Dog Waste Removal in Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ

Avon-by-the-Sea is about as compact as a Jersey Shore town gets — a tidy grid of streets squeezed between the Shark River to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. The river and its inlet form the working waterfront, the beachfront and boardwalk run the eastern edge, and freshwater Sylvan Lake sits along the southern boundary with Bradley Beach. Main Street and Route 71 carry the through-traffic, while the residential blocks in between are lined with closely spaced Victorian-era cottages on lots that rarely give a dog much room to roam. It is a walkable, pedestrian town — which means yards stay in plain view of every neighbor.

That geography is exactly why dog waste cannot just sit on the grass. On a small lot this close to the water, there is almost no buffer between the lawn and a storm drain that runs toward the river, the inlet, or the surf. Stormwater runoff is a well-documented way that pet waste left outdoors reaches local waterways, and Sylvan Lake and the Shark River are both part of that picture. Bagging and hauling waste offsite every week is the simplest, most reliable way for an Avon homeowner or rental owner to keep it out of the water the town is built around.

Avon also swells every summer. Seasonal renters and second-home owners arrive with their dogs, the already-small lots fill up fast, and a backyard that was fine on Memorial Day weekend is overdue by the Fourth of July. We run the borough year-round — through the off-season for the full-timers and through the busy turnover months for the rentals — so the yard is handled whether you are there or not.