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Re: Compost! // Parasites

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To go a bit further, dog parasites can include hookworms, pinworms and
roundworms, as well as tapeworms and some bacterial and viral stuff (rabies
comes to mind).

So in theory, no one should ever have an evil dog (or cat), much less run
them around the neighborhood excreting on other people's lawns....

But in practice humans and dogs (and cats) have thrived together in close
quarters for a long time, fighting off parasites with immune response and
general good health.

So there must be, overall, something positive in them tail-wagging furry
critters, because as a general rule, pet owners enjoy better health and
longer life than their petless counterparts....

The Advantage medication does kill off most of the worms in dogs, and as
long as they are on it, their feces should be worm free. If you stop giving
it to them they may start to pick up the parasites again.

I would always recommend you compost this material separately, carefully
preparing it by an appropriate method, and use the resulting compost in
ornamental plantings, not the carrot bed.

In my neighborhood the 20 feet of lawn next to the road is the city's right
of way, and the area most visited by the people who walk their dogs, and so
if I had a dog, its well composted manure would be returned to this area.

People who have, or who have had, large dogs know that they eat a lot and
excrete a lot, and it is a shame not to reclaim this material for ornamental
horticulture, if not food production...but it requires a higher level of
care and knowledge than vegetable wastes, which I and most other composters
recommend as the safest and most readily available materials for most
suburban composters.

Another appropriate use for this material, whose time is approaching, would
be in the planting of fall bulbs...

I hope I have not offended anyone with this discussion, and anyone who would
like more info and URLs relating to this topic should feel free to contact
me in private email.

Frank-- has been known to go to the dogs from time to time...:-)


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>Just a clarification. Heartworm medicine would take care of heartworm,
which
>is of course deadly to dogs. But there are a gazillion other types of
>parasites that heartworm medicine may not touch. Actually, parasites are
>incredibly easy to pick up and it's now becoming clear to researchers that
>parasites not previoiusly thought to bother humans actually can and do.
It's
>estimated that nearly all Americans have parasite(s).
>
>Patricia
>
>>>  Anyway, I also wanted to mention that it's usually strongly suggested
NOT
>>to
>>>  use dog poop (little technical term there) -- because it could contain
>>>  parasites harmful to humans.
>>You know, I'd heard that, but someone suggested it as a source of
nitrogen.
>
>>My pack's on -- what the heck is it -- Heartguard?  The antiworm stuff? --
>>and Advantage, so I'm pretty sure they're wormless.  Not sure what else I
>>should worry about, though.
>>
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