Think of the children! No dog poop. Kids walk to school here. A warning message from The Dog Police, on patrol in Wilmerding
Stuck to the aluminum siding of a little house up the hill in Millvale, a set of peel-and-stick letters spells out a curious message: No dogs wasted here.
Is this a rehab clinic for hooched pooches? An embetterment program for down-on-their luck pups? A recycling center for man’s-best-friends at their wits-last-ends?
No dogs wasted here. Millvale
Of course not! Don’t be ridiculous! Diligent Orbit staff know when The Dog Police are on patrol, keeping the streets, alleys, and—especially—residential trash receptacles safe from the terror of incoming canine caca. Foreign or domestic, but always unwanted, Fido’s doo-doo and Scout’s dishonor are a deeply divisive feature of the pedestrian experience.
Having neither a mutt to strut nor publicly-available trash can, your author—excuse the expression—doesn’t have a dog in this fight, so we’re but mere spectators from the cheap seats as the daily doggo drama plays itself out just about everywhere.
Stop asshole no shit in my cans / Dont put your dogs *shit* in mycans. Lawrenceville
What’s the right thing to do?
The responsible pet-owner takes their furry friends out for daily constitutionals, lets them sniff all the fire hydrants and boxwood hedges they care to, and picks up the droppings inevitably jettisoned from their mutts’ butts right there on the sidewalks and grassy patches along the way. Do we expect the human companions to carry the scat sachet all the way home? Or are public/city trash cans an acceptable end point for the excrement?
Alternately, the home owner doesn’t want to deal with that (quite literal) crap—either on the sidewalk or in their street-facing waste bins. It doesn’t make a lot of sense—it’s just trash, right?—but people feel a sense of violation when anyone uses their bins, and when that trash is dog shit—that’s where it gets ugly—and smelly.
Pick up after your pups poops. Dravosburg
Like certain other ages-old, inconsolable rifts, it’s unlikely the poop-scoop-and-scoot crowd will ever reach a peaceful accord with the all-volunteer dog police, but we can dream.
Until then, please curb your dog, no peeing on the plants, use the trash can across the street, and make sure none of your possessives or contractions include apostrophes.
Forget the poop, some dog police go straight to the root of the problem. NO DOGS. Millvale
Stop!! Take your dog shit home!! Not a public can!! Lawrenceville
Semi-official-looking dog police. Keep you dog shit … cleaned up. Lawrenceville
Not into species-shaming dog police. No animal waste. Lawrenceville
Gender-inclusive dog police. Do not let your dog do their business ((here)). Highland Park
Think of the children! (again) Kids on the block play here, please do not let your dog go potty. Lawrenceville
Clean up dog droppings. Bloomfield
Please stop *your* dog from shitting on my property!!! Thats very inconsiderate of you. Stanton Heights
Dog cop rock. Please curb your dog. Millvale
No peeing on the plants. Lawrenceville
Have a bag clean your dog — poop, Millvale
Drop cops, from the butts of mutts. Etna
The dog police, all decorated for fall. Please keep dogs off my lawn. Munhall [photo: Lee Floyd]
No dogs. (Just smile) Millvale
The dog police at the end of the tunnel. No Dog Poop. Polish Hill
Keep dogs out of yard!! Thank you. East Liberty
If you bring your dog around, start carton their poop home with you. No dogs please. Lawrenceville
Hey! Please use the trash can across the street instead of our storefront for your dog poop. Thx. Lawrenceville
No poop bags in my garbage cans. Thank you. Lawrenceville
Attention! Please do not put your dog’s poop bag in my garbage can. Thank you. Lawrenceville
Please do not leave ‘green’ poop bags on trails or throw off trails. Dispose all poop bags properly.Thank You. Frick Park
Smile you’re on camera / Please pick up your dog’s poop. Free bags below. Lawrenceville
It is your job as the dog owner and not mine as the homeowner to clean up after you and your dog… Be respectful of other homes. Larimer
Attention dog owners and walkers: if your dog poops on our grass please have the courtesy to scoop it up so that we are not stepping in your dogs poop. Larimer
Oops, hit send too early. I meant to say also, all I see around here are those polite small signs stuck in the lawn at the curb , often dog-shaped ( I’ve wondered how people choose the type of dog).
Pittsburgh Orbit 
FINALLY, someone has found a use for all of that old egg carton “crap”.
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There should be an award for best use of the main part of a CLUB anti-auto theft device as a sign pole. THAT is green. I like it.
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Well, not having a dog I never think about this issue. I see there’s another hidden undercurrent in society I’ve been missing.
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Oops, hit send too early. I meant to say also, all I see around here are those polite small signs stuck in the lawn at the curb , often dog-shaped ( I’ve wondered how people choose the type of dog).
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