Hi Jim!

>>>> If it's buried, there should be no problem.  However, if it's near
>>>> the surfa
>>>> there CAN be a worm issue creating internal parasites.  We had that
>>>> problem
>>>> here a few years ago when we were flinging out poo into
the garden of
>>>> a vaca
>>>> house next door.

>>> Ok, more scouping then.  Cats tend to bury poo but dogs just try to
>>> scrape a l
>>> ittle grass back over it.

>> Yeah, your best bet is to maybe once a week or so collect it all and
>> bury it somewhere.. In other words, don't "turn it
under" like it's
>> fertilizer, really you want to "get rid of it" :)  Maybe
dig a hole, put
>> it in the hole, and cover it up so that any whatevers the dog may be
>> carrying aren't gonna get leeched out where people are gonna walk, etc..
>> At least that's what I  was taught.. but my was a nurse and dad, well,
>> they were both pretty strict about that kind of stuff when we were kids
>> and it sticks (grin).  Think about it.. they sterilize fertilizer before
>> they sell that to you in the stores (grin).

>We scoop according to the weather.  Much more often in the summer, often twice
>a week.

Sure.. who need all that fresh stuff out there haha :)

> Even with a 50 x 200 foot yard, burial was never considered.  Since w
>have municipal trash pickup, we put it in plastic grocery bags, tie them close
>and drop them in the trash can!  My daughter does the same, although she lives
> in the country and pays a trash collector.

My labs are  the 'go wherever there's a nice spot' .. so most
of the time I bag it up here as well.  Sometimes if forget the bag, I'll
dig a spot off someplace and bury it, but not too often..

Take care,
Janis

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