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In my efforts to become more self sufficient, I have decided to build a garden. My hope was to use my dogs poop as fertilizer.
So my question is if I want to use my dogs poop as fertilizer what type of feed should I be feeding and what supplements or additives should be used?

I'm thinking salmon would be better then chicken... I remember hearing a story about the Indians using fish to fertilize there corn.

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I don't think the Indians had flocks of chickens so their choices might have been limited to fish or dead game.

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I put chicken crap on mine. Chickens eat corn! So Id suggest finding the dog food with the most corn in it.

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I know that if you put wood ashes on your garden they have lots of minerals, I know its not dog food. but just saying.

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if its like mine! its not as much as dog food but what ya feeding it to! works well!! lol

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If i was thinking about eating what came from the garden i don't think i would use dog crap for fertilizer, you can use Diamond and don't even have to feed it first, Lol.

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Dog poo is not recommended to b used in a garden.(wormes)

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compost it first !

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You wanna choose your dogfood based in what makes the best fertilizer? Or did I misunderstand? You'd be far better off to clean out someone's horse barn.

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I know a guy that plants his vegetables right on top of his sewer lines he is 86 it's not hurt him any lol.

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You wanna choose your dogfood based in what makes the best fertilizer? Or did I misunderstand? You'd be far better off to clean out someone's horse barn.

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You'd be much better served considering what your putting IN your dogs as opposed to what you're putting ON your garden.

I would think that unless you diluted it way down, dog manure would be way too "hot" for garden fertilizer...

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Originally posted by GA DAWG
I put chicken crap on mine. Chickens eat corn! So Id suggest finding the dog food with the most corn in it.

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It ain't never ate the bottom off my shoe yet but it smells like it should lol !!

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Originally posted by 4play
Purina Dog Chow!

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Feed your dogs peaches and apples, dry out their crap, use it in the smoker!

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Feed your dogs peaches and apples, dry out their crap, use it in the smoker!

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LOL

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My wife won't let me put it in my garden but I have a small manure spreader that I spread my dog crap on my food plots don't hurt the deer and I get a pretty good Stand and I do feed Purina dog chow and purina one

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I hope your joking.lol.An old city inspector told me he growed his tomatoes on human waste.I about barfed.

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lol just go get ya some horse manure and turn it under when ya plow up your garden i threw my dog grap over the fence in my feild it sure made the weeds come up

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I hope your joking.lol.An old city inspector told me he growed his tomatoes on human waste.I about barfed.

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Originally posted by hillbilly56
lol just go get ya some horse manure and turn it under when ya plow up your garden i threw my dog grap over the fence in my feild it sure made the weeds come up

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No seriously why is horse manure better then dog manure?

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I was always told that if you want a lot grass and weeds in your garden horse manure was the way to go.

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