Large garden and dog poo

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andyb28

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761 posts

117 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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I am sure this is the strangest question for advice I have ever posted....

We are going to be buying a house with a 2 acre garden and going from one with a fairly small garden. We have two dogs, who do their business and I clean it up once a week before cutting the grass. Its pretty easy as its all contained in a smallish area.

When we move, the dogs will be able to run about the large garden and I am sure will not be considerate to doing it all in one place. I don't want to be hunting about for turds. Should I build a dog run and contain them in a smaller part of the garden when we are not with them, or something else?

The house comes with a drive on Ransomes mower, maybe this will also pick up any offending items?

Thanks
Andy

5charlie46

248 posts

174 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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we had a few acres in our last place, wasnt any hassle, you'll find they have a fav spot in the end or you scope as you go..

750turbo

6,164 posts

223 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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andyb28 said:
I am sure this is the strangest question for advice I have ever posted....

We are going to be buying a house with a 2 acre garden and going from one with a fairly small garden. We have two dogs, who do their business and I clean it up once a week before cutting the grass. Its pretty easy as its all contained in a smallish area.

When we move, the dogs will be able to run about the large garden and I am sure will not be considerate to doing it all in one place. I don't want to be hunting about for turds. Should I build a dog run and contain them in a smaller part of the garden when we are not with them, or something else?

The house comes with a drive on Ransomes mower, maybe this will also pick up any offending items?

Thanks
Andy
A "2 acre" garden OP?

Up here, we call that a field!

renmure

4,212 posts

223 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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I am even further oop north and have 5 acres.... and a Great Dane.

Simplest thing to do is to quickly identify an area where you want the dog to do its stuff, preferably a biggish long-grassed border at the bottom of the garden, and make sure you take it there as a matter of course from day one. Simple training should mean that it quickly learns to go there all the time and will run there from anywhere in the garden.

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

195 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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You could always try taking the thing for a walk smile

kicks

144 posts

186 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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I think you are being a bit selfish wanting to confine the dogs because you don't want to pick up their poo.

I have two dogs and they have access to 3 gardens each about an acre in size. If you go out once a day and clean up after them then the garden will be fine. My two usually mess in two areas of about two square meters in size.

Cliftonite

8,406 posts

137 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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LaurasOtherHalf said:
You could always try taking the thing for a walk smile
The first thing my four dogs do, upon returing from a walk of at least a mile, is to pee (and sometimes poo) on the lawn.

Just sayin'

smile


andyb28

Original Poster:

761 posts

117 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Honestly....

LaurasOtherHalf said:
You could always try taking the thing for a walk smile
Of course we walk our dogs, the problem is they like to poop in the comfort of their own home. TBH, I am much the same.

ging84

8,825 posts

145 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Dogs will by no means be the only thing popping in a 2 acre garden

andyb28

Original Poster:

761 posts

117 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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kicks said:
I think you are being a bit selfish wanting to confine the dogs because you don't want to pick up their poo.

I have two dogs and they have access to 3 gardens each about an acre in size. If you go out once a day and clean up after them then the garden will be fine. My two usually mess in two areas of about two square meters in size.
Wow, talk about putting 2 + 2 together and not getting 4?
I was not saying I don't want to pick it up, I was saying would it be worth reducing the size of the garden to confine the area they are going in to make it easier to find it to pick up.

Why is it when it comes to animals, people just assume the worst. Lets stop jumping to conclusions shall we?

I think I have a great answer already, so hopefully the dogs will pick their own place, or I can train them by taking them there each morning.

kicks

144 posts

186 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Maybe I worded it badly. But you are still wanting to reduce the area of garden they have because you don't want to do a quick walk around your garden every day. I know you will pick up the poo but it is still wrong to restrict them even if it is a relatively large area.

McWigglebum4th

32,414 posts

203 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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The mower won't pck up the pooh but if set to the right height it will make the problem go away quicker.


Also the countryside

It isn't 6 foot deep in animal crap therefore something makes the crap go away.

We have 2 acres 3 dogs and one mower

We never lift crap and we are no knee deep in st

Pit Pony

8,265 posts

120 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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My Visually Impaired sister in law has a yellow dog provided free by a charity, and they provide a steel run, and train the dog to st in the run.



Brother in Law just washes it down the drain with the hose pipe.

andyb28

Original Poster:

761 posts

117 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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kicks said:
Maybe I worded it badly. But you are still wanting to reduce the area of garden they have because you don't want to do a quick walk around your garden every day. I know you will pick up the poo but it is still wrong to restrict them even if it is a relatively large area.
Hah, barmy answer... you are still wrong on this.

I actually said...
"Should I build a dog run and contain them in a smaller part of the garden when we are not with them"
i.e. when they choose to go outside on their own without us, they get the run. When we go outside together, they go in the whole garden.

It is irrelevant what size someones garden is as long as dogs get suitable exercise.

Matt UK

17,649 posts

199 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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I prefer my dog to crap when we are out - that way I can bag it and lob it in the council provided bin on a footpath.
The alternative is for her to crap in the garden - I then don't know where and when I do find one it stinks out my wheelie bin.

So we just did some basic reward training:
Do a crap on the early morning walk - get a treat.
Do it in the garden when we get home - don't get a treat.
Being a greedy little mutt it took her all of about 3 days to work this one out. Works 9 times out of 10 unless she's been eating crap (like a ball of string, half a flip flop, a chunk if rotting wood etc etc...) and disturbed the rhythm.

Only dog I know that takes a dump and then runs back excitedly looking for a tasty bite hehe

Eleven

26,271 posts

221 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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andyb28 said:
Why is it when it comes to animals, people just assume the worst.
Because people become brainless bleeding hearts when it comes to animals.

kicks

144 posts

186 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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andyb28 said:
Hah, barmy answer... you are still wrong on this.

I actually said...
"Should I build a dog run and contain them in a smaller part of the garden when we are not with them"
i.e. when they choose to go outside on their own without us, they get the run. When we go outside together, they go in the whole garden.

It is irrelevant what size someones garden is as long as dogs get suitable exercise.
So how many hours per day do you spend out in the garden with your dogs? I would guess maximum 1. So they spend the rest of the time that they are outside in the run. I am not a bleeding heart I just think you are looking for an easy way out to a minor problem. But to be honest I don't care so do what you like.

J4CKO

41,276 posts

199 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Walk a short route for five minutes barefoot and I guarantee you will find every turd (Dog, Cat, human or otherwise), several slugs and some Lego.

antspants

2,401 posts

174 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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andyb28 said:
they like to poop in the comfort of their own home. TBH, I am much the same.
laugh

TREMAiNE

3,904 posts

148 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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I mow my dogs poo up, sometimes its collected, sometimes it isn't and I try again the week after.

fk picking dog st up.