Let’s Get Techy

Let's get 
Techy

In an age that is continually seeking the next best, fastest, smartest and most efficient thing, PooPrints is defining what it means to be in the multifamily-specific tech space. 

“The overall trend in multi-family tech is ‘digital transformation,’ meaning the evolution of manual overhead into more efficient operations, elimination of paper, and adoption of frictionless processes,” said Darren Wesemann, EVP, and CIO of Berkadia.  

So, let’s walk through how PooPrints actually embodies these trends.

Evolving Manual Operations

PooPrints now brings the lab straight to the community management team’s fingers through our patented database. The database allows managers to manage their pet population, check results, and execute key operational reports. Our registration process has been completely overhauled to create a more interactive experience for residents while taking excess work off management teams!

Elimination of Paper

We are as green as they get over here! One pillar of our mission statement is to essentially stay eco-friendly and our program works the same way. The new PooPrints registration process and waste collection method eliminate the need for written data, therefore, decreasing our paper trail!

Frictionless Processes

Let’s be honest, science was hard and onsite teams shouldn’t be expected to know all there is about DNA. The PooPrints team is here to ensure that this ageless biotech program is seamlessly implemented and managed on your community. Please reach out to us with any questions, concerns, feedback, or pushback! Your local representative is the best resource for quick and personalized answers. 

While our program as a whole remains the industry standard for DNA Dog Waste Management, PooPrints is still eager to continuously innovate and adapt to better serve our communities. Stay up to date with ongoing changes by joining our communities!

Sources

Multi-Family Tech Trends Shaping the Future. (2019, January 23). Retrieved January 18, 2021, from https://www.cretech.com/cretech-blog/multi-family-tech-trends-shaping-the-future/

Scientific Checks and Balances

Let's Have a Moment of Science

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Let’s talk SCIENCE! You’ve got questions and we’ve got answers. We’ve seen more and more comments questioning our scientific processes and how we do the doggie DNA. As a scientific company, we take immense pride in our methods and the success that they’ve brought us and our 4,000 community partners. 

We have developed strict protocols to provide checks and balances for both residents and property managers. These ensure that all PooPrints customers are treated fairly.

We believe residents should have the ability to challenge the credibility of our processes and know their dog’s ‘match’ is truly a ‘match’. Our most used ‘check’ for our program is a DNA Verification Swab. Yes — it’s true that you can’t argue with DNA, but you can verify it. 

A verification swab gives residents the ability to know with full confidence that their dog is responsible for a match sample. If a resident ever feels that there is no way that their dog could be responsible or that there was confusion with the DNA swab, they can request a verification swab through their property. The resident should then reswab their dog in the presence of community management. We will process that swab to compare it to the original swab on file as well as the waste sample. 

laboratory scientist dog pooprints

DNA verification swabs are also widely used by property managers. As more and more communities are implementing  PooPrints, more and more residents are being registered. This creates situations where residents and their pets transfer between PooPrints communities. As an extra measure, the community accepting the pet will usually have the resident do a DNA verification test to ensure that the dog moving to the community is the same dog that was previously registered with PooPrints.

Another hot topic is the contamination question. What happens if a dog poops on top of another dog’s poop? What happens if there’s urine?

We understand that community size and pet populations can differ from property to property — meaning some communities have smaller areas for dogs but more dogs in them. In the rare event that two dogs go to the bathroom in the exact same spot and the samples are somehow smooshed together and collected, that sample will NOT yield a result.

If our lab detects more than one strand of DNA in a sample, it is automatically ‘failed’. We are not here to determine which resident’s dog pooped more or how to report that, so we don’t even mess with that. 

The cross contamination conversation usually brings up the question of urine, too. We use epithelial cells from waste to extract the DNA for analysis. FUN FACT: A healthy dog’s urine should not have any epithelial cells in it, which means no DNA for us to test. In the event a dog is not healthy and there are epithelial cells present, the sample will still fail since there are two different strands of DNA. Bottom line — we’ve got you covered, we won’t be reporting any possibly-contaminated samples.

And for our grand finale, we have our proprietary stabilizing solution. Our solution in each waste kit locks in the integrity of the sample, meaning it preserves the DNA for an extended amount of time. This alleviates any stress on property managers to rush samples back into and they don’t have to worry about a kit expiring. This also eliminates any worry from a resident that a sample could be compromised due to age. 

PooPrints dog poop DNA waste collection process

We totally know that the questions will still be asked and the “ponzi-scheme” name calling will still happen but, we hope some of this extra info helps you better understand the program. We are very proud of our program and while we will always have critics, you can rest assured knowing it is backed by pretty tough science. 

Some quick facts about our lab to close this thing out:

  • Our lab is the only accredited dog feces testing lab in the WORLD
  • Our lab is accredited by the International Organization of Standardization under ISO 17025 2005 
  • All of our staff has obtained at least a Bachelors of Science and completed our rigorous training 
  • Have any questions or need some clarification?  Call, email, or chat with us
 
Have any questions or need some clarification?  Call, email, or chat with us