oscarsear Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Need some feedback from those of you who are experienced residents of the northern climes. I've not lived in the north before and am entering my first winter. Got helpful neighbors and all but some things just merit the input of fine folks such as yourselves. Besides, I don't know how much I can trust my neighbors on important matters and I want a consensus. Apparently if you do not immediately capture a recent doggy doo episode it has a tendency to adhere to the ground...as in frozen. Left for a length of time and it really has to be dug out much like mineral strip mining. It becomes perma-crap, so to speak. So...do I accompany each of my 2 animals on their early A.M. potty forays for urgent clean up duty? If not can this stuff be left for sprintgtime and at what cost or perhaps benefit? Oh, the musical relationship is that boths dogs like classical and hate zydeco (makes them skittish and barky). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champagne taste beer budget Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 To preface my comments, we have a 12 yr old, 85 lb Yellow Lab and live about 2 hours north of Minneapolis/St Paul. At the moment we only have like 6 inches of snow on the ground, but todays high was 1, or 0, depending on what radio station you're listening to. I know from whence I speak. Luckily, Chloe is kinda bashful when she's doing her duty, she usually goes off in a stand of trees, which means never having to worry about clean up. Of course, there are times it ends up other places though. Yup, it'll freeze to the ground, probably hurt your fingers if you tried to hit it with a golf club, although sometimes it doesn't seem to stick quite as firmly. Hard as a rock though. In the spring, come snow melt and warmer temps, the grass gets all squishy everywhere, pretty sloppy usually, and the dogs presents that you see will probably just disintegrate, kinda like leaving a Ritz cracker in a bowl of water. A good rain or two in the spring will continue the breakdown and it just sort of disappears. That's been my experience at least, others may vary. p.s. I never imagined I'd be doing a review of THIS on this forum!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shmoe Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 We clean our dogs up usually once a week the night before the trash service comes. It isn't that hard to scoop up from the frozen ground, just get a good "pooper scooper" lol, and you will be all set. As for waiting until spring, I would advise against that, depending on the size of your yard. For one thing, your dog will appreciate not having to walk through a maze of "land mines" and when the Spring thaw does come it will not only thaw the ground... if you get my drift better to get it while it's somewhat froze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champagne taste beer budget Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Definatly get em while they're frozen if you have enough to be a problem. Like I said, Chloe usually goes to a stand of trees, but with almost an acre of yard, it's hardly worth it to try and search and destroy the 10 or so that are there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluless Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Pooch-Poop-sicles...YIKES! Definitely a first on the forum... Just as long as you guys don't consider/argue to death the harmonic frequencies of poochie poop pies(which I am sure vary widely depending on the ratio of Hound/Woofer size related to local temperature and pressure variances). The psychics that accurately describe the problem have been totally repudiated and have been replaced by a the F theory of strings....in which we determine that there is only one dimension, and the physicists have been using the theory of multi-dimensions to shadow the fact that they can't walk over their own single-dimensioned shoe laces without falling on their faces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 Thnx to the 2 of you who responded. What I needed and got was additional input for my 14 Y/O, male of the species, who required some opinions other than my own as to this most delicate issue. With your learned experiences and wisdom the lad is now left with little recourse but to dutifully attend to the doody duty. Much appreciation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 Sorry, the 3 of you. String theory? Should I have taken this up with Steven Hawkings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluless Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 oscar...It's a good thing you are only chewing gum in one dimension.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 I always love the look on a dog's face when he eats another dogs feces. Like "It's really gross, but I'll keep eating it anyway." They tend to pass on the white poo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 ---------------- On 1/5/2005 9:33:45 PM mike stehr wrote: They tend to pass on the white poo. ---------------- Aw, what do they know?! They're dogs, fer crissakes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.4knee Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Clue, Is that the "pooper string theory" you are referring too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkrop Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 You guys are lucky, I have a dachschund! I have to shovel for "weiner-boy" BEFORE he can go out to do his thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 My Brother-in-law in South Dakota keeps about 150 head of cattle through the winter and he just uses the tractor to push the "piles" into a large pile. By the end of winter, the more adventurous cows are climbing the mountain and standing on top. Sorry, that is the best I can do with frozen dodo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Just run the snowblower around your backyard once a week. It'll flip that "Perma-Poo" right over the fence into your neighbor's yard. It'll also send your neighbor a message as to how you feel about their opinion. Just kidding, of course. I have excellent neighbors. This HAS to be in the top 10 of Strangest O/T's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Adams Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Sorry - can't relate. Lived in the south all my life. Today's high will be 70 something. I did have a dog many years ago that managed to get into a box of Crayons. The next time he went number 2 he sh*t tootie-fruity. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 ---------------- On 1/5/2005 5:36:10 PM Champagne taste beer budget wrote: Luckily, Chloe is kinda bashful when she's doing her duty, she usually goes off in a stand of trees ---------------- Thats cause she doesn't want you to hear her grunt or see her eyebrows come up to a point on her forhead and her mouth peel back as she's straining to push it out.... I understand. Pooping is a very private matter. I've been with my wife for almost 11 years now and to this day she has NEVER seen me go poop. Wont allow it. CMon Champage, you can't tell me you don't make funny faces when you poo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champagne taste beer budget Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Why do you think they put locks on those doors? None of us would have ever been able to snag a wife if they knew the contortions we go through for a simple bowel evacuation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 You know if it weren't for the mouse fart posts on-going I might feel bad for starting this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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