Quick answer — Weekly dog poop removal for a one-dog Germantown yard runs about $74–$87 per month across the three Memphis-area rate cards that publish a weekly price. Twice-weekly service for one dog runs about $117–$121 per month across two published rate cards. Germantown Municipal Code Sec. 5-8 requires residents to keep their own property clear of pet waste — the only pet-waste section in the local set with an own-lot clause.
Dog poop removal is a scheduled yard service: a technician walks the yard end to end on a fixed day, collects and bags every deposit, and carries the waste off the property. Germantown Pooper Scooper publishes what the local market charges for that work and routes service requests to the operator covering the address.
What does weekly dog poop removal cost in Germantown?
Two of the eight companies serving the Memphis metro publish a rate card a homeowner can actually read before filling in a form.1 Those published rates, converted to a monthly figure, are the only prices shown anywhere on this site.
Most Germantown homes with 1 dog on weekly service pay about $74–$87 per month, based on 3 published Memphis-area rate cards, Sept 2026.1 Most Germantown homes with 2 dogs on weekly service pay about $80–$86 per month, based on 2 published Memphis-area rate cards, Sept 2026.2
Three, four and five-dog yards have exactly one published rate behind them, which is not a market range — it is one company’s number. The estimator on this page shows no price for those, and the cost guide lists every published figure with its source so the gap is visible rather than papered over.
How often does a Germantown yard need service?
Frequency tracks dog count and how the yard is used, not yard size. The published rate cards price four schedules; only two of them have enough published data to show a range.
| Schedule | Published monthly range | Rate cards behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Twice weekly, 1 dog | $117–$121 | 2 |
| Weekly, 1 dog | $74–$87 | 3 |
| Weekly, 2 dogs | $80–$86 | 2 |
| Every other week | No published rate | 0 |
| One-time cleanup | No published rate | 0 |
No Memphis-metro company publishes an every-other-week or one-time price.3 Both schedules are offered across the market; the price simply is not posted, which is why the form exists.
What does a recurring visit include?
A visit is a full sweep of the accessible yard, not a spot check. The scope that every published service description in this market shares is narrow and worth stating plainly:
- Every accessible area of the yard is walked, including along fence lines and under decks where waste collects.
- Waste is collected, bagged, and removed from the property.
- Gates are closed behind the technician.
Lawn care, landscaping, leaf removal and litter-box work are separate trades and are not part of a pet-waste visit. The one-time yard cleanup page covers what a catch-up visit adds when a yard has gone months without service.
What does Germantown’s code require of a dog owner?
Germantown Municipal Code Sec. 5-8 carries two separate duties. The first covers other people’s ground: an owner “shall immediately remove any excreta deposited by his animal on public walks, recreation areas, public streets or private property of others.”4 The second is the one most Germantown residents have never read: “Residents shall regularly rid their property of animal and pet waste.”4
That own-lot clause is what separates Germantown from its neighbors. Collierville, Memphis and Shelby County each require prompt removal from property other than the owner’s, and none of the three carries an equivalent own-lot waste section. A violation of the Germantown animal chapter is a misdemeanor under Sec. 5-10(b), and Sec. 1-10 sets the general penalty at a fine not exceeding $500.00 for each violation, with each day treated as a separate violation.5 That figure is a statutory ceiling, not a ticket price.
The Germantown pet waste ordinance guide sets all four codes side by side and covers how a complaint about a neighbor actually reaches the City.
Which Germantown ZIP codes are covered?
Germantown is 38138 and 38139. Germantown has 15,551 households and 86.2% owner-occupied housing, the highest owner-occupancy of any launch town on this site.6 Poplar Estates, Dogwood Grove, Kimbrough Woods and Forest Hill-Irene all sit inside those two ZIP codes.7
Service also reaches East Memphis, Collierville and Cordova. An address outside those ZIP codes can still use the form — it is flagged as out of area and answered rather than dropped.
Sources
- ON DOODY, residential rate table (Once a Week / Twice a Week, 1–4 dogs), captured Sept 15 2026 — ondoody.com/residential/. Zippy Scoops, Germantown page: weekly service starts at $18 per visit — zippyscoops901.com/germantown-dog-waste-removal/. Scoop 901: rates start at $20 per visit — scoop901.com.
- Zippy Scoops, Germantown page: "Most Germantown families with 1–2 dogs on weekly service pay around $72–$80 per month," captured Sept 15 2026 — zippyscoops901.com/germantown-dog-waste-removal/.
- Rate cards and service pages for all eight Memphis-metro operators reviewed Sept 15 2026; none publishes an every-other-week or one-time price.
- Germantown Municipal Code Sec. 5-8, Animal waste — library.municode.com — Germantown Sec. 5-8.
- Germantown Municipal Code Sec. 1-10, General penalty — library.municode.com — Germantown Sec. 1-10.
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates, Germantown city, TN (GEOID 1600000US4728960), tables DP02 and DP04 — data.census.gov.
- City of Germantown, Neighborhoods & Code Compliance — germantown-tn.gov — Neighborhoods.
