{"id":28155,"date":"2017-01-26T02:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=28155"},"modified":"2017-01-23T18:21:56","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T01:21:56","slug":"dog-poop-rake-and-pan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/dog-poop-rake-and-pan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog poop rake and pan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently helped out a friend with a bad back. I raked up all the leaves in their yard, and their German Shepard had left many &#8220;landmines.&#8221; I asked if they had a pooper scooper, and they said no. &#8220;We just use shovels; they&#8217;re in the shed&#8221;, he said. <\/p>\n<p>Dirt shovels are not a good solution, as they weigh too much, wear out your arms, damage the grass, and it is just not easy to scoop up the doggy mess. As I was struggling with the shovels, I realized I am glad I have a real pooper scooper set at my house. I&#8217;ve been using it for 2 years. It makes the unpleasant task a lot faster and easier. The rake and bin are both lightweight and just work perfectly together. Put the bin up against the offending pile and a little flick of the rake and it&#8217;s inside the bin.<\/p>\n<p>Having the 2 tools working in tandem makes it easier. Using just one tool usually just results in the mess being pushed along the ground. The bin holds a lot, so what I do is put the trash can in the middle of the yard and dump the pan in it as it gets full. I would have been done picking up the mess in my friend&#8217;s yard in about 10 minutes instead of 30 if I had a real pooper scooper with me. With such an unpleasant chore, you definitely want to get it done fast. I have left it out in the elements leaning against the shed quite a few times, and since it is made of aluminum it is still in great condition. At under $20 and available at pet stores, Amazon, Target, etc., any pet owner definitely should have one. And with Christmas coming, it&#8217;d make a great gift for the pet owners in your life.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easy way to collect and dispose of dog waste<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28157,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28155\/revisions\/28157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}