Turd Cowboy started on an ordinary Saturday in Farmington: bag in one hand, coffee going cold on the fence post, Zoey trailing me around the yard like a foreman who doesn't lift a paw. Somewhere around pile number nine I had the thought every dog owner has eventually — somebody should just do this for people.

Then came the second thought, the one that actually built this company: we'd tried paying somebody to do this. And it went the way it usually goes. One outfit wouldn't come in the yard if Zoey was out — our sweet girl, treated like a liability. Another did a lap so fast the grass barely noticed. And one left the gate unlatched behind them, which is the single unforgivable sin of this entire trade. One open gate is all it takes.

So we built the company we couldn't hire: one family, one truck, sharp uniforms, and a standard so specific it's written down and photographed. The kids named it at the dinner table. There were groans. The name stuck. The groans became a brand.

No contracts. No mystery crews. No missed weeks without a heads-up. Just the Cowboy, the truck, and photographic proof your gate got latched behind us — every single ride.

Serving: Davis, Weber & Morgan County, from Farmington.

Meet the Cowboy

A real neighbor, not a call center.

Scott and Zoey, the founders of Turd Cowboy, in a Farmington backyard

Hi — I'm Scott. I grew up in California, where I started working young and learned early that doing unglamorous work well is its own kind of craft. Fifteen years ago Farmington became home — it's where we're raising our family, and I can't imagine doing that anywhere else. These mountains, these neighborhoods, these people: this is it for us.

My day job is with a local education nonprofit, helping raise money and tell stories for the kids of Davis County — so being out in this community isn't a marketing line, it's just where I already am. Turd Cowboy is the same idea pointed at yards instead of classrooms: show up, do it right, and make the place a little better than you found it.

Here's the honest why. We've spent years building brands and marketing for other people's businesses — restaurants, campaigns, nonprofits. Turd Cowboy is us taking everything we know about branding and pointing it at the most unglamorous job we could find, for the best clients we know: dogs. And as we grow, the plan is to hire local and teach the whole playbook — the tools, the systems, the brand-building — so the people who ride with us can build something of their own someday.

The very good girl in the photo is Zoey — chief quality inspector, official treat tester, and the whole reason this company exists. She's getting older now, and one of the quiet reasons I built this business is to spend more of her good days together. You'll see her out on the trail from time to time — always with the air on.

🌴 California kid 🏔️ 15 years in Farmington 🎓 Local education nonprofit 🐕 Zoey's co-pilot

Want to say howdy before signing up? Catch me on the route — the truck's hard to miss.

What we stand for

The creed. We mean every word.

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The gate is sacred

Latched, tugged, photographed — every ride, no exceptions. If your gate is ever left unlatched after a visit, that ride is free and so is the next one. That's the No-Gate-Unlatched Guarantee, and it's photo-verified in your app.

Golden retriever in a cowboy hat on a cushion

Your dog is the client

We don't ask you to lock your dog up so we can work. We learn their name, earn their trust, and carry treats (with your OK). If a company can't work a yard with a friendly dog in it, they're in the wrong business.

Proof over promises

Anyone can say they came. We show you: yard photo, gate photo, dog photo, and a written note from the ride — timestamped in your app before we've left the curb.

Neighbor, not a franchise

Locally owned, family-run, one truck. The money stays in Davis County and the person you message is the person who shows up.

No contracts, on purpose

We'd rather earn your yard every single week than trap it with paperwork. Skip a visit, pause for vacation, cancel anytime — right in the app, no phone call required.

Sparkling bucket with hat, bag, and scooper

Pride in the unglamorous

We took the worst job on the property and gave it a uniform, a storybook, and a standard. If we're going to be the Turd Cowboy, we're going to be the best one there ever was.

The rig

You'll know it when you see it.

Pet-safe by design

We watch where we step — and where we drive.

Our service vehicles use 360-degree camera visibility to help our technicians maneuver more carefully around pets, driveways, gates, toys, and landscaping — a bird's-eye view while parking and reversing. Cameras can't see everything, so they're backed by a procedure we follow at every single yard:

The Turd Cowboy Pet-Safe Arrival Protocol