So, I'm taking small business as part of my Industrial Mechanical Engineering course. Part of this course is to make up a small business proposal/plan...

My team decided to do our project on weekly removal of animal feces from homes.

My questions are in the poll... all votes are private, but feel free to share your input. You can vote more than once to the yes fields. Our plan calls for the incineration of the feces.

Here is some other interesting info before you vote:

Canadians haven't always been so concerned about cleaning up after their canine companions. Until fairly recently… Scientists have discovered that dog poop is a major cause of water pollution, and that such pollution poses a significant hazard to human health. In fact, the Canadian Environmental Protection Agency says pet waste is a significant cause of water body contamination in areas where there are high concentrations of dogs.
Canine waste contains lots of nasty bacteria with almost unpronounceable names: fecal streptococcus and fecal coliforms are just two examples. In sufficiently high amounts, these bacteria can make people sick — sometimes very sick. For example, E. coli bacteria often causes gastrointestinal infections, as well as infections to the ear, eye, and throat. Another bacteria, campylobacter, can cause diarrhea in humans. Still another form of poop-loving bacteria, salmonella, can cause infections that trigger fever, muscle aches, headache, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Dog waste also contains other not-so-lovely disease-transmitting organisms such as roundworms. These parasites can cause their human victims to lose their vision temporarily, as well as trigger coughs and fevers.
Never thought your dog's doo could do so much damage, did you?

 

that's why I don't have dogs as pets. They will eat their own .

 

I've only had one dog that did that, lol. It wouldn't eat its own from outside... it would eat the cats . I hear inside dogs that aren't trained to go outside sometimes eat their poop because they feel they are in trouble....

As strange as this sounds... this type of business is making a small fortune in the U.S. with very little capital invested. Not exactly my thing though...

 

Small fortune. It's too early. I wouldn't do it, but I live in the middle of nowhere. I've had dogs for 13+ years, and never had a health problem that was caused by a dog. I've been on farms all my life, where the poo is way bigger, with zero problems. If anything, it helps plants grow. Bad idea, invest in something that everybody wants; like a 1-800-order-a-prank, that would be hilarious.

 

An ex girlfriend of mine had a stupid poodle, and i had 2 guinea pigs that i would let run around on the floor, and the dog would follow them around and eat their and **** off the floor.

Stupid dog.

 

If you can't train a dog, You shouldn't be allowed to have pets.

What...Your dog eats for breakfast? We'll you can train them not to do that. They're not as stupid as you think.

 

Animals reflect their owners. Stupid owner > Stupid dog.

 

I have to hand this paper in today guys. Thanks to those who helped with the statistics.