Paws up for Poop Scoop Week!

Schools, teachers and pupils can pledge their support and get involved at www.poopscoopweek.co.uk to encourage responsible dog ownership in their communities.

Linking closely to health and wellbeing aspects of the curriculum, the Poop Scoop Week pledge, supporting resources and activities for pupils could be a fantastic way for schools to empower pupils to make ‘pawsitive’ changes in their local area this summer.

Get involved before the end of term and put your ‘Paws up for Poop Scoop Week’ at your school now!

Poop Scoop Week runs nationally from 25th – 31st July 2011.

COMING UP ROSES: Scientific breakthrough means the end of stinky dog poo!

I just had to share this press release with you all:

Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, today (1st April) announced a revolutionary diet breakthrough meaning stinky dog emissions may be a thing of the past.

A charity spokesperson explains:

“We care for over 16,000 dogs a year across our 17 rehoming centres, and that means a lot of poop scooping! We’ve been working with boffins behind the scenes devising the ultimate dog diet to minimise stinky emissions and make our kennel staff’s job a bit more pleasant.

Incredibly we’ve found a diet that not only minimises the smell but even makes poop fragrant!”

Dogs Trust is patenting the winning formula and cannot yet reveal full details of the diet.

The spokesperson added:

“We’re incredibly excited about this breakthrough – it’s quite the scoop! If we can market the formula it will also be a great way of fundraising for us.

The UK dog population produces 1000 tonnes of faeces every day, so owners would have to be real fools not to find out how to make their poochs’ poop actually smell of roses!”

Poop Scoop Week 2008: Every dog owner's duty!

It's every dog owner's responsibility to clean up after their dog but sometimes the irresponsible few can spoil our public areas for everyone.

National Poop Scoop Week is set for 23-29 June this year, and the UK's largest dog welfare charity, Dogs Trust, is urging all Local Authorities to get behind the national drive to clean up our public areas.

In the words of Dogs Trust Chief Executive Clarissa Baldwin:

"This campaign is hugely relevant to every single Local Authority and we're hoping for widespread backing to make this the most successful Poop Scoop Week ever.

All citizens, both human and canine, should be free to enjoy Britain's open spaces, so if we are going to look forward to a summer of picnicking in parks and lounging on beaches, it is vital that every single dog owner fulfils their duty and scoops that poop!"

You can get ideas, facts, stats, pictures and promotional materials to help you plan events in your area at the Poop Scoop Week website. Please do let us know what's happening in your location by emailing the team at Dogs Trust or calling 020 7833 7657 and we'll help you publicise the event by putting it on the website.