On shared ground, dog waste is everybody's problem and nobody's job. Residents assume the office handles it. The office assumes the mowing crew does. The mowing crew runs over it. Commercial pet waste removal from Poo Squad McPherson gives that job to one team on a fixed schedule, across McPherson, Galva and Canton. What the work looks like depends on the kind of property, so this page goes through them one at a time.
Apartments and rental houses
A pet friendly building fills units, and it concentrates dogs. Twenty dogs sharing one strip of grass by the parking lot will bury it within a week, and the tenants without dogs are the ones who call. McPherson has rentals of every size, from apartment buildings to houses near McPherson College, and the pattern repeats in all of them.
For multifamily property we set a route that covers the places residents really take their dogs, which is seldom the corner the site plan set aside. Doorways, the lawn nearest the stairs, the edges of the lot and the path to the mailboxes carry most of the load. Those get cleared first on every visit. Rental houses are simpler. A landlord can put a yard on a schedule for the length of a lease, or book a single cleanup between tenants so the next one starts clean.
Neighborhood associations and shared green space
Entry islands, walking paths, retention areas and the common lot at the end of the street belong to everyone, so they get used by everyone's dog. A board usually hears about it in the form of a heated email. A scheduled sweep takes the subject off the meeting agenda. We walk the common ground on a set day, service any bag stations, and report back to whoever the board names as its contact.
Kennels, groomers, daycares and veterinary clinics
Businesses built around dogs have the highest volume and the least tolerance for mess. A client's first impression is the grass by the front door and the smell of the yard out back. Staff are busy with animals and should not be spending the first hour of the day with a scoop. We clear exercise yards, relief areas and the ground out front at whatever point in the day keeps us out of the way. Disease control matters most on these properties, which is why our tools are sanitized between every site, without exception.
Offices, shops and churches that welcome dogs
A dog friendly patio, a storefront with a water bowl by the door, an office where people bring pets to work, a church lawn that the whole neighborhood walks across. None of these have enough waste to keep a staff member busy, and all of them have enough to be noticed by a customer in good shoes. A weekly pass is usually all it takes.
Parks, trails and public ground
Open public space depends on owners picking up after themselves, and most do. The ones who do not are why somebody still has to walk the grounds. McPherson's own Bremyer Dog Park is kept up by volunteers and donations, which says something about how much steady effort shared dog space takes. For a privately owned park, a campground, a sports complex or a trail segment, we can run a regular sweep and keep stations stocked so that good habits stay easy.
What every property gets
Whatever the type, the service has the same parts:
- A written route. Which areas, in what order, where to park, and where waste goes. It is set once with you and followed every visit.
- A full sweep. Open grass in overlapping lanes, then the edges: fence lines, building foundations, around utility boxes and air conditioners, under stairwells, along mulch beds and tree lines.
- Station service. Liners changed, bags restocked, cans wiped down. If a station keeps running out early, we say so.
- Removal. Everything collected is bagged and either placed in your dumpster or taken off site, whichever you prefer. Nothing is left beside a can.
- Gates. Opened, closed behind us, and checked again on the way out.
- A note after each visit. Done, plus anything we could not reach and why: a locked gate, sprinklers running, a loose dog.
How often
Frequency is the decision that makes or breaks a program. A fourplex with three dogs is fine once a week. A large pet friendly community is usually two or three times a week, and more in summer, when Kansas heat turns two days of buildup into an odor complaint. Setting the schedule too thin to save money is the most common mistake we see. The property looks good for a day and bad for six. We would rather recommend the frequency that holds, and then adjust with you once we see how the ground behaves.
Hard surfaces and odor
Concrete kennel pads, artificial turf, gravel relief areas and enclosed dog runs hold urine in a way grass does not. By late summer the smell is what people complain about, even on a property that is picked up perfectly. Deodorizing can be added to a route and applied to the surfaces that need it, so the odor is neutralized at its source instead of being covered up for an afternoon.
How pricing works
A house is priced by the number of dogs. A commercial property cannot be, because nobody knows the number. Your price comes from the ground we cover, the visits per week, the stations we service, and whether odor treatment is part of the route. We look at the property before we quote it, and the number we give you is the number on the invoice. Several addresses under one manager can be routed and billed together.
Getting a quote
Call or text (620) 798-5300, Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm, or send a message through our contact form and mention that the request is for a commercial property. Tell us the address, the type of property, about how many pets live there or visit, and what is going wrong today. If you are unsure how often it needs covering, that is a normal thing to work out together on a site walk.
