Leaving behind your pooch’s pile can come back to bite you at Hudson Harbor in Edgewater, where dog owners must pay $200 to ...

If you walk dogs you're expected to pick up after them. Here's why what you do with that waste really does matter.

Dog owners who don't scoop their pets’ poop can create unhealthy and frustrating problems for neighbors. Now, as Bradley ...

The Union Reservoir Dog Beach may close Sept. 16 to allow for dog poop removal, unless dog beach users help clean up the mess in the interim. In an announcement earlier this week, the city said that ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Have you ever been out on a walk and as you take that next step, you feel ...

Nobody looks forward to scooping poop, but your dog’s daily deposit holds more information than you might think. That humble pile in the grass holds clues about digestion, diet, hydration, and even ...

San Diego officials are scrambling to crack down on people letting their dogs run free on school playing fields, which have become hotspots for illegal off-leash activity because the security fencing ...

When I was living in Chicago, my landlady had a wonderful golden retriever that was incredibly friendly, smart and fun to ...

New York City’s dogs, by some estimates, produce about 27,000 tons of poop every year. Most of it ends up in landfills. But to everyday New Yorkers, it may seem like more and more dog poop is staying ...

The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that a dog can produce up to 274 pounds of solid waste per year. Certainly, dog waste will eventually compost naturally on your lawn, but leaving it on ...