Okay. Dog ownership is sometimes not all it’s cracked up to be. It’s sort of like having a baby all of the time. They need to be fed, groomed and put to bed, just like a baby, and even though you can train them to go outside to do their poops, come springtime, when the snow melts, you still need to go out and scoop the poop off the lawn and chuck it in the woods.
I don’t usually worry about such problems. I take care of the indoor stuff, like food, water, pills, when needed, and baths (not my personal favorite, but hey…), and Hubby does the poop scooping. However, as you all know, Hubby is on crutches, and as much as I would like to send him out there with a shovel, I just can’t bring myself to do it.
Yesterday I was out with Greta on the leash and I saw that enough snow had melted that the entire side hill of our lawn was literally, “COVERED” with poop. It was cold and windy and I thought, “Hmmm, not now”, but today it’s going to be a little warmer and so I cannot put off this rather distasteful job any longer. It’s now, or come mud season it will become totally disgusting.
So while all you mother’s with little pooping babies lament poopy pampers, just think of me out there with a bucket and shovel and be glad that when Junior is finally house broken, he/she will know how to “flush” it away!
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I do not envy you that job. I hate it myself. We have to large dogs (a golden retriever and a black lab mix) and so you can imagine the poopage in our yard. Of course they can’t go in an out of the way spot, either. They have to go in the side yard where we walk most of the time. Annoying.
Four words my dear.
Scoop as you go. Winter or not. *wink* have a fun day!
I guess that is one advantage of living in the city, and not having a back yard – poop gets picked up in little baggies…..
All the labs I’ve ever had (umm…2) have somehow “known” to go in the woods around the lawn and not on the lawn itself. ..although I spose the bit in the woods is ALSO technically on the lawn too, but you know what I mean. No one has to see it, smell it or step in it. I think if you give them full charge of the lawn as puppies then once they have full control of their bladders, they will find the out of the way spaces and do it there. That’s just been my experience, though…