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CHANCE TO ENJOY THE BEST OUT OF YOUR DOG (2018)
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Sonja Tengdin was a bond trader and busy mother of two before venturing into the world of dog poo in 2001. Finding it impossible to convince the kids to pick up after their dogs (without getting paid), she stumbled on an idea. An idea that was popular where she grew up in California, but not here. So she took a chance, and ScoopyPoo DoggyDoo Pickup was born. She has a great sense of humor, but even though she jokes about the task ScoopyPoo performs, she isn’t shy about saying that it’s a serious business with a serious future. She reveals all to Tim Murphy in this episode of Advice Givers (r).
DOG CLEAN-UP BEST POOPER SCOOPER (2012)
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This isn’t as much about pampering your pooch as it is about pampering you. Take it easy on yourself and let someone else clean up Fido’s mess in the backyard. Started in 2002 by local gal and then-bond trader Sonja Tengdin, Scoopy Poo offers year-round pickup once per week, with prices starting at $13.25 per week. So affordable, it’s well worth it to let someone else do the dirty work so you don’t have to. 612.374.3000
DOG CLEAN-UP (2011)
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🐾 Dog Clean-up
This isn’t as much about pampering your pooch as it is about pampering you. Take it easy on yourself and let someone else clean up Fido’s mess in the backyard. Started in 2002 by local gal and then-bond trader Sonja Tengdin, Scoopy Poo offers year-round pickup once per week, with prices starting at $13.25 per week. So affordable, it’s well worth it to let someone else do the dirty work, so you don’t have to. 612.374.3000; scoopypoo.net
THE 2010 READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS: TWIN CITIES
TURNING A DIRTY JOB INTO A GLAMOROUS PROFESSION (2008)
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ScoopyPoo Doggy Doo Pick Up is changing what it means to be scooped.
Minneapolis, MN. June 20, 2008 – ScoopyPoo is setting new standards for customer service in the dog waste removal industry by turning a “down-to-earth” job into a glamorous profession by scooping dog waste from backyards with a smile and a smashing wardrobe.
Unsatisfied with the grub and drudgery that many other waste removal companies focus on, ScoopyPoo took a different direction, taking pride in their poop scooping by showing up to clients’ homes to scoop poop dressed in fancy attire characterized as trendy and stylish.
The company was started in 2002 by Sonja Tengdin, a former bond trader and busy mother of two boys and two dogs, who got the idea while sitting down in her backyard to enjoy a drink with long-time friend Gene Horstman and noticed that the unbearable stench of the dog poop she had neglected to pick up for weeks was spoiling what was to be a relaxing moment. A few jokes later, ScoopyPoo was born.
“We have a mission to ‘un-DooDoo’ the world, one yard at a time. And showing up in style means we’re taking our mission seriously while never taking ourselves too seriously. We are visiting our customers’ property once or twice a week. We’re not only helping them keep their yards clean and healthy but also representing them in front of their neighbors in their communities. We want to do that in the best possible light,” said Stengdin.
ScoopyPoo considers themselves to be the clean sweep team for conscientious homeowners with one or two dogs or condo buildings with several dogs sharing a small space of land who are generally neat and tidy but may have little time to spare to keep their yard clean and free of dog waste all the time.
Benefits to using the service include making lawn mowing easier and avoiding poop being tracked into homes by pets or children. And in the summer months, a waste-free yard keeps away extra bugs and off-putting odors that can spoil the atmosphere of backyard parties. But perhaps the biggest benefit is preventing the danger of infectious bacteria and parasites that can be passed to dogs and humans, including tapeworms and roundworms and bacteria, including salmonella and giardia.
The company is famous for its poo haikus and clever taglines such as, “We love taking crap from you” and “Walk where no dog has gone.” They can often be spotted around town in their company car—a Mini Cooper nicknamed the “Mini Scooper.” ###
ABOUT SCOOPY POO ScoopyPoo is a Twin Cities-based dog waste removal company that specializes in cleaning up residential homes, condos, townhomes, and commercial properties. They are famous for being the first to glamorize the job of poop pickupand can often be seen year-round in backyards and at properties around the Twin Cities dressed to impress. They currently have offices in St. Paul and Phoenix, serving full-time Twin Cities residents as well as Minnesota snowbirds.
IT’S A DOG’S LIFE (2009)
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IT’S A DOG'S LIFE
Enterprising entrepreneur Sonja Tengdin makes money cleaning up your hound's mounds love your dog, but don't love the mess your dog leaves in your yard? Then Sonja Tengdin has the solution in the form of her ScoopyPoo DoggyDoo PickUp company. Specializing in Poo-Free yards, the enterprise has found their niche in the pet industry (now the seventh-largest surpassing such mainstays as toys and candy).
TENGIN'S OTHER CANINE CREATIONS...
DogHaus Your K9 Community Center offering indoor, off-leash doggy play and dog and owner socialization.
BlackDog Brew and Whinery...making three different beers and three different whines for dogs.
ScoopyPoo removes your dog poo and a stylish Scooper will show up armed with the tools of the trade as well as with a sense of humor. She will efficiently remove the dog doo and leave you notes with poo-isms, poo haiku or one liners about your yard along with treats for you and your dog.
Owner and Grand PooPaw, Sonja Tengdin, drives around the Twin Cities in a MiniCooper emblazoned with ScoopyPoo logos and sayings. Serious about poo free yards yet able to constantly poke fun at the business of Per Waste Removal, Tengdin and her scoopers enjoy what they doo or rather un-DooDoo and it shows. "It's a crappy business but someone has got to 'doo’ it," says Tengdin with a sly smile on her face.
Begun seven years ago almost as a joke, Tengdin had asked her children to earn their allowance by scooping their dog's poop. They refused the $10 a week enticement and clearly stated they did not scoop poop! Incredulous that her own kids were above the job, she accepted the challenge from her husband, Dave, an investment banker at Martin Williams. From then on nightly dinner conversation revolved around the idea of making money scooping dog poop.
The concept morphed into a company that has close to 250 weekly stops, seven scoopers and ScoopyPoo locations in St. Paul and Phoenix. Spring is the busiest season according to Tengdin, "A little thaw, the poop re-appears and people panic," she says.
Here is Poo Haiku #26:
Our life here is short
A lesson young grasshopper
Let others scoop poo
