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A PooPrints Canada video series
Who Did It?
Two buildings. 24 short episodes, each under a minute. Dog waste nobody will own up to, until DNA answers the question. Based on true events in apartment and condo buildings across Western Canada.
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0:44Before sunrise at Maple Court, caretaker Henry walks the property with a flashlight and finds dog waste in the same hidden spots again. Somebody in this building knows exactly whose dog it is.
0:44Henry cleans up at 6:40 a.m. By the evening it's back, and every complaint lands on property manager Linda's phone. A resident slips in the parkade.
0:35Marcus has no dog, a job interview and new shoes. One step into stairwell B ruins his morning, and now the anger has a face.
0:27Waste starts landing from the balconies, where no camera and no caretaker can reach. Leah has a four-year-old and a patio she can't use.
0:46Henry doesn't work weekends, and the resident group chat boils over. The building turns on Priya and her dog Juno, the dog everyone sees.
0:28Priya walks Juno at busy times and picks up every time. In the elevator, Gord makes it clear he doesn't believe her. Being seen is not the same as being guilty.
0:36Late at night in her office, Linda adds it up: hours of cleanup, dozens of complaints, empty units and an owner questioning the pet policy. Forty-one dogs, and she can't name one.
0:38New signs, warning letters, fine threats and a camera. Henry and Linda watch the footage: move the camera, and they move the spot.
0:33Over coffee, another property manager shows Linda a PooPrints DNA match from her own building. No camera, no witness: the waste is the witness.
0:28The PooPrints waste collection kits arrive. Linda tells no one, and Henry quietly starts collecting samples.
0:40Every resident registers their dog online and books a cheek swab. Some grumble, one holds out, and Priya is first in line.
0:51The lab results come back: five dogs in five units, including an unregistered dog found through the registration audit. It was never Juno, and Gord owes Priya an apology.
0:56At The Harbourline, a two-tower Vancouver condo with 1,000 units, caretaker Rosa takes the night log and sends her crew out. The rooftop turf, a stairwell, the lawn under the balconies: bags are stocked everywhere, and still.
0:49Buyers read the strata council minutes and walk away from a sale. Every visit they've seen dog waste, the rules clearly aren't followed, and non-dog owners would pay the rising costs.
0:44Nadia's stroller rolls through a mess in the east elevator. Trevor holds the door, bag in hand, and smiles a little too brightly.
0:42The building's group chat blames Maya and her dog Sunny. In the elevator, Jess won't meet her eyes.
0:42Strata council debates DNA testing. The skeptic calls it a gimmick, an owner storms in, and the president says: let the owners decide.
0:39Owners in both towers vote in person and by proxy, and the new pet rule is ratified by majority. A tenant named Kyle slips out before the applause.
0:49Notices go to every owner and tenant with the building's registration link. Owners upload a photo to their dog's online profile and book a cheek swab. Kyle ticks "I do not have a dog."
0:48Formal notices go out to owners who haven't registered, and one requests a hearing. The council skeptic quietly hands Rosa a sample from his own dog: "Test it."
0:47The first lab results match dogs across many units. The skeptic's test proves the system works. But five samples from the lawn match no registered dog in either tower.
0:49At his council hearing, an owner insists it's not his dog. "Then the swab will prove it." Rosa and the strata manager start cross-checking the floor plan.
0:41The holdouts register, and the re-runs solve the rooftop and the stairwell, including a dog from the neighbouring tower. The lawn samples still match nobody, so Rosa goes door to door on the 6th floor.
0:54Kyle's dog Milo is cheek-swabbed and registered, and the stored lawn samples are re-run: all five match Milo. Maya is cleared, and the next council minutes read "No pet waste complaints."Ready to stop guessing?PooPrints matches dog waste to a registered dog with DNA. No cameras, no witnesses.
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