Poop Scooping lawns—the business is really picking up

No longer the domain of small local businesses, the dog poop scooping business has gone franchise. One company is now operating in 14 states with expected revenue of $2.5 million this year with new locations being added steadily.

Operating under names like Doody Calls, Pet Butler, Poop ‘n Scoop, Grand Poohbah and Scoop De Doo, this is the fastest growing business in the $2.7 billion pet care industry today. About 400 businesses nationwide offer the service to homeowners.

Prices depend on the number of dogs and the size of the yard, but typically companies will charge $15 for a weekly scooping for a chore the homeowner may not want to do. For these companies business is always picking up.

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[I was White Trash when White Trash wasn't Cool]

I love the name "Doody Calls"!

[tom]

what we need to do is train our dogs like the one pictured !!

[Sally]

American ingenuity...or something like that.

[Dirty Butter]

This was always one of my chores as a child, but I sure didn't get paid $15 a week for it! LOL

[Ed]

maybe they could turn the poop into energy like San Francisco wants to do.

[Laura]

Did you know that there is now a Barbie doll that comes with her own pooping dog? You can see it on the Barbie web site. I'm not sure if it's good to start teaching kids to clean up after their dogs or creepy to have the dog pooh after eating a "biscuit."

[Therese]

So, does this mean I owe myself $15 for the time I spent wandering the backyard with a couple of plastic grocery bags this afternoon?

[Faith]

I say take the 15$ and every time you clean up your yard you put it aside for a vacation :D

But then I can also see where ultra-busy people would find this a valuable service.

[Andrew]

Indeed interesting!

[PuppyDeal.com]

perhaps I need to start my scooping business with enought clients I can make some nice aditional income
Thanks for the post

James the puppy master
www.puppydeal.com