And, according to the unofficial guru of poop scooping, it remains a fertile field ripe for cleaning up by cleaning up after dogs and other domesticated creatures that do their duty outside. Several converging societal movements, so to speak, are driving the boom, including the growing number of two-earner households willing to pay others to do chores they have no time for, and a rise in pet and home ownership. He also has written a book packed with all you need to know to start your own service.
Slogans are no less clever.
Frivolity aside, owners say they work hard cleaning yards and marketing their business. An Internet message board at Osborn's site is filled with proprietors sharing tips on advertising, debating the utility of shovels vs. rakes, discussing the different results of kibble and canned doggie diets, warning of the danger of repetitive-stress injuries, and commiserating about slow seasons. If you are not scooping you are thinking poop. My husband thinks I have poop on the brain. Most scoopers can handle about six yards per hour.