An event cleanup is dog waste removal booked around a date. Poo Squad McPherson clears the ground before your guests arrive, and again afterward if you want, anywhere in McPherson, Galva or Canton. The work itself is simple. The timing is what makes it worth having, so this page is laid out as a countdown.
Why bother
Because guests go where you do not. The family dog has a routine, you know the routine, and you have learned to walk around it without thinking. Forty people at a graduation party have not. They spread out to the fence, set lawn chairs in the shade at the back, let children run to the far corner, and pitch a canopy on the one flat spot you never use. One bad step in good shoes is what people remember about an otherwise perfect afternoon.
Two weeks out: get on the calendar
Our routes run Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm, and the days before a weekend are the ones every host wants. Graduation season in May, the weeks around the Fourth of July, and fall wedding weekends fill first. Two weeks of notice nearly always gets you the day you want. Shorter notice is worth a call anyway, because a stop in McPherson is often easy to fit into a route that is already there.
When you book, tell us:
- The date and start time of the event
- The address, and whether it is a home, a venue or public ground
- How many dogs live on the property
- Whether guests are bringing dogs
- Roughly when the yard was last picked up
One week out: decide how much you need
There are three ways to book, and the right one depends on the event.
A sweep before. The standard choice for a party at home. One full cleanup timed as close to the event as our route allows.
Before and after. For gatherings where guests bring their own dogs, and for anything on borrowed or rented ground where you are responsible for how you leave it.
A catch-up first. If the yard has gone months, one visit the day before is asking a lot of a single afternoon. A catch-up cleanup the week ahead, followed by a quick sweep right before the date, gives a much better result and lets the grass stand back up in between.
This is also the week to think about smell. If the party will be on a patio or near a dog run in warm weather, deodorizing can be added to the visit so the ground is treated as well as cleared.
The day before: the main sweep
For most events this is the visit that matters. We text when we are on the way, then walk the entire property in overlapping rows. After the open lawn come the places guests will find and you would not think to check: along the fence, behind the garage and the shed, under the deck stairs, around the air conditioner, beside the driveway where cars will park on the grass, and the back corners. Everything is bagged and hauled away. Our tools are sanitized before they come onto your property. The gate is latched and checked on the way out.
After that it is your turn. If you can, walk the dog on a leash for bathroom breaks until the party is over, or pick up the one or two piles from the next morning yourself. The day before is close enough that there is very little to undo.
The day of
If your event is on a weekday, we can often come that morning. For a weekend event the Friday visit is the one to book. Keep a few bags by the back door. If guests are bringing dogs, set a small lidded trash can and a roll of bags somewhere obvious, such as by the gate. People will use them when they are easy to find and will not go looking when they are not.
The day after
A second visit makes sense when dogs came as guests, when the event was on someone else's property, or when the lawn is about to be mowed and you want it done before the blade spreads anything around. Most hosts skip the second visit for an ordinary party at home, and that is the right call.
Events with dogs on the guest list
McPherson turns out for its dogs. Every August the Pooch Plunge opens the water park to them for a day, and it raises money for the dog park. If you are organizing something of your own where dogs are the point, such as an adoption day, a fundraiser walk, a breed meetup or a pet friendly sale at your business, the cleanup plan is part of the event plan. Tell us how many dogs you expect, how the site is laid out and how long it runs, and we will work out coverage with you. That may be a sweep before and after, bag stations placed where people will walk, or both.
Weddings and photographs
Outdoor ceremonies bring long hems, dress shoes, and a photographer who wants the couple standing in the prettiest corner of the property, which is frequently the least visited one. Tell us where the ceremony, the reception and the photos will be, and those areas get walked twice. If the venue has resident dogs, ask the owner when the grounds were last cleared and book accordingly.
What it costs
A sweep of a home yard before a party is priced like any one time cleanup: $35 covers the visit and the first five gallon bucket we fill, and each additional bucket is $20. A yard that is picked up regularly rarely goes past the first bucket. Venues, public events, large properties and anything with dogs attending are quoted on the site and the plan, because no two are alike. If you already have weekly service with us, ask about moving that week's visit to the day before your event.
Book your date
Request your date online and choose the one time option, or call or text (620) 798-5300, Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm. Give us the date first and the rest follows from it. We cover McPherson (67460), Galva (67443) and Canton (67428). If you have looked for event pooper scooper services near McPherson KS and found nobody local, that is the gap we are here to fill.
