My dog poops in my backyard and the poop is either a) forgotten or b) picked up in a biodegradable bag and thrown in the trash which is ultimately incinerated for electricity by my municipality. Both options are not ideal: option A is terrible because I inevitably "find" it in an undesirable way; and option B requires using dog bags and adding more trash to the municipality's load which may not be necessary. Out and about on walks I understand the need for dog bags, but in the backyard..?

I have plans to start a backyard composting heap, enclosed by heat-treated wood pallets. This will be for yard waste (cut grass, herbaceous and woody plant scraps) as well as raw plant-based kitchen scraps. I'm wondering, is it a safe option to use one of those scooper tools to simply move the dog droppings from the yard into the compost heap?

I plan to turn the compost heap every 1-3 weeks with a pitch fork and remove well-composted black fluffy material with a shovel whenever there's a decent amount ready. Is mixing dog poop into this going to risk spread of disease, or somehow disturb a healthy (effective, not too smelly or attractive to flies) composting process? I understand feces is high in Nitrogen and requires additional Carbon to balance that out, and I can adjust the heap's ingredients accordingly.

Related: Mulching or "Mini Septic" for Solid Dog Waste? but this post is more about the septic idea and doesn't directly address heap composting as a solution.

My dog poops in my backyard and the poop is either a) forgotten or b) picked up in a biodegradable bag and thrown in the trash which is ultimately incinerated for electricity by my municipality. Both options are not ideal: option A is terrible because I inevitably "find" it in an undesirable way; and option B requires using dog bags and adding more trash to the municipality's load which may not be necessary. Out and about on walks I understand the need for dog bags, but in the backyard..?

I have plans to start a backyard composting heap, enclosed by heat-treated wood pallets. This will be for yard waste (cut grass, herbaceous and woody plant scraps) as well as raw plant-based kitchen scraps. I'm wondering, is it a safe option to use one of those scooper tools to simply move the dog droppings from the yard into the compost heap?

I plan to turn the compost heap every 1-3 weeks with a pitch fork and remove well-composted black fluffy material with a shovel whenever there's a decent amount ready. Is mixing dog poop into this going to risk spread of disease, or somehow disturb a healthy (effective, not too smelly or attractive to flies) composting process? I understand feces is high in Nitrogen and requires additional Carbon to balance that out, and I can adjust the heap's ingredients accordingly.

Where the compost is removed to is important - I have a range of different places I can use compost, and if certain compost is only good for spreading on grass lawn that is still better than it going in municipal trash imo. I have vegetable patches that could use compost, but they don't need to use the yard waste pile (I also have kitchen scrap vermiculture). I have other plants like trees which can use compost - is composted dog poop OK in there?

Related: Mulching or "Mini Septic" for Solid Dog Waste? but this post is more about the septic idea and doesn't directly address heap composting as a solution.

My dog poops in my backyard and it is either a) forgotten or b) picked up in a biodegradable bag and thrown in the trash which is ultimately incinerated by my municipality. Both options are not ideal: option A is terrible because I inevitably "find" it in an undesirable way; and option B requires using dog bags and adding more trash to the municipality's load which may not be necessary. Out and about on walks I understand the need for dog bags, but in the backyard..?

I have plans to start a backyard composting heap, enclosed by heat-treated wood pallets. This will be for yard waste (cut grass, herbaceous and woody plant scraps) as well as raw plant-based kitchen scraps. I'm wondering, is it a safe option to use one of those scooper tools to simply move the dog droppings from the yard into the compost heap?

I plan to turn the compost heap every 1-3 weeks with a pitch fork and remove well-composted black fluffy material with a shovel whenever there's a decent amount ready. Is mixing dog poop into this going to risk spread of disease, or somehow disturb a healthy (effective, not too smelly or attractive to flies) composting process? I understand feces is high in Nitrogen and requires additional Carbon to balance that out, and I can adjust the heap's ingredients accordingly.

Related: Mulching or "Mini Septic" for Solid Dog Waste? but this post is more about the septic idea and doesn't directly address heap composting as a solution.

My dog poops in my backyard and the poop is either a) forgotten or b) picked up in a biodegradable bag and thrown in the trash which is ultimately incinerated for electricity by my municipality. Both options are not ideal: option A is terrible because I inevitably "find" it in an undesirable way; and option B requires using dog bags and adding more trash to the municipality's load which may not be necessary. Out and about on walks I understand the need for dog bags, but in the backyard..?

I have plans to start a backyard composting heap, enclosed by heat-treated wood pallets. This will be for yard waste (cut grass, herbaceous and woody plant scraps) as well as raw plant-based kitchen scraps. I'm wondering, is it a safe option to use one of those scooper tools to simply move the dog droppings from the yard into the compost heap?

I plan to turn the compost heap every 1-3 weeks with a pitch fork and remove well-composted black fluffy material with a shovel whenever there's a decent amount ready. Is mixing dog poop into this going to risk spread of disease, or somehow disturb a healthy (effective, not too smelly or attractive to flies) composting process? I understand feces is high in Nitrogen and requires additional Carbon to balance that out, and I can adjust the heap's ingredients accordingly.

Related: Mulching or "Mini Septic" for Solid Dog Waste? but this post is more about the septic idea and doesn't directly address heap composting as a solution.