Dog owners- do you scoop poop in your own yard?

[cbg1027]

When we had dogs, we scooped the yard once a week just to keep things clean(ish). We were on 5 acres, but the fenced part was pretty small. Our neighbors could not see the fenced yard and weren't close enough to smell it, so we never had issues.

When I moved to a townhouse on a zero lot line, I scooped immediately.

So I think whether or not it needs to be done depends on the situation. In your case, the neighbors should really be scooping once a day or every time the dogs go. If you had larger yards with landscaping Id say deal with it, but from I think your set up it, the courteous thing to do would be to scoop. It wouldn't hurt to ask the neighbors, worst they can do is give you a mean look and say no.

 

[JusbKoz]

Yes. Every week before the mowers mow and more if it is in the summer and the kids are playing outside on the lawn. When we walk the dog we also carry a bag with us to pick up if she goes on someone else's lawn.

 

[LJSquishy]

Oh please. How many times a day does your dog poop? Mine does once a day. And we feed a really good food, so those 100lb dog poops are miniscule and very dry. We have a hard time finding them once a week. There is no way they smell or attract flies in one week time.

Now, I can see if you are feeding Purina Dog Chow and your dog is having massive bowel movements.

I am pretty sure no HOA would force poop clean up more than once a week as most services that do poop clean up do it on a weekly basis.

Well, maybe you don't think it's gross to only pick poop up once per week, but I do. My dogs are also fed premium dog food (Fromm Four Star, Orijen, and Acana -- both canned and dry foods) and they poop twice per day (fed twice per day also).

 

[glasslipper]

We scoop after every poo! Reasons to pick-up : the smell, rather not step in it or have my dog step in it,thus getting poop in the house, the dog eating it( had one dog who used to do this and various neighbors dogs as well(think of this next time your doggie gives you or your kids a "kiss" lol, parasites getting into the soil, poo contaminating the groundwater, just the courteous thing to do, especially if you live in close proximity to neighbors.

 

[mummabear]

Once a week we do what we call poo patrol, when we are having play dates we will do a quick pick up as well so no one stands in it

 

[mummabear]

Well, maybe you don't think it's gross to only pick poop up once per week, but I do. My dogs are also fed premium dog food (Fromm Four Star, Orijen, and Acana -- both canned and dry foods) and they poop twice per day (fed twice per day also).

This may depend on how much your dog does his business on their walks, ours goes every walk so in our yard at the end of the week there would only be 3-5

 

[bethy]

We have a lovely, sweet wonderful dog. She is our first dog. And she will be our last because I simply cannot handle the poo. Just. cannot.

 

[bcwife76]

We have a rather small backyard and a rather big dog (German Shepherd cross) - we pick up her poop probably about every other day. if not my kids would be stepping in poop whever they went. Gross.

 

[lustergirl]

I have a very large Rottweiller who produces "big things." I couldn't imagine not pooper scooping regardless if I had neighbors or not. There is no way I would leave it in the yard. Too smelly and someone might step in it. Disgusting. I would much rather pick it up then bring it in the house on our shoes.

 

[Maggie Lizer]

I scoop the poop in the landscaped part of our yard. The homes in my neighborhood are all on 3 - 5 acres or largely wooded property, and if my dogs dash out into the woods and poop, I do not traipse out with walking stick and hiking boots to pick it up. Besides, the deer, raccoon, opossums, squirrels, and occasional fox are all leaving turds out there, a couple of extra dog logs won't make a difference.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Once a week we do what we call poo patrol, when we are having play dates we will do a quick pick up as well so no one stands in it

I came up with my own name for it and I call it "Doggie Duties", lol.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

Okay...I have a pretty big Boxer at 67 lbs and I seriously never smell his poop in the yard unless I'm right there by it.
I scoop his poop once a week, leave my windows overlooking the backyard open and never notice a smell. DH has a very sensitive nose and doesn't either. I just asked him.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

I thought dogs pooh about 15 mins after you feed them...

Puppies can.
My dog doesn't.

 

[Hisgirl]

So folks who scoop, are picking up a biodegradable item and placing it in....a plastic bag?

Which will take about 500 years to degrade (based on latest guesses)?

Plastic bags are destroying our oceans. And states are starting moves to ban plastic bags. I'm curious, will everyone still pick up poop if you have to put it in a paper sack? I grew up using paper bags and sacks and we left all animal mess to dissolve into the ground. Fascinating how things have changed since the 60s. I can totally see why folks wouldn't want their children stepping in poo. We switched to a no-grain food and the poo has shrunk by a very large volume.

 

[Jennasis]

The joys of #farmlife

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

So folks who scoop, are picking up a biodegradable item and placing it in....a plastic bag?

Which will take about 500 years to degrade (based on latest guesses)?

Plastic bags are destroying our oceans. And states are starting moves to ban plastic bags. I'm curious, will everyone still pick up poop if you have to put it in a paper sack? I grew up using paper bags and sacks and we left all animal mess to dissolve into the ground. Fascinating how things have changed since the 60s. I can totally see why folks wouldn't want their children stepping in poo. We switched to a no-grain food and the poo has shrunk by a very large volume.

I don't always put it in a bag. sometimes I just pile it up and run it over with the mower. Free fertilizer.

 

[cabanafrau]

Shocked no one has mentioned rodents and vermin are attracted to dog waste.

 

[Katy Belle]

We have one small dog. We pick up the yard every week or two. We have a privacy fence. usually she poops on her walk, which we pick up.

There is a house on the corner that doesn't have a fence. They have two small dogs that poop all over their yard, mostly side yard, by the sidewalk. It's gross. Covered in poop. Gross. Their neighbors have complained, and now they make sure the dogs poop in their own yard.

 

[tennisfan]

I pick up after my dog immediately after she goes. It prevents us from accidentally stepping in it, her eating it, and the smell from getting bad. Just talk to your neighbors- maybe they don't realize how offensive it is since they are used to it.

This for our current dog, when we had the Westie it used to be picked up once a day

 

[Hrhpd]

We scoop after every poo! Reasons to pick-up : the smell, rather not step in it or have my dog step in it,thus getting poop in the house, the dog eating it( had one dog who used to do this and various neighbors dogs as well(think of this next time your doggie gives you or your kids a "kiss" lol, parasites getting into the soil, poo contaminating the groundwater, just the courteous thing to do, especially if you live in close proximity to neighbors.

Hmmm, I wonder who picks up all the coyote crap in our neighborhood. For hundreds of years they have been crapping all over the place and our groundwater still is not contaminated.

While I agree that in a neighborhood, especially with a smaller yard where it can become more concentrated, scooping poop is a neighborly thing to do, some of the angst stated in this thread (by many) is pure hyperbole. Excrement is organic. There are wild animals surrounding you that use the neighborhood as their toilet every day. Nobody is running after the foxes,coyotes, raccoons, deer with plastic bags.

We also do not believe in putting an organic material in a landfill.

We have one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Dooley-3000-S...=UTF8&qid=1429015204&sr=8-3&keywords=dog+poop