as i clean up the yard

**joycenalex** · 08-04-2007, 10:45 AM

it occurs to me, where do the flies go to wait after the poop is picked up? and do they discuss the best piles, sort of like a restaurant review? the heat is getting to me, i'm going to lie down near a fan now....

**Pam** · 08-04-2007, 11:22 AM

LOL! LOL! I think the heat did get to you! LOL! I never thought of that when I have been pooper scooping but I will now!

**chocolatepuppy** · 08-04-2007, 04:31 PM

lmao! Yes the heat is getting to a lot of us. Thanks, now I will wonder about that also.

**lute** · 08-04-2007, 05:57 PM

HAHA!!! That is too funny! The poop here barely touches the ground! Flies don't even come around. I pick up right after it's deposited.haha

**joycenalex** · 08-04-2007, 07:49 PM

when we're on a walk, i'm right there with a bag, but i do clean the fenced in yard daily, and after all these years, i've started to wonder a few things....this heat wave is getting to me

**Karen** · 08-04-2007, 09:33 PM

Do you think it is the heat, or the fumes from lawn-baked-poop? Or both?

**crow_noir** · 08-05-2007, 02:18 AM

They go to picnics of course!

Originally Posted by joycenalex

it occurs to me, where do the flies go to wait after the poop is picked up? and do they discuss the best piles, sort of like a restaurant review? the heat is getting to me, i'm going to lie down near a fan now....

**joycenalex** · 08-05-2007, 07:17 AM

Originally Posted by Karen

Do you think it is the heat, or the fumes from lawn-baked-poop? Or both?

both dogs eat rawfoods, so the poop dries out quickly, so the odor is low ,except after alex has seizures, then it smells like valium. i think it's the heat....gonna go get a glass of water and lemon...

, after i wash my hands of course

**pitc9** · 08-05-2007, 03:08 PM

Umm... yeah, I think the heat has gotten to you!

**Freedom** · 08-05-2007, 05:43 PM

Oh lordy, now I am going to be thinking this for EVER! You have touched my life, in a way which will have unending ramifications.

**IRescue452** · 08-05-2007, 06:13 PM

I never thought about the flies, but I can tell you when I leave for work in the morning they are all lined up on the siding sunbathing for the day's energy. I worry about the bees stinging me when I take their meal away. We used to have some sort of dung beetle that got to the poop pretty quickly. Those were interesting to watch. I clean up at least daily if not more often in the summer when we are outside often.

**crow_noir** · 08-05-2007, 10:14 PM

When we're feeding kibble (instead of raw) we get flies, little black beetles, yellow jackets, and these tiny little black squiggly things that look like miniature earwigs minus the pincers. (I notice because I'm pretty much the only one that picks it up and i pick it up about every other day to every third day.)

(When fed raw we don't get much of anything attracted to the poo... well, not like with the kibble poo. Cleaner less smelly yard all around.

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Originally Posted by IRescue452

I never thought about the flies, but I can tell you when I leave for work in the morning they are all lined up on the siding sunbathing for the day's energy. I worry about the bees stinging me when I take their meal away. We used to have some sort of dung beetle that got to the poop pretty quickly. Those were interesting to watch. I clean up at least daily if not more often in the summer when we are outside often.