Franchise Profile

Hampton Roads, Virginia

Local Owners: Doug and Sarah Barnhart

In January 2007, Sarah and I opened the first DoodyCalls franchise in the SE corner of Virginia.

Our pooper scooper service cleans yards and communities in the cities that make up the Hampton Roads / Tidewater, Virginia region, including: Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach.

Prior to starting DoodyCalls, I worked in the shipping industry focusing primarily on export regulatory compliance and logistics. Sarah was (and continues to be) the full-time mother of our two boys.  Despite the time put into keeping the area free of pet waste, both of us continue to be involved in the community by volunteering in a wide range of activities, such as: youth baseball coaching and hurricane disaster relief.

In 2004, we hired DoodyCalls to help keep my mother’s yard, in Oak Hill, VA, nice and clean. Having been so impressed with the professional and affordable service offered by DoodyCalls, we begged Jacob and Susan to let us know if they ever branched out.  Given the problems with run-off and dog-poop-borne bacteria in local our waterways and the lack of service providers, we figured this area would be a great place to introduce DoodyCalls. Needless to say, we learned that DoodyCalls was franchising in mid-2006 and the rest is history.

The way DoodyCalls pet waste removal service works is pretty simple: a uniformed, friendly, and insured technician will arrive at your home, enter the yard, pick up the poop, and quietly leave. There are no contracts, and you will never need to pick up after your dog again! Give us a try or learn more about our residential pet waste removal services!

We enjoy working with home owners associations (HOAs), apartment communities, and parks. We clean common areas and also sell, install, maintain, and service pet waste stations. We also sell pet waste station supplies and dog waste bags Give us a try or learn more about our community pet waste management services.

We understand that we must all work together to keep our environment clean and we (Doug and Sarah) are members of the Elizabeth River Project.

We truly are experts in what we “doo,” and we want your business.