Professional Pet Care Services
Dubai

So, here you have it, the first internet page in the UAE on dog poop!!

Why are we doing this and for what purpose? Our team of dog walkers and pet sitters are dedicated to providing the best possible service to our furry and feathery clients and this obviously includes monitoring their health and ensuring all risks are minimised. As you can imagine there are areas of our work that involve cleaning up after a pet be it because they are ill, they have knocked an ornament over and of course scooping the poop on dog walks. The UAE has thousands of dogs and with that comes tonnes of poop, on the most part most dog owners "scoop the poop" made by their dogs, take it away and dispose of it correctly. There are also those that do not!!! This can be very worrying to say the least, the health risks are substantial and sometimes a little nudge here and there with basic facts may make a non "pooper scooper" change their minds. Read on and learn some more, share the page with friends, colleagues, neighbours and maids......... Let's keep the UAE Poop Free and be responsible for our dogs' poop!

Dogs on average poop 23 times a week! That’s an average of 15 – 30 pounds of waste per dog per year!

A single gram of dog waste can contain 23 million fecal coliform bacteria

For as long as the dog has been man's best friend, dog waste has posed a menace to man's nose and foot. Now science has revealed a more unsavory truth: It's an environmental pollutant.

Dog waste can transmit bacteria and viruses including, tapeworm, roundworm, E. Coli and Parvo

Dogs often poop tapeworms, what one vet called “poop rice.” It’s THE most common infection transmitted by discarded dog poop. It’s believed that 35% of the indoor animals that contract tapeworm get it from infected dog poop brought into the home on people’s SHOES that have stepped in it. The parasite we call tapeworm needs fleas to complete its life cycle, but poop is also a contributing factor.

That leaves you out, right? WRONG! One of these parasitic worms, called roundworm, is transmitted to humans through infected dog (or other animal) poop. It causes rash, fever, and in some a loss of vision.

LIPA USA Reports, “3.6 billion pounds of dog waste a year is produced in the United States alone, equaling 800 football fields, one foot high. This is a hidden health issue that no one wants to "touch" as approximately 50 million registered dogs in the United States produces more than 5,000 tons of waste daily.” Now that's a lotta poop!

In large cities around the world there is an even bigger problem. In recent years, fines for not picking up after a pet dog have ranged from $100 in New York to $600 in Paris and $750 in London. Among the concerns: sprains or broken bones resulting from citizens slipping on the remains on sidewalks.”

Why owners/people walking dogs don't pick up...

*Distaste and/or embarrassment about picking up and carrying around a bag of dog poop. Distaste includes the smell, the sensation of handling dog poop and the possibility of coming into direct contact with it.

*Forgetting to take an appropriate device, such as a bag or pooper scooper.

*Inconvenience associated with having to take bags/devices on walks, and carrying them once full, particularly if no bins are available.

*Not being aware of the need to pick up after their dog, or not caring about it (e.g. believing dog poop is natural and will 'break down over time').

*Believing there is a low likelihood of being caught and/or fined by the authorities for not picking up dog poop.