Dog poop removal is a small service that solves a daily problem. Someone from Poo Squad Salina comes to your yard on a set day, picks up everything the dogs have left, takes it away, and shuts the gate. You get the yard back and never think about a scoop again. This page is for anyone in Salina deciding whether that is worth it, and which plan to pick.
The short version
- Weekly or every other week, on the same day each time
- From $13 a visit for one dog on the weekly plan
- Every part of the yard, with all waste hauled off
- A text before we arrive and a photo of the closed gate after
- Tools sanitized between yards
- No contract, and you do not need to be home
- Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm, in ZIP 67401
Is it worth paying someone for this?
Honestly, it depends on your week. If you enjoy the routine and keep up with it, you do not need us. Most people who sign up fall into one of four groups. Their schedule is full and the yard is the chore that slips. Bending and carrying has become hard. They have several dogs and the job is simply bigger than it used to be. Or the household has reached a quiet standoff over whose turn it is.
For any of them the numbers are plain. One dog produces a pile or two every day. Skip two weeks and there are twenty or more in the grass, and children, guests and the dogs themselves are walking through them. A pooper scooper service in Salina KS costs less each week than most people spend on a single lunch out, and it permanently ends the argument.
Choosing a schedule
One dog and a large yard
Every other week works. The waste is spread out, the visit stays short, and the lawn remains usable in between. If the dog is big, or the yard is where your kids play, go weekly anyway.
One dog and a small yard
Weekly. In a compact yard a dog returns to the same few spots, and two weeks of that is noticeable from the patio.
Two or three dogs
Weekly, without much debate. Volume doubles or triples but the yard does not get any bigger. This is the most common household on our routes.
Four or more
Weekly at the least. Every other week is offered for up to four dogs, but with four it only holds on a very large lot. Tell us about your yard and we will give you a straight answer.
You are not locked in. Switch between weekly and every other week whenever the season or the household changes.
Your first visit
The first visit is different from all the rest because it clears whatever is already there. If that is a few days' worth, it looks like any other stop. If it is a winter's worth, it takes longer and fills more buckets. That is completely normal, and it is the reason many people call in the first place. Tell us roughly how long it has been so we arrive prepared. Nobody on our crew will think twice about it.
From the second visit on, the yard never has more than a week or two in it, and each stop is quick.
What a regular visit looks like
You get a text when we are headed your way. We come in through the gate and walk the lawn in straight, overlapping passes, the way you would mow it. Then we check the places dogs like and people overlook: fence corners, behind the shed, under the deck, next to the air conditioner, along the foundation. Waste is bagged and carried out to our truck. It does not go in your bin.
Before leaving we latch the gate, test it, and take a photo so you can see that it is shut. If we noticed anything worth mentioning, such as something in the stool that a vet might want to know about, we pass it along.
Things people ask before signing up
What about my dog?
Dogs that like people are welcome to stay outside. Nervous or protective dogs should be indoors on service day. If there is ever a dog in the yard that is not comfortable with us, we will not force it. We will message you and arrange another time.
What if the weather is bad?
We work in heat, cold, wind and light rain. If conditions are truly unsafe, your visit moves to the next workable day and we tell you. Snow cover can hide a yard completely. When it does, the next visit after the melt catches all of it.
Where does the waste go?
It leaves with us, bagged, and is disposed of properly. Nothing stays on your property.
Can I pause?
Yes. Travel, a dog staying elsewhere for a month, a tight budget for a while. Let us know and we will pause your visits until you are ready.
Why not just leave it?
Three ideas keep yards from getting cleaned, and none of them hold up.
It is not fertilizer. Dog waste is acidic and high in nitrogen in a form that burns grass. Left alone it leaves dead patches, not green ones.
Rain does not wash it away. Rain breaks it apart and carries it across the lawn and toward the street. The pile is gone, but what was in it is now everywhere.
The mower does not handle it. A mower spreads it over the grass, the deck of the machine and your shoes.
It also carries parasites and bacteria that can pass to other pets and to people, and it can take a year or longer to break down by itself. Picking it up on a schedule is the only method that works.
Good walks, clean yard
Salina is a good town for a dog. Barkley Park, behind the animal shelter in the East Crawford Recreation Area, is the city's fenced off-leash park, with three separate sections. Indian Rock Park has about 35 acres of trails above the Smoky Hill River for a longer outing. A tired dog comes home and heads straight for the back yard. That part is ours.
Sign up
Check your price and get started online. The form shows your exact monthly cost for your number of dogs and your schedule. If you would rather talk to a person, call or text (785) 829-4441, Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm.
