It is absolutely not good for the environment. Your dog does not eat a local, natural diet. There are more dogs than could be locally and naturally sustained.

Dog poop can blind children and is horrible for the environment.

https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxocariasis/

https://www.popsci.com/environment/dog-poop-pollution/

DONT EAT THE POOP.

and you won't get that disease.

Problem solved.

And dont let your kids eat any animal poop

Children often touch things in the grass and then touch their faces or put their fingers in their mouth

Concrete and asphalt don't need fertilizer.

Most dogs are extremely particular about where they poop and don't poop on concrete and asphalt if they have any other choice.

I guess we walk through different alleyways.

Apparently, dog poop is not an effective fertilizer and is considered harmful for grass?

Was news to me as a dog owner who allows our dog to do her business in the back yard (but would never allow it on a public walkway/area).

https://lawnlove.com/blog/is-dog-poop-bad-for-grass/

That blows my mind. I had two dogs as a kid, and if we didn't pick up the poop fast it destroyed the grass underneath. Their corner of the yard was all dead grass.

My dog has pooped in my backyard for years and nothing but thick quality grass everywhere.

probably because most kibble is vegetable based and vegetable based poop is good for the grass.

maybe you fed your dog more meat?

if your dog's poop is killing the grass you're doing something seriously wrong with its diet.

> most kibble is vegetable based

Most cheap kibble maybe.

> if your dog's poop is killing the grass you're doing something seriously wrong with its diet.

If yours isn't, I think _you_ might be doing something wrong with its diet. https://lawnlove.com/blog/is-dog-poop-bad-for-grass/

lawnlove.com

"Dont believe everything you read on the internet"

- Abraham Lincoln

Do your dogs urinate in your yard as well?

I think any poop from a carnivore is bad for grass, and everything else. You can compost it and it will be usable after about 1.5 years.

dogs are omnivores.

most kibble is vegetable based

Sorry, misspoke. I meant any animal that eats meat, including humans, dogs, chickens, etc. If they eat meat, there are toxins in the poop that make it inappropriate as a fertilizer, but you can compost it and kill off most of the bad stuff.

Using an A.I. article from lawnlove.com as a source....okayyyy

This country has really gone downhill with education

My teachers would have yelled at me for having a source like that.

Fair point. Was my first Google hit on "is dog poop bad for a lawn" which was probably lazy on my part.