Need your advice.  

Do it in a metal bin or garbage can with a lid. I started a compost bin last year, after trying to just do it in a pile. It drew every racoon in town to my yard! One night we were having a bbq in the back yard, and once it got dark, all the kids started screaming b/c they saw glowing eyes all over the yard. You got it- racoons! Use metal bins and not plastic so they can't chew through it. Trust me- they will get in there any way they can! Also, pile a few bricks in the bottom of the can or bin, so they can't knock it over.

im not sure about dog poo poo because what we are doing with our are chicken and hogs poo and when it is dry we have to spread it in the place where we are going to plan and guess what no need of fertilizers they will be growing very good

My hubby built me a compost bin when I first moved here and it worked brilliantly nd I am pretty ignorant on these things he constructed a box about five foot high in a spare corner on one side he made it so that the side was three panels that could be slid out for turning the pile (not that we ever did lol) and also for ease of access for removing to use.
Basic rules
You need a mix of dead (leaves etc) and live (grass cuttings etc)
Dont put any meat in so avoid table scraps but do use kitchen scraps (potato peels etc)
We never water ours nature takes care of that but to keep heat in you can throw an old carpet piece on the top.
Don't put in weeds or anything else you dont want to put back into the garden later lol
Google compost and you'll get all the tips we had when we started.
It took two years to get perfect beautiful compost so I would recommend the second year starting a second box then you will always have perfect compost (I'm still trying to persuade hubby to build number two)
Dont waste your time with the ones you can buy we bought one of the tumble ones and 18 months on we still have no compost out of it!

Quite honestly chucking in leaves grass and everyday green waste and totally neglecting it and you'll have prime stuff that you'd pay good money for and a feeling you are putting something back.

Good luck it's well worth it

Hey hardluck, I like using a bin for my compost, I use a narrow fencing or you could use the top of a wooden pallet as your sides. I found it useful to actually have 2 bins side by side, that way you can use the 2nd bin to shovel the compost from one bin to the other, an easy way to stir it and keep it vented. You need sun water and air to help it compost properly. I do put green table scraps (vegetables and fruits) in it but No meat. Meat makes it smell and attract varmints and insects. Coffee grounds are good for it and so are egg shells (calcium). Tear up your white newspaper in it too just NOT the colored papers or ads. You should do this in layers, brown, white green. Brown = soil, dead leaves, coffee grounds, tea bags...White = newspaper, egg shells...Green = veggie and fruit scrapings, grass clippings, left overs from your garden like stalks, stems... If you have some earth worms or night crawlers, add them to the pile, they will help the process along and make the compost richer.
I turn it over at least twice a month or more depending on how much I add to the pile. At the end of the planting season I will till my garden and toss ion some of the compost leaving some behind to start another pile. That way if I need ore in the Spring, I will have more to add. I never use the whole pile so I will have a good starter mix, I find that helps speed up the process of the newer pile.

We have a composter in our yard. It's made of black plastic. The only thing we have in it right now is grass clippings. I dont want to put anything organic in it and have a raccoon and the dog fighting over it. That's just me. I think you should put anything in it you think will work.

hi hardluck use a metal bin or large garbage can and turn your stuff every so often, incorporating kitchen leavings and garden debris . you will soon have some nice rich compost, use your yearly and start a new batch. work it well into your garden soil and you will have a great growing bed for veggies and anything else you may want.

while making the compost why not add a few earth worms to it. it is said they are good agents in turning it into good stuff. i have seen farmers practicing this at my village. they all waste stuff into a big pit including cow dung, dry leaves, waste food etc. since those places had abundant earth worms, they creeped into it. otherwise you can get a few of them say about 30-40 nos and add a few each day as you find them to it. one thing to be noted here is that you should not add any kind of chemicals fertilizer inouts into this as it kills the earth worms and prevent them from working productively.

you may dig the soil and put those stuff inside that. It makes no smell.