How much does dog waste removal cost in Minneapolis?

Weekly dog waste removal starts at $20 per visit, with bi-weekly service available at $19 per visit. Pricing depends on yard size (small: <2,500 sq ft, medium: 2,500-5,000 sq ft, large: 5,000-10,000 sq ft) and number of dogs.

What areas do you serve in the Twin Cities?

We serve South Minneapolis, Richfield, Edina, and Bloomington. We're expanding to additional Twin Cities neighborhoods. Contact us for service availability in your area.

How do you handle waste disposal?

We double-bag all waste and dispose of it responsibly. Our team leaves your yard spotless after every visit with professional-grade cleanup.

What are your AI health insights?

Our stool health analysis tracks color, consistency, and content changes in your dog's waste. This helps identify potential health issues early. All insights are informational only and do not constitute veterinary advice.

How often should I schedule dog waste removal?

Weekly service is recommended for most households. Bi-weekly service is available with a 5% discount and works well for smaller yards or fewer dogs. We can customize schedules based on your specific needs.

Our methodology

The 3C Method.

Three letters. Decades of veterinary research. Every visit, we capture color, consistency, and content: the same indicators vets use to spot trouble early.

A chocolate labradoodle running across a mowed backyard at golden hour

Why stool, why these three?

Stool changes are often the first sign something is off, long before a dog acts sick.

The framework

A simple lens for a noisy signal.

Vets evaluate stool on dozens of dimensions: color, hydration, fiber, mucus, undigested matter, parasites, foreign objects, frequency, urgency, blood, bile, fat. It's a lot.

The 3C method compresses that into three categorical buckets you can actually track over time. Not percentages. Not vet-speak. Just three labels per visit so patterns stand out when something shifts.

Every InsightScoop visit captures all three. Your recap shows them. The app charts them. When two consecutive visits change in a meaningful way, you get a heads up.

If your dog's poop changed three weeks ago, would you remember? We do, because we wrote it down every visit.

Ayden Dunham · Founder, InsightScoop · Twin Cities

ENTRY 01

Color

What the color tells us.

Healthy dog stool is chocolate brown: bile pigments breaking down on a normal diet. When color shifts, it's almost always pointing at something specific.

Healthy is dead-center.

01Yellow / orange: Often signals biliary issues or fast transit. Sometimes diet: chicken-heavy meals shift hue.
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02Streaks of red: Lower-GI bleeding (anal glands, colitis). One streak = note. Recurring = vet conversation.
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03Black / tarry: Possible upper-GI bleed. Always flag urgent, even one occurrence.
Urgent
04White / chalky: Excess calcium or pancreatic insufficiency. Common on raw bone diets, so confirm with diet log.
Watch
05Green: Bile-rich (rapid transit) or grass eating. Usually benign; recurring = check diet.
Normal

ENTRY 02

Consistency

What consistency tells us.

Consistency reflects hydration, fiber intake, and GI motility. We score it on a 7-point scale adapted from the Bristol Stool Chart: same logic, calibrated for canines.

4 is the sweet spot: Smooth, holds shape, easy pickup. This is what we look for on a stable diet.
1–2 = drinking more water: Persistent <3 over a week often resolves with hydration + slight fiber adjustment.
6–7 = pause and watch: Single episode after a “got into something” day = expected. Two consecutive visits = flag.
Trends matter more than days: Healthy ≠ a 4 every day. Healthy = mostly 3–5 with explainable outliers.

Adapted for canines.

01Hard pellets: Separate, like nuts. Constipation territory.
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02Lumpy log: Hard, knobbly. Mildly dehydrated.
Lean dry
03Cracked log: Sausage shape, surface cracks. Healthy edge.
Normal
04Smooth log: Sausage, smooth, holds shape. Picture-perfect. ← ideal
Ideal
05Soft blobs: Edges defined but loose. Mild looseness.
Normal
06Mushy: Fluffy, ragged edges. Diet shift, stress, or virus.
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07Liquid: No solid pieces. Diarrhea over 24 hrs = vet.
Urgent

ENTRY 03

Content

What's in the stool.

Content is what doesn't belong: mucus, parasites, hair, undigested food, bone, foreign objects. We log every notable inclusion. The ones that show up routinely become baseline; the new ones become signals.

Mucus coating: Thin sheen of jelly is normal. Heavy or recurring = colon irritation.
Visible parasites: Roundworm or tapeworm segments are always flagged urgent. Vet within 48 hrs.
Undigested food: Eating too fast, allergy, or pancreatic insufficiency. Pattern with consistency tells us which.
Foreign objects: Sock, mulch, plastic, plant matter. Always logged with photo if found.

What we flag, by severity.

Light mucus: Thin coating, occasional. Common.
Normal
Hair clumps: Some grooming buildup is fine; clumps every visit = check coat.
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Undigested kibble: Eating fast, food sensitivity, or absorption issue.
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Heavy mucus: Glistening sheets or jelly. Colon stress signal.
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Parasite segments: Tapeworm rice-grain pieces or roundworms.
Urgent
Foreign objects: Plastic, sock, sharp matter, photographed and logged.
Urgent

How we do it

The capture, in 12 seconds.

No manual logging. No photos for you to upload. Your scooper captures the 3C scan in the app during the visit, so the cleanup barely breaks stride.

The visit recap.

ColorChocolate brownNormal

ConsistencySmooth log · 4/7Ideal

ContentLight mucusWatch

All within range for Pixel, same pattern as the last 6 visits.

01Photographed in place: During normal cleanup the scooper snaps a quick photo of the stool right where it is. Nothing is collected, sealed, or kept.
~3 sec
02AI reads color & consistency: Our model measures brown-spectrum hue and surface texture against the Bristol scale, straight from that photo.
~5 sec
03Anomaly check for content: Computer vision flags inclusions in the image: mucus, parasites, hair, foreign objects, undigested food. Then it's scooped and disposed as usual.
~3 sec
04Recap delivered to your phone: Visit summary with C-C-C labels, gate photo proof, and any flagged irregularities.
Within 1 hr

What you receive

Every visit. Same format.

A simple recap link. Three labels. Trend over time. No vet-speak, just enough to spot when something shifts.

Example reportThis is a sample layout, not a real report. Pixel is not a customer's dog and this visit never happened.

March 18, 2026 at 7:42 AM

Example visit 28 of 28 · Northeast Minneapolis

Color

Chocolate brown

Score 4 of 7, within healthy range.

Normal

Consistency

Smooth log

Score 4 of 7, ideal Bristol score.

Ideal

Content

Light mucus

Common; matches Pixel's baseline.

Watch

4-week consistency trend

Improving · 28 visits

Normal (3–5)Watch (1–2 or 6)Urgent (7)

Important: This is wellness, not diagnosis.

The 3C method tracks patterns and flags changes. It does not diagnose disease. We are not a substitute for a veterinarian. We make it easier to know when to call one.

If your dog is acting sick, lethargic, refusing food, or showing acute symptoms, don't wait for a recap. Call your vet.

The stool images on this page are AI-generated illustrations, not photographs. They are drawn from veterinary references to show what each sign looks like. They are not photos of any real dog, any customer, or any sample we collected, and they are not a diagnosis.

Three letters. Real peace of mind.

Scoop service starts at $16/visit and includes the full 3C recap every time. The free app gives you 1 scan per day. Try it however you want.

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