Peninsula cat owners who are squeamish about cleaning out the litter box have reason to rejoice! Bay Area business owners, Rick and Paulette Nava of DoodyCalls have officially extended their pet poop-removal business to include cats. It's a savvy move considering that felines outnumber their canine counterparts by more than 10 million, according to the 2007 U.S.
A waste-removal franchisor is looking to scoop up new business by targeting cat owners. DoodyCalls, which launched in 2000 and began franchising four years later, originally marketed itself as a service for cleaning up after dogs.
It's the rare pet owner who will tell you he or she enjoys cleaning up after the dog. That's especially true if the owner has more than one dog with free rein of the yard. For those pet owners who need a little extra help when it comes to cleaning up after their pet, DoodyCalls is their answer.
Jack Nicol: BrightStar Care in Jupiter, Florida"[My wife, Diane, and I] ran a manufacturing business for 27 years and sold it in 2006 - we had accumulated enough cash to retire, but lost some in the stock market downturn.
When doody calls, the Gormans answer. Lois and Mike Gorman, of El Dorado Hills, recently started their own business as owners of DoodyCalls. "We help people with busy schedules take care of the single-most unpleasant and time consuming aspect of pet ownership," Mike Gorman said. "We're the number one in the number two business."
When Justin Kopelman was fresh out of college, he didn't interview for jobs or choose a set career path. Instead, he tried his hand at entrepreneurship and purchased a Pita Pit franchise. At 29, Shawn Ligon struck out for business ownership and invested in a DoodyCalls franchise.
Last week, a DoodyCalls Pet Waste Removal employee in St. Louis went above and beyond the call of duty. When he found $58 in a pile of poop, he left a note for the owner, carefully brought it home in a zip-lock baggie to be washed, and returned the cash the following day.
(June 22) -- Who knew that money could become more valuable after it's been digested? Last week, we reported that Steve Wilson, of the St. Louis company DoodyCalls Pet Waste Removal, found $58 worth of chewed currency in a pile of doggy doo.
(June 16) -- Pet waste removal is a dirty job -- so it's only fitting that Steve Wilson got compensated in dirty money. Wilson, a worker with the St. Louis firm DoodyCalls Pet Waste Removal, was cleaning up after a dog when he spotted what appeared to be a bit of half-digested U.S.
Picture the loveliest, most inviting thing you can imagine: the cool crispness of a bed made with freshly laundered sheets, the warm peach fuzz on a baby's head, the clink of ice cubes in a cocktail glass as you watch the sun set over the beach.
Joseph Gliottone has a quick comeback to his former advertising colleagues when they ask him about his new job picking up dog poop. "It's the same product category, but a different clientele," said Gliottone, 53, who was a senior vice president of print production at an ad agency in Boston, and earned $158,000 a year before being laid off in December 2008.
The unemployment rate may be north of 10%, but pet-product makers are booming. According to the National Pet Owners Survey, about 71 million U.S. households, or 62%, owned at least one pet in 2008, up from just 56% in 1988, the first year the survey was conducted.
When President Obama declared a National Day of Service on September 11th, the folks from DoodyCalls had already gotten a head start. Franchisees, employees and even the president of the pet waste removal franchise spent September 10th giving the National Mall a much-needed makeover by doing what they do best--scooping poop.
They swoop in when marriage counselors have failed, when all negotiations have broken down and Congress can't step in to help. They are the nation's poop scoopers. Just last week we watched these valiant men and women fan out across the Mall, executing their flawless flick-and-scoop technique to banish the goose droppings and doggie doo that are fouling the nation's front yard.
NEWBURYPORT - This time last year, Plum Island resident Joseph Gliottone was senior vice president of print production at one of the country's largest advertising agencies in Boston. Today, Gliottone scoops dog poop.
Broom in hand, trash can in tow, Mark Burnett arrived at Constitution Gardens on Thursday with a mission: Rid the Mall of poop. Others might volunteer to sweep up trash, paint benches or pull weeds, but Burnett and the 14 others who joined him for the "Scoop Up" are experts in poop.
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