Back to School Means Busy Schedules—But the Dog Poop Still Needs Picking Up
Back-to-school season has a way of changing the rhythm of the entire household.
Summer mornings become alarm clocks. Relaxed afternoons turn into homework, sports practices, school events, music lessons and the nightly question of, “What time do we have to leave tomorrow?”
And somewhere in the middle of all that activity is the family dog.
Your dog may not understand why everyone suddenly disappears for much of the day or why the kids who spent all summer playing in the backyard now have homework to finish. But one part of the dog’s routine definitely hasn’t changed:
The poop keeps coming!
For busy families, hiring a professional dog waste removal service can take one surprisingly time-consuming chore off the weekly schedule—and help keep the backyard cleaner, healthier and ready for the moments when everyone finally has time to enjoy it.
Why Picking Up Dog Waste Matters
Cleaning up after your dog isn’t simply about making the yard look better.
Dog waste left on the lawn can contain bacteria, parasites and other organisms that you don’t necessarily want hanging around an area where your family and pets spend their time. Contrary to a surprisingly common misconception, dog poop isn’t a good lawn fertilizer either.
Leave enough of it behind and you can also end up with unpleasant odors, flies and a backyard that everyone starts avoiding.
Regular dog poop removal becomes especially important when children use the yard for playing, practicing sports or simply spending time with their pets.
And let’s face it: discovering a pile of dog poop in the middle of an impromptu backyard soccer game isn’t exactly anyone’s idea of quality family time.
Back to School Changes the Family Schedule
During summer, there may be more people around the house to handle everyday chores.
Then school starts.
Suddenly, the kids have classes, homework and after-school activities. Parents may be driving from school to soccer practice, football practice, dance lessons or another activity before trying to get everyone home, fed and ready for the next day.
The dog is still following the same schedule, though.
That means the weekly backyard cleanup can easily become one of those chores that gets pushed from Tuesday to Wednesday…then Saturday…then maybe next weekend.
A professional pet waste removal service prevents the job from piling up along with everything else.
Instead of finding time to walk the yard looking for every pile, a trained service technician handles the cleanup on a regular schedule.
It’s one less chore competing for the family’s limited free time.
Give Some of That Time Back to Your Dog
There’s another side to the back-to-school transition that we don’t always think about.
Your dog may miss the kids.
Dogs become accustomed to household routines. After spending more time together during summer vacation, the sudden return to school can mean several quiet hours at home and less attention when everyone returns.
The kids aren’t necessarily ignoring their four-legged friend. They simply have new responsibilities.
Homework needs to get done. Practices need to be attended. Projects have deadlines.
So when there is a little extra time available, wouldn’t it be better spent throwing a ball, going for a walk or giving the dog some attention instead of picking up the backyard?
That’s one of the less obvious benefits of using a dog poop pick up service.
You’re not simply paying someone to remove dog waste. You’re buying back a little bit of your family’s time.
A Cleaner Yard Without Adding Another Chore
Professional pooper scooper service is particularly helpful for households with multiple dogs.
One dog can produce a surprising amount of waste over the course of a week. Add a second or third dog and keeping up with the yard becomes a regular household responsibility.
Scheduled service helps prevent waste from accumulating and keeps the yard much more enjoyable.
That can be especially valuable during the school year when the backyard becomes a convenient place for the kids and dog to burn off some energy between homework, dinner and bedtime.
Open the door and enjoy the yard.
No pre-play poop patrol required.
Sometimes Quality of Life Comes From Removing Small Chores
Most families aren’t looking for another complicated service to manage.
They’re looking for ways to simplify life.
A dog waste removal service is a relatively small convenience, but those small conveniences can add up. If you spend even 20 or 30 minutes each week cleaning up after your dogs, that’s time that could be spent doing something else. The cost of a pooper scooper service can be well worth it.
Over an entire school year, that’s a lot of hours spent walking around the backyard carrying a scooper and a bag.
We’ll happily take that job.
Back-to-School Savings from Scoop Masters
To make the transition into the new school year a little easier, Scoop Masters is offering new customers 20% off their first three months of dog waste removal service when signing up with promo code SCHOOL20.
There’s no need to wait until business hours to find out what service will cost.
Visit the Scoop Masters website, enter your ZIP code and the number of dogs you have, and you’ll receive an instant quote online, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
If the service and price work for your household, you can sign up right then.
No waiting for someone to call you back just to find out the price.
Let the Kids Handle the Homework. We’ll Handle the Other Stuff.
Back-to-school season is busy enough.
Between classes, homework, practices, games, activities, work and everything else that keeps a family moving, there’s nothing wrong with taking one chore off the list.
More importantly, keeping dog waste picked up regularly helps maintain a cleaner, more enjoyable outdoor space for the people—and dogs—who use it.
The kids may have less free time now that school’s back in session.
Your dog will probably notice.
So when everyone finally gets a free afternoon, spend it playing together in the backyard.
Scoop Masters can take care of what’s waiting in the grass.
New customers can save 20% on their first three months of service with promo code SCHOOL20.
Enter your ZIP code and number of dogs at ScoopMasters.com anytime to receive an instant quote.
With locations in Los Angeles, Ventura, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Nashville, Palm Beach and Salem, Oregon. Scoop Masters pet waste removal service helps dog owners enjoy their yard again. Since 1988, we’ve been enforcing the “no flies” zone in backyards, patios and dog runs by keeping them dog poop free. We also offer a sanitizing service to help get rid of the smell on rocks, concrete and artificial turf. Contact us for a free quote. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter/X. If your dog can poop it, we can scoop it!