"Your Best Friend When There is Work to Begin" Located in Bandera County, Texas In 1994, a small real estate company needed a contractor to provide clean up services on properties that were for sale. Yellow Dog Services was created to fill that need. We wanted a name that was easy to remember and since we raised a number of Labrador Retrievers, we thought we would name the company after our own Yellow Dog, Fritz. Over the years, our beloved Fritz passed away and we have had two other wonderful Yellow Dogs as the face of our company. When the company was born, owner Jason Benedict was a full-time college student and part-time real estate agent and broker's assistant. As part of his broker's assistant duties, he worked under the name Yellow Dog Services when he provided property clean-up. Jason was responsible for everything from light tree trimming and lawn maintenance to junk haul-off and occasional light demolition. Along with a laundry list of home clean-up tasks and tree trimming to make properties ready to sell or to comply with FHA or VA lending requirements, Jason also helped maintain and improve the acreage where his family lived. In 1996, Jason and his family purchased their 110 acre, cedar-choked ranch in Pipe Creek that had been private hunting land. The ranch came with a bulldozer but the family quickly realized that there had to be an alternative to bulldozing and burning and the soil disturbance associated with that clearing method. After researching alternatives, Jason's brother, who was a publisher for a heavy equipment magazine, pointed him to Bobcat Company. It didn't take long to see that a Bobcat could replace a bulldozer in many ways. Customers appreciated less soil disturbance and burn piles were smaller and safer without all the root balls but we knew burning wasn't the answer and soon bought our first brush chipper. In early 1997, Yellow Dog Services welcomed John and JoAnna Benedict, Jason's parents, who brought with them many years of real estate and executive managerial experience. After early retirement from corporate America, John and JoAnna helped incorporate Yellow Dog Services and assisted with bookkeeping and managerial duties freeing up Jason to work in the field, and carve out the family ranch in his spare time. Together they bring many years of project management and administrative experience to the company and have been an integral part of the success of Yellow Dog. While our emphasis has been on land clearing and recycling, we also provide safe arborist services including safe pruning and trimming, road building and repair, large stump grinding, light excavation, demolition, and a host of other services that we can provide with our machines. We have have relationships with other specialty contractors including a consulting arborist and horticulturist that often oversees our oak wilt work. Over the last 16 plus years, Yellow Dog has studied and learned about trees and their biology, water runoff and erosion control, oak wilt and proper oak tree pruning and preservation methods. Yellow Dog’s goal is to provide efficient clearing of cedar, brush, and oak with an emphasis on recycling while being responsible and gentle to our fragile Hill Country and surrounding ecosystems. Our methods are EPA Phase II rated “Best Management Practices” where erosion, water runoff, or soil disturbance is an issue. By utilizing the latest in Green Technology, Yellow Dog will continue to provide a good value for a wide range of clearing and recycling services and we believe that continuing education and evolving techniques help us to remain good stewards of the properties we are asked to improve. As we move into 2012, we are looking to grow Yellow Dog Services as the economy picks up and people once again start buying and selling properties or building homes. We believe that by adhering to good management practices, education, and paying attention to our customer's needs, Yellow Dog can continue to grow as we receive more and more praise and referrals. Let us help you see your property through the trees! Email: YellowDog@BrushChipping.com
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