Dog Waste Removal in Mantoloking, NJ

Mantoloking occupies a slim stretch of the Barnegat Peninsula, the barrier island that separates the open Atlantic from Barnegat Bay. Route 35 runs the length of the borough, Downer Avenue crosses toward the water, and the Mantoloking Bridge carries traffic over the bay to Brick on the mainland. There is no real downtown here — the borough is almost entirely homes, many of them oceanfront and bayfront estates on private beaches. A large share are second residences, occupied seasonally, with owners who split their time between the shore and somewhere else.

That barrier-island setting is exactly why dog waste cannot be left to sit. On a lot this close to the water there is almost no buffer between the lawn and the tide line on the ocean side, or the bulkhead on the bay side. Rain carries whatever is on the grass toward open water, and Barnegat Bay is a sensitive estuary that the state monitors closely. Bagging and hauling waste offsite each week is the simplest way an owner keeps it out of the ocean and the bay the whole community swims, boats, and fishes in.

Mantoloking also carries a hard-earned respect for the water. It was among the towns hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy in 2012, and the borough has been rebuilt extensively in the years since, with newer, sturdier estates lining both shores. Through all of it the rhythm of a shore town stays the same — busy in summer, quiet in the off-season — and we run the route year-round, through turnover for seasonal owners and through winter for the full-timers, so the grounds are ready whether you are here or not.