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Dog-Waste Entrepreneur To Hire Staff After Building Profitable Yorkshire Service

Her scooping business delivers high income with shorter hours, showing how a niche local service can change a career.

Overview

  • Emma Garner is recruiting a new staff member so she can semi-retire, reflecting sustained demand across West and South Yorkshire.
  • She now earns a high five-figure income and used the profits to buy a £195,000 four-bed semi in Wakefield.
  • Garner launched The Dog Poo Professionals in 2014 and went full-time in 2016 after redundancy from an 11-year claims assessor job.
  • Weekly visits start at £14 for one dog with £4 per extra dog, and she serves hundreds of customers on a weekly schedule.
  • She added pet nail trimming and says many clients have mobility or health challenges, pushing back on the idea that they are lazy.