Dear Cathy: My neighbor has her maid drop her dogs' poop over her fence, loose in our shared alley. The pile of poop is quite large. For those of us who use the alley to walk, it's unpleasant. I ...

The main dog walk essentials are a dog collar, a dog leash and dog poop bags. Responsible dog owners should always be armed with a bag to clean up after their pets. Though scooping poop isn’t exactly ...

For most dog owners, dealing with poop is one of the biggest downsides. Scooping, bagging and disposing of it is messy, inconvenient and generally unpleasant. But shockingly, there hasn’t been a real ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Have you ever been out on a walk and as you take that next step, you feel ...

It’s not uncommon for a dog to sniff around a yard, come across a pile of poop, and gobble it up. Or even to eat its own poop. It might sound quite disgusting, but lots of dogs will eat poop at some ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. In the United States, one of the best-selling dog waste bags on Amazon is compostable. So far, so green.