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The Effect of Sign Prompts and Modeling on Encouraging Dog Owners to Pick-up Dog Droppings in Chicago, Illinois

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Jason, L. A., Zolik, E. S., & Matese, F. J. (1979). Prompting dog owners to pick up dog droppings. American Journal of Community Psychology, 7, 3, 339-351.
After conducting a literature review, sign prompts and modeling were identified as effective tool for encouraging dog owners to pick up after their dogs. Therefore, these tools we…

Proper Disposal of Pet Waste

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Unknown Aug 21, 2006 11:47 am
I am looking for research that has identified the perceived barriers and benefits to pet owners cleaning up after their pets. I am also looking for information on programs that ha…

Looking for New Ideas for Pet Waste Ed. Campaign

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Mary Middleton Olympia Aug 7, 2008 23:35 pm
I'm looking for new ideas to refresh my pet waste education campaign I've been running for the past 4 years. We currently have bus signs that advertise our message two months out …

Follow-Up Data on Two Dog-Litter Reduction Interventions

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Jason, L. A. & Zolik, E. S. (1980). Follow-up data on two dog-litter reduction interventions. American Journal of Community Psychology, 8, 6, 737-741.
Conducted a follow-up of 2 studies by the 1st author et al . The behavioral technology techniques used to reduce dog litter were successful, particularly in the 2nd study, which i…

Decreasing Dog Litter: Behavioral Consultation to Help a Community Group

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Jason, L. A., McCoy, K., Blanco, D., & Zolik, E. S. (1980). Decreasing dog litter: Behavioral consultation to help a community group. Evaluation Review, 4, 3, 355-369.
Describes a collaborative effort between a community group and a university group of community psychologists seeking to improve the excessive depositing of dog feces on sidewalks …

Prompting Dog Owners to Pick Up Dog Droppings

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Jason, L. A., Zolik, E. S., & Matese, F. J. (1979). Prompting dog owners to pick up dog droppings. American Journal of Community Psychology, 7, 3, 339-351.
The present study investigated daily dog droppings and the amount picked up by owners in an urban area. In addition, two behavioral strategies (signs, instructions plus modeling)…

Pet Waste Outreach Campaigns

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Jill Sarick Santos Ventura Jan 26, 2010 15:52 pm
I am interested in hearing from others who've conducted successful pet waste campaigns; specifically showing a marked behavior change (i.e. more poop picked up).... Jill Sarick…

Dog Waste and How it Affects our Environment

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Tom Gorzelski Flint May 4, 2010 9:28 am
I am researching dog waste and how it affects our environment not only on contaminating watersheds, but the health of pets and people as well. Looking for more specific research …

Dog Waste Management

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Jan Carr St. Paul Jun 20, 2011 1:59 am
The number of off-leash dog parks across the US has increased dramatically in the past few years. Managing dog waste has been a particular problem. I have two questions: 1) Doe…

Scooping your Pets Waste: Information Needed

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Erin Jackson Portsmouth Jan 25, 2012 16:12 pm
We are looking for any information on current programs concerning Scooping your dogs(pet) waste. We are also looking for reports, programs, and materials that will give us existin…

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