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A metropark next door, a lawn at home
Ray Township has room to breathe: 3,780 people on about 36 square miles, with Wolcott Mill Metropark taking up around a tenth of the land. If you have a dog and a yard out here, you also have a chore that never quite ends.
We scoop the whole township. Yards up to an acre with up to four dogs get a price online in about 30 seconds; bigger properties get a custom quote.
Where Ray dogs roam
Start at Ray Township Community Park on Wolcott Road. It has a walking path, and dogs are allowed on a six-foot hard leash: no retractable or electronic leashes, and you're expected to clean up after your dog. The park is open 8 a.m. to dusk.
Down the road, Wolcott Mill Metropark has 4.25 miles of paved North Branch Trails, and pets on a six-foot leash are allowed there too. Keep dogs off the equestrian trails and out of the farm areas. After a morning of sniffing near the river, your dog will come home and make a few contributions of its own. That's our cue.
Ray Township Community Park
Leashed dogs welcome
64255 Wolcott Rd., with a walking path; open 8 a.m. to dusk. Six-foot hard leash only (no retractable or electronic), and clean up after your dog.
Wolcott Mill Metropark
Leashed dogs welcome
Along the North Branch of the Clinton River: pets on a 6-foot leash on the 4.25-mile paved North Branch Trails, but not on the equestrian trails or in farm areas.
Room to spread out
With 3,780 residents on roughly 36 square miles, Ray Township has room to spread out, and the 2,600-acre Wolcott Mill Metropark covers about a tenth of it.
Pricing is simple either way. Up to an acre and up to four dogs, you'll see your price online in about 30 seconds. Over an acre, or over four dogs, we'll send a custom quote. Weekly suits most dogs with a big lawn to patrol, and twice a week makes sense for packs.
Along the North Branch
The North Branch of the Clinton River runs through Wolcott Mill Metropark, and Coon Creek and Tupper Brook cross the township too. All three belong to the North Branch subwatershed, which the Clinton River Watershed Council says is about 60 percent active farmland.
The council also notes that rain and snowmelt entering storm drains flow straight to the Clinton River and then Lake St. Clair, and that runoff picks up pet waste. A dog yard that gets scooped on schedule sends a lot less of that downstream.
