no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . june 2016 pet butler franchise services inc. industry service founded 1998 founder matt boswell headquarters seattle washington u.s. area served united states key people jerrod sessler chief excrement officer 1 services franchising ; pet waste cleanup website petbutler.com pet butler is a franchise specializing in pet waste cleanup and disposal operated by pet butler franchise services inc. it is not to be confused with the local sydney dog walking and pet minding company based in australia of the same name history edit claiming roots back to 1988 the business was formally founded in dallas texas in 1998 and began franchising in 2006 with over 126 franchises opened as of 2010 2 up from just 17 franchises in 2006 according to the new york times . 3 franchisees pay a 24 900 franchise fee according to a 2006 report . 3 in 2008 company founder matt red boswell sold the original dallas ft. worth area territories to mark hamel for 1.2 million enabling boswell to focus on growing the north american franchise operations rather than cleaning up after 5 000 area dogs each week . 4 mark hamel sold the dfw franchise to pet love groomers . 5 jokes and puns edit the pet butler web site and media coverage of the company and franchises are rife with jokes and puns . need a job get the scoop . 1 1 in the 2 business . 1 it s a crappy job but somebody has to do it . 2 when we go into a yard to clean up the waste we toss it in the neighbor s yard and leave a card . 2 we ve saved more marriages than dr. phil . 2 looking for a crappy job we re hiring . 6 the web site features a turdometer which shows a purported running figure for how many poops have been scooped . 7 references edit a b c need a job get the scoop julie wernau chicago tribune january 12 2010 convenience copy covered at nbc chicago . a b c d pet butler hopes to scoop up profits in new mexico megan kamerick new mexico business weekly march 29 2010 . a b preferring the end of a leash to being chained to a desk mary ann mott the new york times september 4 2006 . pet butler sells dallas fort worth franchises dallas business journal may 20 2008 . http www.petbutler.com pbx company local franchise.asp there s money in that pet poop gulf coast business review march 11 2010 . dog poop project in france seeks to turn feces into fertilizer a. craig copetas bloomberg business week april 20 2011 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pet butler & oldid 737201205 categories franchisescompanies established in 1998companies based in seattlehidden categories orphaned articles from june 2016all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 09 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view