Winter Pile-up

[Fins-n-feathers]

We have two labrador retrievers and the yearly winter pile up is overwhelming. We have been raking the whole yard instead of picking 'em individually. Does anyone else have any other tricks of the trade to share?

[MuleShack]

We try to get out weekly in the winter to keep up with it. Other wise it gets overwhelming.

We have a kennel run with pea gravel in the back so it is pretty easy.

[verg]

Just picked up two and a half five gallon buckets full from my two labs. Really is no way around it. You can keep up with it during winter or do it in spring..either way you pick up the same amount. No fun but part of being a dog owner. Got my little boy out to help and enjoyed the nice weather.

[SpringerGuy]

The 1st good hard thunder storm can take care of a lot of it if you want to wait for it. Other wise it's rake the yard. The yard always like good after your done to.

[Ralph Wiggum]

I pick up as it happens.

[MinnesotaMike]

Daily ritual.

Let the dogs out and pick up yesterdays stuff. ALL WINTER LONG.very few missed piles.

Good Luck

[Walleye Widower]

Or feed raw food and never have to worry about it. It goes away in three days and the dog doesn't "go" 18 times a day not to mention the very large piles.

Mine go once maybe twice a day, very, very small piles compared to kibble fed dogs and turns to powder in a matter of days. And it is better for them...Just my 2 cents...

If you think about it why does that stuff stay around so long?????

[FishLocker]

Before you say UGH and GROSS, hear me out. I have 2 large English Setters and one 25 gallon shop vac with a 2 inch hose and 2 hose extensions. Takes me 2 hours alone, to do the job my wife and I took half a day to do together. She hates this particular spring clean up, so this counts for HUGE points! Yes I suck them up in the shop vac each spring. The two extensions on the hose allow you to walk and clean without bending over, so no sore back either. True, it takes a half hour to wash my shop vac and hose spottless. But I would rather clean tools than pick up puppy piles.

You can even get the ones that have pancaked to 1/4 thick and 8 inch diameter, deep in the grass, that we could not get with shovel or rake, and make huge dead spots each spring. I use a 100 foot extension cord to reach the entire back yard and a liner in the big rolling curbside garbage can to empty into.

If nothing else, I hope you got a chuckle for the day...but believe me, this is the best way to make short work of a "big job".

The FishLocker!

[CrazyLabs]

Has anyone else in the metro noticed that the p00p soup wasn't was bad this year?

We try every year to keep up, but eventually the piles add up anyway. The last two years the melt must have been a lot wetter, because this year, I left town for a few days and when I came back the back yard was almost dry and clear of snow. Sure makes p00p raking a LOT easier! We use the jumbo scoop that has the little rake...works for most messes they make...

...And with two 90lb Labs, spring can be a pretty gross time of the year!

[croixflats]

I let a local daycare use the yard the stuff seems to disappear.

[newoodhntr]

I have a small area about 10 yards by 5 yards that is woods and high grass and trained my dog to go in that area no scooping for me!

[lakeshoremunster]

In the same boat as you guys, just got done picking up [PoorWordUsage] on fridaynight after work, used a garden rake to get it into big piles then raked the stuff into a shovel and threw it into a yard bag along with the pine needles and loose grass clippings. Really hate that pine tree but I cant do a thing about it because its my neighbors tree and it just happens to drop all of its needles onto my back yard were my dogs go [PoorWordUsage].

[duckbuster]

My 2 labs never go in my yard. I air them 3 times a day and pick up with bags then drop them in the park garbage can. No [PoorWordUsage] messes in my yard.

[RumRiverRat]

Been there done that.

Annual Spring Ritual.