When Nature Calls Your Pooch

Here's a fun change of pace from the usual gloom and doom. In "Not-So-Sweet Smell of Success," Carolyn Y. Johnson of The Boston Globe tells us about a new suburban phenomenon: professional pooper scoopers. Johnson reports that the combination of increasing dog ownership and busy families has created a niche for companies such as DoodyCalls, Your Dogs Business and Doggy Doody Disposal to clean up pet poop from people's yards. Kudos to Johnson for spotting, or possibly stepping into, this trend and writing a fun, informative story about it.