Last view 2025-06-13,
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This website and this system is a response to this condition: We have a dog named Jack. Our yard is very small as is every residence near us. So all us dog owners walk our pets around the blocks following sidewalks with public areas right along side. This is a standard setting for all city areas. We are all expected, and expecting others, to cleanup what our pets create. The expected cleanup is not happening in a few cases. This is the condition.

We are disappointed. But what is wrong to cause this condition? 3 cases seem possible.

1. Our area of the city is home for many elderly residents like myself. Most of us have the pet for companionship and for its' activities that provide/require outside exercise. For personal reasons some cannot include the exercise to stoop down with a plastic bag and pickup their dog's poop tempararily or permanently.

2. Some of our neighbors do not remember that their Mother does not live with them and will not be following them with a plastic bag to pickup the poop. (lol But if true, group these with people is situation 1)

3. A few of our neighbors don't care about the condition of our area of the city.

A system to respond to this condition:

Let's help when we are able.

1. A responsible person(s) volunteer to coordinate updating a list people that are in situation 1. The reason for needing help from others may be included in the list.An ending date may be recorded for temporary needs.

2. When a request is received for help from 'scoop the poop', 10 flags like location markers for utility digging site woarnings are labled with 'scoop the poop' and this persons ID number. These are given to the person. The person takes the dog for his walk. When the dog deposits the poop, the person sticks or lays a flag to mark the site and identify it as a 'Needed Help Site'. Sticking the flag in the ground is not necessary because the flag has a heavy metal stem that will keep it in place for a short time.

3. One of the volunteers who is walking along the same route will see the flag. Seeing this as a need for help, the poop is added to their bag with the regular poop from their pet. The flag is taken and returned to the coordinater person to be returned to the person in need until they nolonger have the need..