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Hound Mounds dog and pet waste cleanup service keeps customer yards POOP FREE in Austin, Dallas Fort Worth and Denver areas. Now offering franchises to cities across America!
If the idea of scooping poop for a living doesn't just make you buckle over and laugh Hound Mounds doesn't know what will. Hound Mounds has been making people laugh since 2005 doing what we doo scooping over a 1000 yards a month now. Our customers when they first hear about us laugh too until they hear we are for real and affordable (starting at $10-$15 per visit depending on the number of dogs), then they usually sign up for service. Due to the overwhelming local demand for Hound Mounds pet waste cleanup services, they have decided to increase their service coverage area through the offering of franchises nationwide.
According to the APPMA 2007-2008 pet survey:
Of those millions of dog owners in the United States, guess what the least favorite thing that all of them like about their furry companions? If you haven't guessed it already it's picking up where their pet left off. It is quite possibly the most natural recurring opportunity of "see a need, fill a need" that we've come across to date. This need will never go away as long as dogs are household pets, after all somebody has to doo the dirty work!
People are talking about how they can make their lives easier. Hound Mounds may not be the entire answer to making people's lives easier but they are at least the answer to the most smelly part of it! Dozens upon dozens of people write or call into us regularly on how great our service is and how much we help make their lives easier. We have heard everything from "saving their marriage" to "wanting to have more dogs" to "keeping peaceful relations with their neighbors when their dogs seem to doo their business outside of their own yard." Whatever the reason, the need is clearly there.
Although the idea of scooping poop for a living may hit your funny bone, our experience is one thing that is no laughing matter. Our experience includes:
Hound Mounds founder/owner has more than 10 years experience working as a consultant for 3 of the top 4 consulting firms in the world. He has an IT business consulting and programming background in Management Information Systems from the Business School at the University of Texas at Austin. He has also worked on projects for more than 2 dozen Fortune 500 companies implementing management operational and reporting systems and processes in each. This experience is at the core of how Hound Mounds systems and processes were built. It gives comfort to our franchisees that the growth of the company and its brand is in good hands.
Hound Mounds National Operations Manager is an expert in customer service and has more than 20 years of experience in dealing with customer relationship and management experience and simply put ... making sure customers needs are met. In addition to the process and technology know how there is no denying that customer satisfaction is essential to the success of Hound Mounds pet waste cleanup business model.
Hound Mounds field scoopers are also amongst the friendliest pet and dog lovers you will meet. Hound Mound employees are hired under very strict guidelines. Number 1 they must be pet and dog friendly but equally as much important they must be responsible people that take pride in doing their job well. Hound Mounds rewards their employees with semi annual bonuses for the great customer service they deliver year round which is part of their employee reward program.
Many people ask, after getting over the fact that the we scoop poop for a living, how do you manage all of that poop, the schedules, routes and customers? The very complicated answer we make simple. It's a very well balanced recipe of People, Process, Technology and Marketing.
All Hound Mounds Franchisees receive the following benefits:
Schedule it, Scoop it, Bill it, DONE!! This system is the heart of what brings it all together. Our BARCS system is state of the art custom developed web-based enterprise management software. BARCS stands for Billing Administrative Routing & Customer Scheduling system. BARCS, our custom built technology, coupled together with our proven processes, people and marketing is a winning combination that provides the following to each of our franchisees:
Hound Mounds provides professional pet and dog waste cleanup and pooper scooper services to several major cities across the US. We proudly clean over 1000 yards each month and dispose of pet and dog waste in a safe and sanitary way. Hound Mounds is always looking to expand our franchise network into new cities with smart and energetic people that don't mind getting their hands dirty and that their number 1 job is cleaning up number 2.
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