heard of picking up poop out of your own back yard until a few years ago on here. We always had smallish dogs, if you had a huge dog I can see it being more of a concern. Growing up, if we had complained, my parents would have told us "then watch where you step!". Lol Shrugs, whatever works for you. With three larger dogs it’s like a land mine out there! |
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Post by Dixie Lou on Jul 6, 2018 17:19:50 GMT
I've gotten better about picking up the dog poo. My girls are grown and nobody plays in the backyard but since I moved I want my yard nice so i do pick it up. I encourage the dogs to go potty in the backyard before walks but there's something about a walk that just gets their bowels moving. SO i carry little green bags.
After reading this thread I will be doing poop control every day.
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Post by *Shannon on Jul 6, 2018 17:43:06 GMT
With three dogs we pick up about twice a week, always before mowing.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 6, 2018 19:10:01 GMT
I've gotten better about picking up the dog poo. My girls are grown and nobody plays in the backyard but since I moved I want my yard nice so i do pick it up. I encourage the dogs to go potty in the backyard before walks but there's something about a walk that just gets their bowels moving. SO i carry little green bags. After reading this thread I will be doing poop control every day. Movement and exercise does promote that in dogs  I make sure we exercise/run the dogs before we head out on a long drive. I was given this advice from someone that has working bird dogs |
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Post by dald222 on Jul 6, 2018 22:08:09 GMT
I grew up on 2 acre so we never picked up the poop. I have not picked up our poop either at the other houses I lived at |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 11, 2018 2:08:58 GMT
This has been making the rounds in my dog and my RV Facebook groups and it still makes me laugh |
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Post by berty on Jul 11, 2018 3:04:19 GMT
Poop Patrol is a thing!!! The kids have to do poop patrol before DH mows. Interestingly, I never did it as a kid and we almost always had a dog when I was growing up. I assume dad just mowed over it. I've been hanging out on the porch a great deal and can't smell anything, George just had a bout of diarrhea so obviously that wasn't picked up (the outside mess at least I certainly cleaned up a great deal inside) but I haven't noticed a smell from that being mowed over. I'm militant about picking up after him on walks and trips to the dog park. My nieces had it down to a science. One was the lead "spotter" while the other was the "scooper", and they rotated roles.  |
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I make sure we exercise/run the dogs before we head out on a long drive. I was given this advice from someone that has working bird dogs 
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