Doody Master: Doing the job you don't want to doo
Webster - Michele Blackburn's tried a few different professions but until recently never experienced the genuine thrill of watching your own start-up business grow.
By: Pat McGonigle MARCH 26, 2008 - WHEC.com"My husband and I wanted to create our own destiny," she says. "We didn't want to deal with someone coming in some day and saying, 'You're laid off'."
Now, Blackburn's the boss of a Dansville-based business that's hard to miss if you see their trucks out on the road.
"Doodymaster dog waste removal service," Blackburns says with a sing-song delivery. "We do doo, so you don't have to."
Blackburn says Doody Master started as a small side business but now it's a full time job.
"We don't want to be just the best pooper scooper service in Rochester, we want to be the best service in Rochester," Blackburn says.
Doodymaster charges about $47 per month for weekly cleanings. The pay scale slides upwards for homes with more than two dogs.
The two worst things about the job?
"The weather, we're outside in brutal conditions sometimes," Blackburn says." And, you will step in it, from time to time."
