September is Responsible Dog Ownership month, an initiative created by AKC-American Kennel Club. It’s about educating dog owners of the importance for being responsible and celebrating the deep bond between humans and their dogs.
There are several responsibilities involved in owning a dog. One of them is cleaning up after your dog. Many dog owners don’t appreciate this “stinky” job, but its unavoidable and a crucial part of dog ownership. Regular clean up of your dog poop is “a must” for a safer environment.
We previously shared that there’s is No Poop Fairy. Dog Poop does not disappear. If you are not picking up and disposing your dog’s poop, you are putting other pets, yourself, your family and the environment at risk. Dog waste is considered as a major contributor to bacteria in contaminated water.
On our recent walk by the lakefront beach, it was upsetting to see un-scooped dog poop. For the past days, we are getting so much rain and more to come. As we shared on a previous post, Scoop That Poop Be A Responsible Dog Owner, rain washes dog waste and pollutes water (lakes, rivers, ponds, ocean, etc.) – making it unsafe and dangerous.
Being a responsible dog owner is much more than just providing adequate water, food, shelter and love. Clean up after your dog. Don’t let your dog’s poop be a hazard for other pets, humans and the environment.
Be A Responsible Dog Owner #Scoop That Poop
We invite you to join us to raise awareness on the importance of picking up after your dog, #ScoopThatPoop.
(Blog Hop will resume next month: Monday, October 20th)
Sugar I’m with you. We have to avoid the little park, because it is a minefield. I wonder why the mayor of this village does nothing, because there is a playground for kids too…
Our mom Scoops Poops EVERY day…. Ernie is a POOPING MACHINE.
I love the Pawz! Looks like Piri when he’s out and about! And yes to scoop that poop! It drives me nuts when I we come across poop that owners neglected to pick up.
Sugar it is good you keep reminding folks ’cause Mom keeps seeing unscooped poop
Hugs madi your bfff
Awesome post Sugar, I’m completely with you on this one. My mommy always picks up my poops!!
Great reminder, Sugar! We need a “There’s no poop fairy” sign at one of our local parks, makes mom furious! Have a golden day!!
BOL we agree with Miley as we could do with one of the signs in our park too. Have a marvellous Monday.
Best wishes Molly
We thought about you last week at the nose work trial as there was a strict potty area with tons of bags and a trash can and it was really emphasized that you have to pick up after your pup and they could only go in certain areas. Some humans just don’t get it.
Your darn right there’s no magical poop fairy lol. It amazes me how many people at the park still don’t pick up the poop. They’ve placed poop bags on every sign and made it so convenient and people still don’t do it…
Mom doesn’t understand how people could be irresponsible and careless. Good reminder
Lily & Edward
We live in a neighborhood and people let their dogs outside to poop. There is one that loves to leave his package by my mailbox. It is just nasty. The boys do their business in the backyard and I scoop it every single day. Of course, we are always armed with our poop bags on walks. ☺
Our park gets bad sometimes too. It’s upsets me quite a bit to see so many piles sometimes! Just scoop the darn poop!
ღ husky hugz ღ frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!
Responsible Dog Ownership Month is the perfect time for this reminder! Look forward to next month.
Thanks for the reminder, everyone should scoop too many diseases to get from not.
You tell ’em, Sugar! Pick up that stuff!!!
It’s so important for people to clean up after their dogs, especially in the fall when the leaves can hide the poop… I’ll have to remember that September is responsible dog ownership month and get involved before the 30th next year. I think picking up after your dog is the most responsible thing a dog owner can do, if that isn’t clear from my pictures of dog doo-doo blog.