How much poop does a dog produce?
A typical dog produces about 0.75 pounds of waste a day, which is 274 pounds a year, according to the EPA. Two dogs put more than 500 pounds into a yard annually.
The per-dog numbers
The EPA's figure of 0.75 pounds a day is the one nearly every stormwater agency in the country uses when writing pet waste rules. Over a year that is 274 pounds from one dog, which is roughly the weight of a full-grown giant panda arriving in your yard one handful at a time.
Scaled up
The United States has 89.7 million dogs, per the AVMA. That works out to about 67,275,000 pounds of dog waste a day nationally, and roughly 12,288,900 tons a year. Temecula Valley's share of that is about 74,072 pounds a day.
What it means for a yard
One dog cleaned weekly leaves a little over 5 pounds between visits. Cleaned every two weeks it is 10 pounds. Three dogs cleaned weekly is nearly 16 pounds. Those are the numbers behind how often a yard needs attention.
At a glance
| One dog, per day | 0.75 lb | EPA |
| One dog, per year | 274 lb | EPA |
| Two dogs, per year | 548 lb | Arithmetic |
| US total, per day | 67,275,000 lb | 89.7 million dogs |
| Temecula Valley, per day | 74,072 lb | Our estimate, method published |
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