{"id":1735,"date":"2009-06-03T12:23:01","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T16:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/?p=1735"},"modified":"2009-06-03T12:24:32","modified_gmt":"2009-06-03T16:24:32","slug":"poop-happens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/03\/poop-happens\/","title":{"rendered":"Poop Happens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our dual dog existence continues, and I&#8217;m sure that posts about Lloyd will diminish over time, so don&#8217;t worry if this stuff bores you to tears.<\/p>\n<p>We have been weighing him pretty regularly, mostly out of a sick fascination with how unbelievably fast he is growing.\u00c2\u00a0 He has more or less gained about 10 pounds in 14 days, which is a frightening rate, but not that surprising, considering that we feed him 50% more food per day than Harvey&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Of course the inevitable result of all that food, as most of you are smugly nodding to yourselves, is poop.\u00c2\u00a0 Lots of poop.\u00c2\u00a0 I have been thinking about what I should be doing with all of this poop, and while flinging it into the park beside us at night is both fun and appealing, I think I should come up with something else.<\/p>\n<p>I saw <a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.boingboing.net\/2009\/04\/10\/how-to-make-a-minpin.html\" target=\"_blank\">this solution on Boing Boing<\/a>, but to be honest her dogs are laughably small when compared to ours, so I think I will be doing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehow.com\/how_2159337_design-septic-system-dog-shelter.html\" target=\"_blank\">something like this<\/a>, which was linked to from the comments on that article.\u00c2\u00a0 Dig a hole to fit the top half of a bucket, throw the poop in with some septic starter and keep it wet.\u00c2\u00a0 When that gets full, pull the bucket out and dig another hole.\u00c2\u00a0 Brilliant and simple, and it&#8217;s got to be better than throwing plastic bags of poop out in the trash.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t laugh, but I&#8217;m thinking I will be using a 45 gallon garbage can for this purpose&#8230;\u00c2\u00a0 If I can get a year out of that, well then I will call it a win.\u00c2\u00a0 Yikes.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time I have ever owned two dogs, so some things are unmarked territory here (that&#8217;s a dog pee pun), but has anyone else ever witnessed the synchronized pooping phenomenon?\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s a bit strange, but it really happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our dual dog existence continues, and I&#8217;m sure that posts about Lloyd will diminish over time, so don&#8217;t worry if this stuff bores you to tears. 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