Dan_Musicant wrote in message ...
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:02:08 -0400, "Don Phillipson"
wrote:

:Unburied dog poop has presumably been accumulating
:for the last seven years or more. What changed so that
nly now do you want to do something about it ?
:
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on Phillipson
:Carlsbad Springs
Ottawa, Canada)

Nothing has changed. It just happens to be summer and the problem is
at
its worst. A bit like A/C. You think to yourself, I should have it
when
there's a heatwave. What do you imagine has changed? Well, I only
sounded my dog-owning friend out about it fairly recently, and on top
of
that, the weather is warmer and the smell particularly noticeably in
my
back yard in general, instead of only when I'm within 10 feet or so
of
the back fence (where I don't hang out nearly as much).

The flies noted by other posters is an interesting concern. I try to
always keep my doors closed because it seems that certain times of
year
if I leave them open for even 1/2 a minute, I get flies in the house.
It
hadn't occurred to me that the dog poop would be part of the reason
for
this. I imagine it actually is.

Dan

Trust me, it is. Once the poop gets cleaned up, you'll be amazed at
how the fly population decreases. I know, because I lived with the
same problem, but not for long. I don't understand people and "filth"
issues at times. I was at a store this morning, stepped in to use the
bathroom, and lo and behold, someone had changed a babies dirty diaper
on the changing table, and just left it there. Gack.

Cheri

Cheri