Flat Rate. No Contracts. We Text Before Every Visit.
Local STL Owner — Not a Franchise. All of 63117 covered at the same flat price.
Richmond Heights sits right in the middle of the most dog-dense part of St. Louis County — surrounded by Clayton, Maplewood, Brentwood, and University City. Compact fenced yards, older neighborhood homes with character gates, and dual-income households who commute to Clayton for work. The math is simple: if you've got a dog and a job, your yard is not getting cleaned as often as it should be.
Tidy Tails is a local St. Louis dog waste removal service — not a national franchise. We cover all of Richmond Heights (63117) at a flat $70/month for weekly service. One phone number. One owner. We text you before we arrive and after we leave, every single time.
No other pet waste service in Central County does that consistently. It's the single most-mentioned detail from our customers — and it costs us nothing to do. It just takes actually caring about the job.
Richmond Heights is a compact city with distinct neighborhoods. Whether you're near the Galleria shopping area, along Dale or Wise Avenue, near the Clayton or Maplewood border — same flat rate, no zone fees, no "we don't service that block" situations.
Near The Galleria mall corridor. Mix of older bungalows and updated homes with smaller fenced yards.
Core Richmond Heights. Well-established residential blocks with fenced backyards, some alley access.
Clayton border area. Professional households, compact yards, often split between Clayton commuters and Wash U staff.
Maplewood border, closer to Manchester Ave. Older home stock with period fencing and gate quirks we know well.
Brentwood border. Dense single-family residential, some side-entry gates, mid-century construction.
All of 63117 at the same flat rate. Text (314) 850-7140 with your address and we'll confirm coverage same day.
Every block in 63117 is covered at the same price. No "we don't service that neighborhood" and no zone surcharges. You pay $70/month whether you're one block from Clayton or one block from Maplewood.
Your dog produces approximately 300 deposits per year. If you have two dogs in a compact 63117 yard, that's 600 piles per year in a space that's already small. Missouri winter means 3–4 months of accumulation before things thaw — all surfacing in March and April at once.
Tidy Tails at $70/month = $840/year, or about $2.30 per day. Less than a coffee, and your yard is never the problem.
Text (314) 850-7140 with your address and number of dogs. We confirm your start date, day of week, and gate access details. Usually takes less than 5 minutes.
30–60 minutes before we arrive, you get a text. Not every other service. Not sometimes. Every single visit. So you know to leave the gate unlocked, move the car, whatever you need to do.
Every inch. Not just a quick scan. We do a full grid of your yard — fence lines, behind bushes, corners — and bag everything out with us. Nothing left behind, nothing buried.
When we're finished, another text goes out confirming the visit is complete. You know it happened. No guessing, no checking your camera feed.
We stick to the schedule. If something changes, we text you in advance. That's it. Your yard gets cleaned like clockwork, and you never have to think about it.
No other pet waste service in Richmond Heights or Central County sends this text consistently. It's a 10-second action on our end. For you, it means you can keep the gate locked, let your dog out that morning without worrying, and actually know the service ran without checking a camera. It's the thing our customers mention most in reviews. We're not stopping.
| Service | Price | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly — 1-2 Dogs | $70/month | ~$2.30/day flat. Every week, same day. |
| Weekly — 3-4 Dogs | $80/month | Still a flat monthly rate. No per-dog fee games. |
| Weekly — 5+ Dogs | $90/month | Flat rate for larger multi-dog households. |
| Bi-Weekly Service | $45/visit | Every other week. Good for 1 small dog. |
| One-Time Spring Cleanup | From $75 | Post-winter deep clean. No commitment required. |
Pricing is flat and doesn't change based on yard size. Your Richmond Heights yard — whether it's 500 sq ft or 1,200 sq ft — pays the same rate.
| Factor | Tidy Tails | National Franchise | Craigslist | DIY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Heights Coverage | ✓ Dedicated | ~ Sporadic | ✗ Unknown | — |
| Monthly Cost (2 dogs) | $70 flat | $78–$108 | Varies | $0 + time |
| "On My Way" Text | ✓ Every visit | ✗ No | ✗ No | — |
| Local Owner | ✓ Yes | ✗ Corporate | ~ Maybe | — |
| Flat Rate (no yard-size fee) | ✓ Yes | ✗ Often not | ✗ Varies | — |
| No Contracts | ✓ Month-to-month | ✗ Often locked in | ~ Unreliable | — |
| Annual Cost (2 dogs, weekly) | $840 | $936–$1,300 | Unreliable | $0 + 25+ hrs |
"I work in Clayton and my evenings are shot. Having Tidy Tails come through 63117 once a week is the best $70 I spend. The texts are everything — I know exactly when they came without having to check anything."
"We have a pretty compact yard near the Maplewood border. I was worried they'd charge more or have trouble with our old gate, but it was zero issue. Same price, same day every week, no drama."
Richmond Heights gets the same Missouri winter everyone else does — 3–4 months where poop freezes, gets covered by snow, freezes again, and all surfaces at once in March. A two-dog household can have 150+ piles emerge in a single thaw week. One-time spring cleanups start at $75 and require no commitment to recurring service. Text "spring cleanup Richmond Heights" to (314) 850-7140.
Richmond Heights has a lot of mid-century housing stock — 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s builds with period fencing and gates that don't always behave. Chain-link with wire latches, wood gates with padlock combos, side-gate access through narrow passages. We document all of it on your account at setup so every visit runs smoothly, no matter who's doing the route that day.
Richmond Heights is effectively a bedroom community for Clayton's professional corridor. Long days, late arrivals home, and no bandwidth for yard work on weekends. The whole service is designed for exactly this: you're out by 7:30 AM, we text you at 10 AM before we arrive, and you get a "done" text at 10:45. You check your phone at lunch, see it's handled, and never think about it again.
Homes in Richmond Heights move well when they're presented well. Listing photos with a waste-free yard, open houses with a fresh backyard — we do one-time cleanups specifically for sellers. Mention you're listing and we'll prioritize scheduling within 48 hours. A clean yard photographs better and keeps potential buyers from bouncing at the backyard door.
Two dogs in a 600 sq ft Richmond Heights backyard means roughly one deposit per 1.5 square feet of usable space by the end of every week. It's not a big yard — it fills up fast. Weekly service at $80/month for a 2-dog household is $2.66 a day. The alternative is a yard that's genuinely unusable for you, your kids, or your guests.
If that's you, no pressure — we're not going to hard-sell anyone. But if any of those first bullets landed, text us.
Text or call — we typically reply within a few hours. First cleanup is FREE. No contracts, no commitment required to try it.
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