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Dog Poop Sign Wars

2009 August 24

How to tell people “Clean up the poop!”

One of our more popular blog topics has been the importance of picking up dog poop (Clean It Up!). Not picking up after dogs is unacceptable. It is lazy and disrespectful of responsible dog owners who always clean up.

Every dog owner has his or her own system and way of dealing with this problem. Calling local law enforcement is of course an option, but should probably be the last one. Instead try using a dog poop sign.

Here are some creative (and entertaining) signs that people use

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hansol/ / CC BY 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31442518@N08/ / CC BY 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fihu/ / CC BY-SA 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thetruthabout/ / CC BY-SA 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/memestate/ / CC BY-SA 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zappowbang/ / CC BY 2.0

 

Some people do find the signs offensive (the Tao of Poop) but that shows signs get people’s attention and can be effective reminders. Besides, what is more offensive, the sign or the poop on the ground?

Whether you choose to use a no dog poop sign or not, please act responsibly and remember to scoop the poop!

4 Responses leave one →
  1. May 31, 2010

    The sign in our yard reads: My dogs poop bigger than your dog…and we DO know where you live.

  2. aki permalink
    January 31, 2011

    there are some really cute signs from Japan
    http://www.japansugoi.com/wordpress/japanese-dog-poo-signs/

  3. February 2, 2012

    We have the same problem….I have a slightly different approach, and that’s placing a little banner right next to the poop. I like in South America…so these are in Spanish and they say “You dog can’t read”.

    http://canbehappy.com/es/2012/02/02/nuevo-ano-nuevas-ideas/

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