Local scoop
Anchor Bay canals to open country
Chesterfield Township runs from the canals along Anchor Bay to farmland north of 23 Mile Road, and about 45,000 people call it home. Whatever your yard looks like, your dog has been busy in it.
We scoop both of the township's ZIP codes, 48047 and 48051, even when your mail says New Baltimore. Every visit starts with an on-the-way text and ends with a gate-check photo.
Where Chesterfield dogs roam
Chesterfield Township opened its parks to leashed dogs with an ordinance change in December 2023. Brandenburg Park, the waterfront park on Jefferson Avenue, has a paved walking path and a 530-foot fishing pier, though dogs have to skip the pier. Pollard Park on New Haven Road has a paved path and wooded land along the Salt River, and the Salt River Nature Preserve on Hooker Road adds another paved path right by the river.
Splash pads and ball diamonds are off-limits to dogs. Off your property, township code says your dog must be leashed and its poop picked up right away. The walk is yours. The yard can be ours.
Brandenburg Park
Leashed dogs welcome
The township's waterfront park at 50050 Jefferson Ave., with a paved walking path and a 530-foot fishing pier. Leashed dogs welcome, but not on the splash pad, pier or ball diamonds.
Pollard Park
Leashed dogs welcome
55550 New Haven Rd., along the Salt River, with a paved walking path and forested land. Leashed dogs, but not on the ball diamonds.
Salt River Nature Preserve
Leashed dogs welcome
33265 Hooker Rd., on the Salt River, with a paved walking path and a soft-shore kayak launch.
Small lake lots and big north-end yards
Chesterfield's population is concentrated south of 23 Mile Road and east of Gratiot, where many small lots line Lake St. Clair and its canals. North of 23 Mile, homes sit on medium and large lots mixed with farmland and open land.
A compact canal lot with one dog may only need us every other week. A bigger yard with two or three dogs usually does better weekly, and twice a week keeps up with a busy pack. Yards up to an acre and up to four dogs price online. Bigger yards or packs get a custom quote.
The Salt River's last miles
The Salt River winds through Chesterfield Township and empties into Anchor Bay here. The township belongs to both the Anchor Bay and Clinton River watershed groups, and it names runoff carrying animal feces as one of the things that hurts local water.
The county health department's advice is to clean up pet waste routinely and put it in the garbage. That's the whole job. We double-bag it into your outdoor trash can, or take it with us if you add haul-away.
The local rule: Off your property, your dog must be leashed, and you must pick up its poop right away and dispose of it properly on any public or private land. (Chesterfield Township Code Sec. 10-16 (Ordinance No. 202, effective May 15, 2025))
