Waste Removal and Odor Control for Kennels - Page 1

Hello folks.

Have a quick question that has perhaps been discussed at length in various other posts but do not currently have the time to search.

I have two 10x10 kennels with the Options Plus vinyl flooring.  The kennels are situated at the edge of our wood line.  I currently hose the kennel floors down and apply bleach weekly, ensuring to rinse well.  My thing is, the waste is hosed off the floors and runs down onto the surrounding ground.  I hose it until it is pretty well broken up and disolves somewhat.  My problem however is with the heat and humidity here in Virginia.  It really makes it stink.  What if anything, can I apply to the ground to take the odor down?  Or, is there a better way of disposing of this?  With this kennel flooring, it's harder to scoop the poop due to the grooves in the floor where the urine runs into.

I would certainly appreciate all views and opinions on this.  I hope to one day soon have a kennel building with concrete floors and drainage systems leading to the sewer.  At this time however, this is my temporary situation for at least the next 6 months to a year.

Thank you in advance,

Dawn

I remember someone suggesting Rid-X .  I think it was for odor removal.  Would love to hear suggestions on this again as I live in NC and it can get rather funky.  I have one of my females in a kennel with sand and scoop constantly and refresh the sand often.  I also keep a nice thick cover of cedar chips in there also.  However, it does get funky with the heat and humidity..

cole

gsdlvr2,

I'll try it tonight.  Thank you.

Dawn

Go to Sams and buy a gallon of Odo Ban    it contains chemical that ban and kill odor, and has plant flowers in it , Eucalyptus , for one, and kills ants aroung kennel where it runs, smells great, and kills 99% of all strph, cocci, fungi, you name it,,,,,,,,hospitals use it, kennels use it, and I use it...been using for years,,,,no flys , no ants , If I had time to spray the roof of my kennels  , built high above, It would kill spiders, but havent done that......I rinse kennels twice daily, let dog out to run and pour a diluted water solution on floor and wash with hose to run all over all edges   my concrete is not sealed,  didnt do that, and should have and we made it slilghtly rough so not to be slick for foot sure...so I use this religiously   then once every so often , I take a little wagon and scoop up the back poop, along with pine shavings , I throw on the back side of kennel every sat...so when customers come  , it looks nice and smell better.........use an old gallon jug until the first bottle of Odo Ban is empty and then use the bottles as storage for the diluted solution.....us just pour maybe 1/8th of a cup   estimated into a gallon ,,,,it says on bottle of odo ban   makes  32 gallons....in alll...........it comes also with a

part two: squirk bottle and when that is empty, fill with water and just add a tad of solution and you have a squirt bottle for indoor use...I put in washer with puppy rugs and tennis shoes and use it to wash off front porch and patios and back deck      It kills ants and can even be poured on ant mounds the clerk at Sams   attested to.......Be sure to take dog out of kennel when washing with it....no problem for me   and let dry sllightly before putting   Fido back in......It has a fresh smell and the greatest is no bugs.....

My son dug me a 8'x 8' pit and devised a removable cover and poop goes there and no smell no one even knows what it is   I live on three acres, and this is down hill toward back of property......its almost time to dig another hole....and cover this one permanently......

everything you use to cover up the feces, is just that - cover up.  It won't eliminate the fact that the feces are there, and in the heat they will smell, in the rain they will spread all over - attract flies, and be generally GROSS.  You need to pick up the feces - either before you hose down the kennels, or after.   I suggest changing your kennel flooring to something smooth - concrete or smooth rubber mats - so that you can pick up the feces and dispose of it.  I have a bucket with trash bag inside, that I carry around when I clean kennels - feces are all picked up daily, that's "it" for the kennels that are on ground (ground with rubber mats and shavings as footing) - in the concrete runs, I then clean the runs, first I throw about a gallon of water with a splash of bleach in the water into the run, soaking the run for a few minutes while I do the same to the other runs - then hose down, squeegie.  Voila - clean runs that don't smell.  The poop in the bag/bucket - when the bucket is full, I close the bag and put it into an empty dog-food bag, then put it in the trash for weekly pickup.  Works great.  If you can't pick up the poop and dispose of it somehow, nothing will work very well.

molly

yellowrose,

Thanks for the great idea.  So this comes in gallon size jugs and is a liquid? And, is this safe to use daily? 

Dawn

Molly,

I'm sorry.  I guess I should clarify.  I hose down the feces until it's partially broken down and what's left that is the size to be able to scoop IS scooped and disposed of in trashbags at my husband's jobssite (dumpsters).  My problem is the smell that is left behind by the urine and feces that partially disolved into the top layer of the ground.  It only smells while the ground is damp but, it is still something I'd like to correct.  It's so humid here that it can smell for a while after the rain, etc.  I guess I was looking for something to sprinkle over the ground to take away the odor. 

I was trying to convince my husband to design a wide type of gutter to attach to the edge of the kennel that when I spray, the run off would run into the gutter and be directed into a big 5 gallon pail (urine and all) and this would help keep the urine from soaking into the ground, too.  He has yet to help me with this.

You're absolutely correct in that you must scoop the poop.  My problem is what cannot be scooped and is on the ground.

Thank you,

Dawn

Dawn

I agree with Molly.  You need to change that flooring asap.

I know you said you will in 6-12 mos.   Maybe you should just buy the rubber mats for now and they can be reused when you get concrete.  Just because you are hosing the poop into itty bitty pieces, doesn't mean it is gone.  That is why it smells. 

I dont know where you are located, but TSC. and places like that have very affordable horse stall mats in different thicknesses.  I have the ones that are about an inch thick. They are extremely heavy, which is nice because they don't move when the dogs turn and run on them.  They are easily cleaned also.  Spray-bleach-spray.