Running a pet waste removal business is far from a glamorous profession, but as Shannon and Conrad Useman know — the married co-owners of the Whidbey-based Poop Team 6 — there is no job too big to scoop up.

Open since December 2018, the Usemans are fast approaching their seven-year anniversary in an occupation they previously never knew existed.

The light-bulb moment struck when Conrad fell victim — and not for the first time — to forgotten feces, accidentally dropping his tools into a pile of poop while installing gutters on the island. Shannon, then a stay-at-home mom earning her associate’s degree, took to Google and discovered the nearest pet waste company was an hour-and-a-half away, located on the mainland.

Over the span of a couple weeks, the Usemans obtained a business license,

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