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Gooey / runny dog poos - how do you pick up after them?

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handlemecarefully · 28/04/2006 11:28

Was walking my 4 month old pup when she suddenly stopped and deposited some gooey poo on the pavement. I had my poop a scoop bag at the ready as I always do - but this one stumped me? How in the hell are you meant to clean up after this?

Pup doesn't have diarrhoea or a dicky tum - just that every so often she does a gooey poo that isn't easy to extract from the grass / ground.

What do you do?

(Serious question!)

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secur · 28/04/2006 11:31

do you have one of those plastic scraper thingys? (like a plastic C shape that you fit over your hand) THey can help, other than that you could carry a large bottle of water to wash it away....

Sorry that's all my ideas!

JanH · 28/04/2006 11:31

This is why I will never own a dog.

DS2 thinks I am cruel and heartless

tinyFox · 28/04/2006 14:42

I had this problem too, i found a poop scoop worked quite well as it scraped it off the ground, but not so good in grass. There's not much you can do unless you wanna carry around water and spread it around even more. Once a woman had a right go at me. What was i meant to do lick it up??

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handlemecarefully · 28/04/2006 18:40

lol tinyfox - quite!

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cupcakes · 28/04/2006 18:46

we've been trying to train our puppy to go at home so that we can clean it up. He doesn't seem to like hard surfaces I'm glad to say!

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handlemecarefully · 28/04/2006 18:47

Umm maybe I can work at this when pup starts one to one obedience training next week (trainer might give me tips on how to get her to go before her walk...)

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ntt · 28/04/2006 18:56

pmsl Tinyfox!

I've been in this position too, but luckily usually on grass, which i find easier to deal with than a pavement. But ONCE I happened to have a bunch of tissues on me when he did do it on a pavement which made things a bit easier. I suppose you could carry some sawdust around with you.....

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handlemecarefully · 28/04/2006 19:00

Umm I was wondering about using babywipes....

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zippitrippitoes · 28/04/2006 19:08

this thread is yeeeuch..i can smell that sicky sweet ...uuuch

zippitrippitoes · 28/04/2006 19:09

I'm waiting for it to appear next to frosting for carrot cake in active convos

Squarer · 28/04/2006 19:37

Zippitrippitoes (??) Can I just say this - aaargh!!!!

I have had this on a few occaisions HMC. What I tend to do is get a poo bag and wipe up what I can, and then sprinkle soil or whatever is to hand over the residue to stop it from getting on peoples shoes. One time my dog backed up to a fire hydrant sign and sprayed it brown. I was stood there waiting with my hand in a bag, absolutely aghast. Another time, he dumped a pool right outside someones gate - I knocked on their door and asked if they would be so kind as to fill a bucket of water for me so I could wash the offending stuff away. They were really good about it.

I know quite a few dog wardens and have got their take on this on the legality side of it - you wouldn't ask your dog to have diahorrea and if it is not possible to pick it up, then they exercise discretion. I mean, what pray tell are you supposed to do? Lick it up???

Squarer · 28/04/2006 19:38

Ha ha - just realised you said it first Tinyfox -

Squarer · 28/04/2006 19:40

Oh, the getting them to go before the walk is easy HMC. You wait for them to go in the garden and as soon as they do, out comes the lead and off you go. They then know that they have to perform before walkies
Except for that rogue one that they suprise you with of course

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handlemecarefully · 29/04/2006 22:48

Zippitrippitoes I can assure you that dog poo never smells sickly sweet...rank - yes, but sickly sweet - never!

Ummm - yes I think I will carry a small bag of compost. This is after all what we tend to scatter on the lawn at home after she has done a gooey one.

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JoolsToo · 29/04/2006 22:49

pmsl

Gooey / runny dog poos - how do you pick up after them? 15 posts. Last: from handlemecarefully

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handlemecarefully · 29/04/2006 22:52

It's not a laughing matter you know joolstoo!!! at your inappropriate levity

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brimfull · 29/04/2006 23:09

lol at sparying the fire hydrant brown.

Yes it is a serious problem joolstoo!

My old bitch has runny poos on a regular basis and the annoying thing is she quite often does it right beside some other dog's enormous crap,so if I don't pick up after the bastard that left it there it looks really bad.

How do you verify it's your dogs poo ,Can you carry around a little testing kit?

Caligula · 29/04/2006 23:15

Blimey, I'm with JT. It was my immediate thought - no wonder you're called Handlemecarefully!

Can you get those medical disposable latex gloves and just use them as a matter of course? They sell them in the market for about £3 for hundreds of them, and I use them all the time.

Caligula · 29/04/2006 23:16

Not for picking up gooey dogs poo I hasten to add - for rubbish bin cleaning, drain clear outs etc. But perhaps they'd be good for gooey dog poo?

WagonWheel · 05/05/2006 22:42

I had this problem with our lurcher before I changed his diet. Basically, I used to carry a bottle of water to dilute/flush out the poo so that it was less evident! It's a difficult one cause the poo will biodegrade in a few weeks whereas the plastic bag you scoop it up into will last in landfill for about 300 years! Mind you, I am as averse to anyone else to stepping in the stuff so clean up we must!

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handlemecarefully · 05/05/2006 22:51

Wagonwheel - a few days later I walked the same route with my dog, and noticed that someone had thrown sand over where her gooey poo had been so I am now carrying my own jam jar of the same.

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WagonWheel · 05/05/2006 23:21

Wow,that's pretty dedicated - what a great idea, though! Did you try changing your dog's diet? Our lurcher, Chomsky, was on wet food as he didn't tolerate the dry stuff too well but we found that the richness of the protein was upsetting his tummy. Lurchers and greyhounds seem to suffer a similar fate in this regard. Anyway, we changed him to Chappie on the advice of our vet and it's worked a treat. Not one runny poo for six weeks now and it used to be at least twice a day. Only problem is there's more volume now to pick up cause of the added rice and cereal but it's a good trade as I would be cleaning it anyway!

brimfull · 05/05/2006 23:27

wagonwheel ,is that wet or dry chappie,as my dog hs really sensitive tum aswell.

wordgirl · 06/05/2006 00:02

WagonWheel, LOL at your dog being called Chomsky! Do you have a cat called Piaget?

WagonWheel · 06/05/2006 11:19

qqril, it's the tinned stuff which is, I guess, technically wet but the texture is a lot drier and solid than chunks or other stuff. The other great thing is it's really cheap compared to Pedigree or other tinned food - about 30p a can. He's been on all sorts of stuff - including the Science Plan really pricey food from the vet but nothing has turned his prob around like good old Chappie! Chomsky is so called cause he's a very cynical type of dog and has conspiracy theories down pat!!!

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