If you want the quickest way to assess your dog's poop, focus on the four main criteria: 1. Consistency: Soft poop once in a while is common. Stress, a new treat, or a little table scrap can do it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sometimes, dogs do strange things. Beyond rolling in mud puddles or biting themselves, your pet might drink from toilets or lick ...

The ice is melting, but a secondary problem has emerged.

What a scat-tastophy. The Big Apple has gone from winter wonderland to poop-filled purgatory in the weeks since last month’s ...

Around 6.5 million tons of [mostly] plastic-wrapped dog poop winds up in landfills in the United States every year. As most cities see it, that’s the only safe option. Unlike wildlife scat, which ...

Nobody looks forward to scooping poop, but your dog’s daily deposit holds more information than you might think. That humble pile in the grass holds clues about digestion, diet, hydration, and even ...

As snow from late January storms finally melts across the Northeast, residents in D.C., Philadelphia and New York City are confronting what had been buried underneath for weeks: dog waste left behind ...

Complaints of dog poop-smeared sidewalks are on the rise in New York City — and the Department of Sanitation is rolling out a public ad campaign aimed at reversing that stinky trend. Between Jan. 1 ...