The City of Bartlesville could soon require pet owners to clean up after their animals or face stiff fines. The city began drafting a 'poop law' after someone complained about the bad behavior of neighborhood dogs. At Classic Pets in Bartlesville, they've got pooper scoopers big enough to hold Chihuahuas. But, if a new law passes, they'll be holding a whole lot more of something a lot less cute.

The lawn looks great, the bushes, neatly trimmed, but one unwelcome gift from fido can ruin everything.

"You know, why don't you pick it up," says Regena Stewart, supportive of a proposal to make poop scooping mandatory.

"There's a lot of people that take their dogs walking, even their big dogs and they just let them go in somebody else's yard and do their business and walk on."

"I've got a dog, I've got twelve head of cattle, I've got two buffalo and I've got a mule," says Police Chief Tom Holland, who is well versed in the world of poop. But even with all that experience, the law will be a challenge.

"It's gonna be difficult for us to enforce," he says. "Police officers in Oklahoma have to visually see the crime to take appropriate action. We have to see the dog relieveing himself or herself."

Jacqueline Judd's dogs go to 'the office' and are regularaly scooped for their own safety.

"Dogs can get jardia and several other infections from smelling the poop of infected dogs, so I just believe in picking up poop."

Fines will range from $25 to $250, and are not, thankfully, based on the size of the offense.

"No, I hope not because that implies that we'll be out there measuring, and I've not talked to my officers yet," Holland says.

And one final note -- while dogs are obviously the main focus of the ordinance, it also applies to cats.

Broken Arrow currently has a similar ordinance. If approved in Bartlesville, the measure could go into effect in the next few months.