Composting Dog Waste

By

ChariseB

Oops, NOT to be used on crops for human consumption. Sorry about that.

By

ChariseB

According to the USDA's booklet, you can use fully composted dog waste on your garden because composting kills harmful pathogens. But you must do the composting correctly.

Download your booklet here: http://www.ak.nrcs.usda.gov/compost.html.

By

Toebeanie

Do not use dog feces on anything edible!

By

sweetsoo

I agree, do not compost animal feces. Feces carry diseases that can harm other animals. I know of no composting book that recommends even burying animal feces.

By

Cnm2K

Do not compost animal feces unless you dig a deeeep hole to do so. Your animals are carnivores and meat does not decompose well. You can read about it on the blog for "You Bet Your Garden" at www.whyy.org

When you clean up that nasty doggie poo out of the yard, don't throw away in garbage can, bury it in the garden. It will make free fertilizer for plants. By Dee C.