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My dog doesn't have a shit box in my house that I have to clean constantly. That makes up for the 3 months it's a little cold out.
Are you saying you don't clean up after your dog? Otherwise, you're cleaning up shit daily. Litter boxes are not typically cleaned daily(constantly) and they make auto litter boxes that clean themselves.
What are you smoking? You need to clean litter boxes daily.
And your claim is that most everyone does?
Your house smells like cat shit, you are simply nose blind to it. Please clean up after your cat shits.
None of that makes what I said untrue. I don't even have cats, lol.
Then let me tell you as a cat owner, that you should clean litter boxes (at least) once per day 😅
Small dog in a fenced yard, picking up after him is a non issue. His business breaks down in a matter of a couple of weeks and there's never enough to become a problem. If he goes while on a walk, i pick it up.
It's just your specific case. If you have an outdoor cat you also don't have to maintain a cat toilet.
I don't think it's good to have outdoor cats. They're very destructive to small animals (songbirds included) in the area.
No, I'm representative of all dog owners. If a cat is left outside, it is technically a form of mountain lion, which does not count.
Dogs rool, cats drool.
No, they just come and shit in my yard instead.
The neighbours cats have made it their goal to shit in our vegetable garden and burying the little turd there. I dislike them as much as people that dont pick up after their dogs.
Squirrels, chipmunks and rabbits must also piss you off. Also bears.
Nice non-equivalent there buddy.
What do you mean "no"? Your cat-owning neighbors don't maintain a cat toilet, do they? Just as I said, so "yes".
No, as in they dont have to maintain their outdoor cat.
I get to do that instead. Oh joy for me.
Oh, ok. Glad we are on the same page here. Enjoy.
Your yard and shoes smell like dog shit, you're simply nose blind to it. Please clean up after your dog shits.
Have we met? You have absolutely no basis to make that claim. My yard and shoes smell fine, my sense of smell is fantastic. Why don't you worry about your own yard rather than making assumptions about mine?
I don't have a yard. Now who's making assumptions, hmmm?
There are reports that those automatic litter boxes are not safe for cats. Don't use them.
Is scooping poo out of a box daily really any worse than bagging it up on a walk daily?
Especially with big dogs where you're picking up fresh, steaming, human-sized turds with nothing but a few microns of plastic between it and your hand.
For big dogs, I wear boots and kick the dookie into a fine mist against my neighbors houses as a disposal method. I have warrants in 3 states.
Having it in the house constantly coating everything (usually clean laundry) with a dusting of poo is definitely worse.
I'd say the weather is a factor
they have the genuine automatic litterbox that arent death traps, i see people hating scooping up poo use those.
Fenced yard with a small dog, so I don't have to pick it up on the daily, only if he poops on a walk.
Bagging it up on a walk is decidedly worse than scooping it out of a litter box if the dog happens to have diarrhea. At least the litter clumps up, making cleanup much easier..
Good luck training a dog to use the box consistently though.
If your dog has diarrhea. You just leave it? Or pour water over it?
Why would you try to pick it up
Why don't we just train dogs to use a litter box? 🤔
Or a toilet? One of my previous cats used the toilet all on her own. If she could figure it out without help, surely training a dog should be easy enough.
I trained my dog on a litter box. She only pees in it. I'm very glad I did.
However, I'm fortunate enough to have a basement I could put it in where it's out of sight.
That's a thing and people.do, especially apartment dwellers. Dogs learn it quick too.
It's just no one would have an animal shit in a box in the house unless they absolutely had to.
Oh...
Cats leap and perch with more ease than dogs so you'd need a contraption that might get in your way.
Its a good idea, but from my understanding, you still have to take dogs on daily walks. Maybe not first thing in the morning, but at least once a day or so
Clearly you don't live as far north as I do. :P
Nah, it gets plenty cold here, I'm mostly just playing around with the classic dog people vs cat people war.
I'm fortunate to have a fenced yard and a dog that absolutely does not fuck with the cold. He's out, does his duty, then back in within like 2 minutes.
Well, for reference, the city I currently live in has a -19C/-3F minimum average temperature.
I generally prefer cats over dogs for other reasons, though.