Do You Really Need To Pick Up After Your Pet?

Well, for starters- it’s the law. In Austin, City Code 3-4-6 requires that“An owner or handler shall promptly remove and sanitarily dispose of feces left on the public or private property by a dog or cat being handled by the person, other than property owned by the owner or handler of the dog or cat.” […]

Is it supposed to be this quiet in here?

by Myles Chadwick and Laura Helmueller, DVM The first time that I stepped back into the surgery and prep area of an Emancipet spay/neuter clinic I was immediately impressed by how quiet it was. In fact, it took me several minutes of observation before I realized that there were actually more than 40 dogs and cats […]

Leave No Pile Behind – Poop Pollutes!

Are you guilty of leaving your dog’s waste on your neighbor’s lawn because you thought you were providing free fertilizer? Perhaps you don’t scoop the poop because you think it’s downright disgusting! Imagine if all dog owners in Austin didn’t scoop the poop. Our dogs create an average of a half pound of excrement per […]