If the title of this article has you chuckling, that's okay. I pick up dog poop for a living and I'm willing to share some insider secrets about it.
Why in the world would I want to do a thing like this? Was I forced into it? Was I just so desperate that I'd take any kind of job? No and no to the last two questions. I was intrigued by it, tried it and found I really liked it in a short time span. It's just has so many things to like about it.
If there's a simpler business out there I'd like to know about it. Picking up dog poop is simple any way you look at it. The concept, the tools, the collection methodology, the routing of stops; it just doesn't get any more basic than this. And that's what appealed to me most.
You have only two simple tools; a long-handled scoop and an over-sized hotel lobby dust pan (also with a long handle so there's no bending over). When you arrive at a customer's house you unload both and line the bin with a small plastic garbage bag. Go the yard you need to clean and begin making systematic sweeps back and forth in paths about five feet apart. When you encounter piles, stop, set the bin behind the target and make a smooth sweep with the scoop depositing the pile in the bin and move on. Continue like this until you've covered the whole yard. That's the process!
When done, take your tools and the product you picked up back to the vehicle. Gather the edges of the small bag in the bin and pull it out. Open a large garbage bag and deposit the small one into it. Put your scoop into a bucket containing about six inches of sanitizer (to clean it between stops), load it into the vehicle with the bin and you're off to the next stop.
The time it takes to complete the process can vary due to the size of the yard and the number of dogs. It averages in our case to between 15 and twenty minutes per stop.
Maximizing your route comes from organizing stops to be as close to one another as possible. If done right you can manage up to 3 stops per hour without too much effort.
Like most people in the business, we charge by the dog. We now average $16 per stop per week. When we can manage those 3 stops per hour, we are making nearly $50 an hour. Are you starting to get the picture?
Our routes are still a little too spread out so we only average 1.6 stops per hour, but that's still over $25 per hour! Not bad for unskilled labor and it's only going to get better as we get more customers to maximize our routes.
A lot of other advantages come with this kind of job. You get to be outside, you can set your own hours, you don't have to come up with a lot of money to start out, you're not dealing with the public much and maybe we're just lucky but most of our customers are good pays.
Pride would get in the way for a lot of people considering this kind of work. But does pride pay the bills? Not at our house. Our bills get paid after we pick up dog poop!
Why in the world would I want to do a thing like this? Was I forced into it? Was I just so desperate that I'd take any kind of job? No and no to the last two questions. I was intrigued by it, tried it and found I really liked it in a short time span. It's just has so many things to like about it.
If there's a simpler business out there I'd like to know about it. Picking up dog poop is simple any way you look at it. The concept, the tools, the collection methodology, the routing of stops; it just doesn't get any more basic than this. And that's what appealed to me most.
You have only two simple tools; a long-handled scoop and an over-sized hotel lobby dust pan (also with a long handle so there's no bending over). When you arrive at a customer's house you unload both and line the bin with a small plastic garbage bag. Go the yard you need to clean and begin making systematic sweeps back and forth in paths about five feet apart. When you encounter piles, stop, set the bin behind the target and make a smooth sweep with the scoop depositing the pile in the bin and move on. Continue like this until you've covered the whole yard. That's the process!
When done, take your tools and the product you picked up back to the vehicle. Gather the edges of the small bag in the bin and pull it out. Open a large garbage bag and deposit the small one into it. Put your scoop into a bucket containing about six inches of sanitizer (to clean it between stops), load it into the vehicle with the bin and you're off to the next stop.
The time it takes to complete the process can vary due to the size of the yard and the number of dogs. It averages in our case to between 15 and twenty minutes per stop.
Maximizing your route comes from organizing stops to be as close to one another as possible. If done right you can manage up to 3 stops per hour without too much effort.
Like most people in the business, we charge by the dog. We now average $16 per stop per week. When we can manage those 3 stops per hour, we are making nearly $50 an hour. Are you starting to get the picture?
Our routes are still a little too spread out so we only average 1.6 stops per hour, but that's still over $25 per hour! Not bad for unskilled labor and it's only going to get better as we get more customers to maximize our routes.
A lot of other advantages come with this kind of job. You get to be outside, you can set your own hours, you don't have to come up with a lot of money to start out, you're not dealing with the public much and maybe we're just lucky but most of our customers are good pays.
Pride would get in the way for a lot of people considering this kind of work. But does pride pay the bills? Not at our house. Our bills get paid after we pick up dog poop!
About the Author:
If you live in Northwest Houston, Texas and want the best Pooper-Scooper extant to pick up dog poop, stop by her Yard Doody website at http://www.pick-up-dog-poop.com and take a look at her customer testimonials. You'll be glad you did!
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