Our Mission!
Turd Herders’ Mission is to provide quality dog waste removal services and products to the busy dog owner. We strive to make the lives of every pet’s family more enjoyable by completing the not so fun tasks of caring for a pet and providing the products that every dog owner needs.
So How Did Turd Herders Start Anyway?
We started Turd Herders as a family! And as a family, we always enjoyed two things: the great outdoors and our beloved pets! But there was one thing that all of us didn’t enjoy, pet poop. That sparked an idea and that’s where Turd Herders began. We know how nasty it can be to have to clean up the dog poop, or other pet poop, after work or even worse, on the weekend.
We have had every type of animal imaginable in our time together as a family. From the domestic (dogs and cats), to the farm (horses, goats, & chicken), to the exotic (snakes and lizards), so we can handle whatever kind of pet you have.
We feel that our unique qualifications make us the perfect choice for your pet services needs.
ERIC CRAIG
(Turd Herders Founder & President)
Our Team
Eric Craig
President & Founder
That’s me! After many years in retail management I got burned out, just as many corporate managers do. When my wife Melanie finished her college degree and started teaching, it was my turn to do something different. So, I went back to college myself and earned my bachelor's degree focusing on psychology. It was while I was taking classes that the grand idea of Turd Herders came to mind. Little did I know at the time that more than 10 years later Turd Herders would turn into what it is today. We are very proud to have started this company in New Hampshire from scratch and continue to grow it in this still young industry of professional pooper scoopers! After ten years of growth and cold in New England, we looked around and decided to move south, all depending on where Melanie was able to find work as a teacher. So now we are based in North Carolina Where Melanie and the boys live full time and I split my time between North Carolina and New Hampshire. So far, I’ve been kind of a reverse snow bird, maybe I’ll get that right some day!
Melanie Craig
CFO & Founder
Melanie was very supportive of this endeavor from the beginning. While she worked at her dream job of teaching High School Biology she supported Turd Herders any way that she could. While only being involved a little bit when starting up, mostly being our PR and phone person, I don’t hear all that great on the phone so I lean on her quite a bit for this, she was always willing to do anything needed. After several years of the politics that comes with teaching in an inner city school, Melanie decided, just in time for the business, to jump in and help full time. With Melanie’s help Turd Herders grew like crazy through the years. She was running a successful pet sitting division of Turd Herders and teaching pet first aid classes. When the pandemic basically shut down the pet sitting, she joined the scooping side full time and we never looked back. Over the years though she still had a love for teaching. Because of that and because of several other reasons we won’t go into here, the decision was made for her to teach once again, but now in North Carolina.
Mike Dziura
New England Operations Manager
Pic is not actually Mike
Mike came to us at a time when he was looking for the next challenge in his life. After having served several years in the US Navy he joined the staff of a well known training and boarding facility in New Hampshire. This is where his love of dogs, and in particular his love of training dogs’ became apparent. Mike has worked with dogs of all different temperaments and owners of all different mentalities. After more than 10 years in the training industry, a marriage, and a child, he decided to take a break and see what else the pet industry held for him. That’s when he saw our add for a job that dealt with dog poop and had some enticing benefits. He thought, after all these years of cleaning dog kennels, why not clean dog poop out of people’s yards. He has become like a family member to us and we are more than happy to have him leading the New England team of Turd Herders.