Pick up Dog Poop
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Picking up poop with a scooper
Approach the poop from upwind.Using one hand to hold your dog’s leash, use the other to scoop the poop using a trowel, rake, scooper or claw-like metal instrument designed for the purpose. See Resources below for scooper options.
Quickly dash to the nearest trash can without a homeowner watching and dump the contents of your trowel, rake or claw-like metal instrument into the receptacle, hoping you meet no one during your mad dash.
Repeat as necessary.
Picking up poop with a plastic bag around your hand
Approach the poop from upwind.
Slip an appropriately sized plastic bag over your dominant hand, leaving the other to hold your dog’s leash or your nose.
Place your hand over the poop and pick it up gently, as if handling a baby chick, in order to keep the dog poop in a solid state.
Pick up the poop in its entirety; with your other hand, slip the baggy off the dominant hand, enclosing the poop within.
Tie off the bag to prevent poop--and odors--from escaping.
Dash to the nearest trash can and drop in the bag surreptitiously, in case you’re being watched.
Repeat as necessary.
Avoid the stuff
Hire a dog walker to take your dog out for elimination; take over once business is accomplished.
Use a local poop-removal service to keep your yard land mine free.