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Poop Patrol: The Business of Picking Up Your Dog's Business

Local business owners tell Patch what they're best known for and when they got started.

Poop Patrol, an animal waste management service, was founded in 2011. 

  • Business: Poop Patrol
  • Address: 14825 Mission, Oak Forest
  • Phone Number: 708-535-1923
  • Submitted by: Jim Maher, owner/chief scooper
Learn more on the Poop Patrol website, and like the business on Facebook for updates. 

When and how did your business get started?


I started my business in 2011 out of a need to supplement my income due to budget cuts at my full time job and I wanted to own my own company.

What is your business best known for?

Weekly waste removal.

Why did you choose the town you did to open your business? 

I live here.

What's something interesting about your business your customers might not know?

We're the only family and locally owned animal waste service in the area.

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