The Homeowner’s Association Welcomes Pet Poop Pickup to Dimensions at Doral. Over the past months, The Association has been planing a series of initiatives to encourage all our residents to pick up after their pets. As our first improvement, all four doggie stations were upgraded with a basket for depositing dogs waste, and now we joined efforts with Pet Poopy Pickup for the management of the dog waste on a weekly basis. Starting last Sunday May 22, each Doggie Station is serviced by removing and properly disposing the cumulative waste and replenishing them with new bags.

Our goal is to keep our community healthy for the enjoyment of ourselves and our families; specially our kids. One of the main ways you can help us to accomplish this is by picking up after our pets and by properly using the Dog Waste Disposal Stations. Plastics bags are available at these stations for your convenience. We are confident that with your help and Pet Poop Pickup we can keep our community clean for a healthy life.

Common sense tells us that many pet owners take their dogs to the same patches of grass where our children play. Our children then step on the unwelcome mess and track it into the house. Also the unwanted mess left behind by the dog and not cleaned up by the owners attracts flies that then enter our houses and often times contaminate the food and water with harmful bacterias and parasites. Many illnesses involving flu like behavior are because of this. This problem is at its worst at this time of the year.

If you think, as many people do, that dog waste is a natural fertilizer, think again. Since most dogs’ diets are high in protein, it has the reverse effect of fertilizer. Dog poop is exceptionally high in nitrogen and phosphorus, so if you let your dog’s waste lay in your grass, it can actually cause burns in your lawn. Since it’s so acidic, it will kill your grass if it isn’t picked up.

You might think that your dog’s poop cannot do much harm. However, it can throw off the balance of an ecosystem. An ecosystem can handle about two dogs per square mile. However, in many cities, like Doral, there are close to 125 dogs per square mile! Which is plenty to throw off an ecosystem especially if some owners are not picking up pet waste on a regular basis.

Remember, cleaning up after your dog is not only common courtesy but safer for both you, your pet, and your community.