# dog poop disposal **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 29, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-poop-disposal/795057 "2017-08-29T21:17:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-poop-disposal/795057/21 "2017-09-18T15:10:17Z")
Your local authority (and state or fed for their lands, if such authority passed down to local) bans you leaving the poop behind on or in the ground. This isn’t just about the neighbours home values and shoes, but about hygiene for humans and animals, and the health of waterways and natural landscapes,and maintenance of the land. common sense says a pile of dog poo is like a pile of human poo. Dogs spread disease to other dogs, and to other animals via their poop ! and it makes for polution and alteration of the natural environment ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-poop-disposal/795057/22 "2017-09-18T16:20:25Z")
> [@Isilder](#): > > Your local authority (and state or fed for their lands, if such authority passed down to local) bans you leaving the poop behind on or in the ground. This isn’t just about the neighbours home values and shoes, but about hygiene for humans and animals, and the health of waterways and natural landscapes,and maintenance of the land. > > common sense says a pile of dog poo is like a pile of human poo. Dogs spread disease to other dogs, and to other animals via their poop ! > and it makes for polution and alteration of the natural environment I completely agree. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-poop-disposal/795057/23 "2017-09-18T16:23:26Z")
> [@Turble](#): > > The spots are caused by the high nitrogen content of dog urine burning the grass through over-fertilization. If you are out there with the dog you could put some water (maybe a quart or so) on the spot where doggie did his business with a hose, watering can, jug, bucket, whatever, to dilute the nitrogen and prevent the burn spot. > > If you use fertilizer on your lawn, stopping using it may help prevent some of the dog spots – switching to a low nitrogen fertilizer like Milorganite or other organic fertilizer may help. > > Perennial ryegrass is more resistant to dog urine than Kentucky bluegrass. Perennial ryegrass sprouts very quickly, within a few days, so keep a bag of the seed around and just toss a bit on the spots as they appear. For quickest results, look for a bag of seed that contains only perennial ryegrass, not the typical sun and shade mix of fescue, rye, and KY blue. > > Probably too late in the year now unless you are pretty far south, but if you decide to do a lawn restoration in the spring, fescue is also more resistant to dog urine burn then bluegrass, so a mix of perennial ryegrass and fescue will work well but the fescue takes a couple of weeks of watering to sprout. Thank’s for this. We have already decided to boost our watering cycle and we’ll make a habit of fully saturating the pee spots. We don’t fertilize, but I will look into removing the thatch from the healthier areas and re-seeding in the spring. Thanks for the recommendations, Turble. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-poop-disposal/795057/24 "2017-09-19T19:04:10Z")
> [@electronbee](#): > > Thanks for this! I have two dogs and will always have dogs so this would be a great thing for the backyard as I can just scoop it and drop it in. At the moment, I use a paper bag or cardboard box and throw that away. We made our own with a $2 Home Depot bucket. We have a 20 lb dog and even after two years it is at most half full as it decomposes and leaches down. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-poop-disposal/795057/25 "2017-09-19T19:11:57Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > One of the best things about living in the desert is that the dog poop is always hard… 😕 LOL and why is hard dog poop a good thing? Easier to kick out of the way? To the OP: depending upon what you read here are you willing to change your behavior? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-poop-disposal/795057.md?page=1)