# Gaaaaaaaaa! Liquified Poo! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 20, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152 "2010-03-20T18:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/1 "2010-03-20T18:20:16Z")
I recently bought a house with a large yard. I have a dog and, because of the size of the yard, haven’t been overly diligent about picking up after him. Last weekend, I bought a cute miniature metal trash can complete with lid for poo disposal. I put a plastic bag in it (for easy emptying) and cleaned up all the poo and put the lid on to keep the rain out. This morning, I went out to do the weekly pickup and took the lid off off the can to put in the first load. Gaaaaaaaa! The poo had completely liquified and was one of the most disgusting things I’ve seen or smelled! Who knew that airtight poo would liquify?! Well, I’m sure someone _here_ did but I didn’t think to check first… ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/2 "2010-03-20T18:32:38Z")
Hahaha… was it warm out? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/3 "2010-03-20T20:09:18Z")
Sort of, for here - in the upper 50’s. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/4 "2010-03-20T20:10:06Z")
I have a two week old baby. My life is made of liquified poo. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/5 "2010-03-20T20:45:23Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > I have a two week old baby. My life is made of liquified poo. Good point. (And a very cute baby at that!) But at least you knew that was part of the package. This liquid poo was sprung on me by very smelly surprise. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/6 "2010-03-20T21:04:43Z")
I’ve been gonna ask about poo disposal. My mom buried a plastic bucket thing in the yard (it had a lid but no bottom) and the dog’s poo went in there. I don’t remember that it had to be emptied because she put something in the bucket that dissolved the poo – would it have been lime? It seems like a good way to go, sorta like a doggie septic tank. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/7 "2010-03-20T21:09:01Z")
Ahh, man, now I want a chocolate shake… ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/8 "2010-03-20T21:41:23Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I’ve been gonna ask about poo disposal. My mom buried a plastic bucket thing in the yard (it had a lid but no bottom) and the dog’s poo went in there. I don’t remember that it had to be emptied because she put something in the bucket that dissolved the poo – would it have been lime? > > It seems like a good way to go, sorta like a doggie septic tank. Hmmm, that’s an interesting concept. But the water table is kind of high here and I wonder if that would be problematic. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/9 "2010-03-20T21:47:36Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > I have a two week old baby. My life is made of liquified poo. Ha. I recently had an appendectomy and had a two-week regimen of antibiotics that I just finished up. Not exactly _liquid_, but…more like soft-serve. And often sudden. I ended up joining the ATF Bureau (Afraid To Fart). ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/10 "2010-03-20T22:10:36Z")
What AuntiePam is talking about is a [Doggie Dooley](http://www.doggiedooley.com/), or something similar. You don’t put lime in it, just some enzymes that sort of look like dry oatmeal. It’s pretty much a septic tank for dog poo. I don’t think a high water table would be bad for it - directions say to add water…weekly, if not daily. I got lazy and didn’t put water in mine, and basically have a big bucket of underground solid waste in my yard. Oops! I also didn’t dig deep enough. 36" isn’t hard to do, but 48" is pretty much impossible without a post hole digger. Anyway, it’s a cool product nonetheless. I think it might even work BETTER with a high water table, or that won’t be an issue. Mine’s installed at the back of my yard where it gets very wet and there has been no problem. Honestly, it doesn’t even smell! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/11 "2010-03-20T22:23:31Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I’ve been gonna ask about poo disposal. My mom buried a plastic bucket thing in the yard (it had a lid but no bottom) and the dog’s poo went in there. I don’t remember that it had to be emptied because she put something in the bucket that dissolved the poo – would it have been lime? > > It seems like a good way to go, sorta like a doggie septic tank. Things like [this](http://www.doggiedooley.com/) are available at most pet stores. My dog has been trained from an early age to go like a bear (she shits in the woods). She is awesome about it, unless there is very deep snow, then all bets are off.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/12 "2010-03-22T21:30:09Z")
Those Doggy Dooley things are pretty nifty! I’m thinking that someday when my husband and I get a dog, we’re getting one of those! ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/13 "2010-03-23T12:42:21Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Ha. I recently had an appendectomy and had a two-week regimen of antibiotics that I just finished up. Not exactly _liquid_, but…more like soft-serve. And often sudden. > > I ended up joining the ATF Bureau (Afraid To Fart). I, too, had a very traumatic experience vis-a-vis appendectomy and farting. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/14 "2010-03-23T12:44:53Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I’ve been gonna ask about poo disposal. My mom buried a plastic bucket thing in the yard (it had a lid but no bottom) and the dog’s poo went in there. I don’t remember that it had to be emptied because she put something in the bucket that dissolved the poo – would it have been lime? > > It seems like a good way to go, sorta like a doggie septic tank. My grandparents had something like this, too. They put the same stuff in it that they used in their septic tank at camp. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/15 "2010-03-23T12:58:44Z")
> [@Winston\_Smith](#): > > My grandparents had something like this, too. They put the same stuff in it that they used in their septic tank at camp. Man, there is something for everyone in this thread! ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/16 "2010-03-23T13:02:34Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Man, there is something for everyone in this thread! Truely ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/17 "2010-03-23T13:06:03Z")
A container of _liquified poo_? Wasn’t that the center attraction in one of the rooms in Buffalo Bill’s basement, Agent Starling? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaaaaaaaaa-liquified-poo/533152/18 "2010-03-23T13:47:40Z")
It was certainly disgusting enough to be. The smell was God awful. Imagine the smelliest poo ever and then multiply it by a factor of 100…