How to Start a Home-Based Pet-Sitting and Dog-Walking Business

How to Start a Home-Based Pet-Sitting and Dog-Walking Business
Author: Cathy Vaughan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2011-01-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0762767723

Just fifteen years ago, “pet sitter” meant the kid down the street who helped feed pets when the neighbors traveled. Today, this fledgling field is fast becoming an established profession. Combining the appeal of working with animals, a viable customer base, and truly low start-up costs, it is for many people the ideal home-based business. And yet its “fun” aspects are often overshadowed by the daunting tasks of registering the business, purchasing insurance, and knowing what first steps to take and how to continue from there. With a simple, step-by-step format, How to Start a Home-Based Pet Sitting Business guides aspiring pet sitters from the dreaming stage to the doing stage more clearly and comprehensively than any such book to date.

How to Start Run & Grow a Successful Pet Hotel Business

How to Start Run & Grow a Successful Pet Hotel Business
Author: Rebecca Floyd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2021-06-14
Genre:
ISBN:

Starting a Successful Pet Hotel Business Do you love animals? Are you looking for a career that is recession-proof and always in demand? Would you like to be your own boss? You should start a pet hotel business! I have been in the pet care industry for over a decade. I first started working as a receptionist in my uncle's veterinary clinic at age 18. I had owned dogs and cats in my childhood but never thought about making it a career. When I was thinking about college, I realized that becoming a vet technician was a viable option. When my uncle retired and sold his practice, I worked with the new vet as a tech for a few years. We found ourselves with frequent requests to board animals for the short-term. Usually, these requests came from pet owners who were our usual vet clients going out of town for a few days at a time. We took these dogs and cats in for mostly weekends and holidays. I realized that in my area, the need for quality pet boarding was essential. I started my own pet boarding business out of an old daycare building. The daycare had been closed down for a while, but it had easily convertible facilities for pet boarding. The building had a nearly commercial-sized kitchen and 4 different classrooms, each with its own attached bathroom. It also had a large fenced-in yard which used to have playground equipment and big indoor community space, presumably for assemblies or indoor playtime. A building originally built to house children during the day was easily converted to a building intended to house cats and dogs. My pet boarding business was born on a shoestring budget. In this book, I will show you how to start your own pet hotel from the ground up. This book comes from my personal experiences combined with research that I conducted while starting out years ago. I will show you everything I learned about how to start a dog or cat boarding kennel business (or doggy daycare) so that you can start your business on the right foot. You will learn: What a Typical Day at a Pet Boarding Hotel is Like What Potential Profit this Business Can Bring Why Choosing the Right Location is Important What You Can Expect Your Initial Investment to Be Deciding if This is Right for You What Skills, Experience, and Knowledge is Needed What to Consider Before Starting How to Spot Industry Trends Crafting a Business Plan Advice for Naming Your Business Consider the Owner's Name Advice for Finding Financing Advice on How to Form a Legal Entity What Permits and Licenses You Will Need Insurance Concerns Construction Concerns (for New Builds or Remodels) How to Determine Costs and Pricing Advice for Amenities to Offer Designs for Cat Boarding Helpful Software for Client and Pet Management Marketing Your Business Building an Online Presence How to Use Your Website for Marketing How to Use Facebook for Marketing How to Use Retention Marketing to Keep Clients Daily Operational Considerations Hiring Your First Employee Retaining Good Employees Effective Daily Management Techniques You will learn about all this and more! Be sure to add this title to your cart by clicking BUY NOW.

The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven

The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven
Author: Nathaniel Ian Miller
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2021-10-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316592560

In this "briskly entertaining" (New York Times Book Review), "transporting and wholly original" (People Magazine) novel, one man banishes himself to a solitary life in the Arctic Circle, and is saved by good friends, a loyal dog, and a surprise visit that changes everything. In 1916, Sven Ormson leaves a restless life in Stockholm to seek adventure in Svalbard, an Arctic archipelago where darkness reigns four months of the year and he might witness the splendor of the Northern Lights one night and be attacked by a polar bear the next. But his time as a miner ends when an avalanche nearly kills him, leaving him disfigured, and Sven flees even further, to an uninhabited fjord. There, with the company of a loyal dog, he builds a hut and lives alone, testing himself against the elements. The teachings of a Finnish fur trapper, along with encouraging letters from his family and a Scottish geologist who befriended him in the mining camp, get him through his first winter. Years into his routine isolation, the arrival of an unlikely visitor salves his loneliness, sparking a chain of surprising events that will bring Sven into a family of fellow castoffs and determine the course of the rest of his life. Written with wry humor and in prose as breathtaking as the stark landscape it evokes, The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is a testament to the strength of our human bonds, reminding us that even in the most inhospitable conditions on the planet, we are not beyond the reach of love. #1 Indie Next Pick Finalist for the Vermont Book Award Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

The Secret Life of Dog Catchers

The Secret Life of Dog Catchers
Author: Shirley Zindler
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-12-31
Genre: Animal rescue
ISBN: 9781481839211

The heartwarming true story of the demanding and rewarding life of an animal control officer, wife and mother. Her passion to make a difference shines through during exciting animal rescues and funny situations to scary police raids and gang encounters. The story is told with warmth, humor and most of all compassion for mans best friend and the other animals and people that make up her world. Follow along as the author adopts and trains a wild mustang and a terrified Great Dane and deals with the trials and triumphs of of the job. Attempts to balance career and home life will leave you with a smile. Animal lovers of all kinds will enjoy this entertaining and joyful book.

Dog Boarding Log Book

Dog Boarding Log Book
Author: Cooper Publishing
Publisher:
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2020-11-06
Genre:
ISBN:

This dog boarding log book is used to obtain important information regarding the care and wand well being of your client's pets. This helps you understand the special needs of your client's pets, so you can make his or her stay more comfortable. Each page of this dog boarding log book contain a space for: Date(s) staying Owner contact includes Owner's name Dog's name Address Phone number Email Emergency contact includes Veterinarian's name Veterinarian's address Veterinarian's phone number Key information includes Food Medication Allergies Walk schedule Notes This dog boarding log book has the perfect places for you to record all the important information that you need to help you manage your daily pet sitting business

Good Dog Journal

Good Dog Journal
Author: H. D. R. Campbell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1999-10-04
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 9781556709500

How to Start a Dog Boarding Business

How to Start a Dog Boarding Business
Author: Braxton Walker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2019-05-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781070182063

Are you ready to be your own boss and work with dogs?If you want to start your own dog boarding business so you can be in more control of your life than this book is for you.Here's the deal: You love dogs and you may love the idea of starting your own dog boarding business, but you have no idea where to get started: How do you get customers for your dog boarding business? What is required for you to get started? What safety measures do you need to take and how do you deal with special needs dogs? Fortunately this book will give you the blueprint you need to build a dog boarding business that you love.Here are a few of the things you'll discover in this book: What you'll need to do before you can open your doors for business. How to properly market your business to bring in customers that keep on coming back. How to go about pricing your services. Common mistakes even experienced dog boarding business owners make that can run you out of business. How to get funding for your dog boarding business. The pros and cons of different business entities. How to deal with special needs and troublesome dogs. Imagine what life would be like getting to be your own boss. Imagine getting to have more control over your income and hours.By following the strategies outlined in this book, you can build the dog boarding business of your dreams.Scroll up, click the buy now button, and start your path to having your own dog boarding business today!

All about Dog Daycare

All about Dog Daycare
Author: Robin K. Bennett
Publisher: C&r Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Dog industry
ISBN: 9781933562520

New expanded edition! For the new business owner who wants to start a daycare or the established owner of a vet, kennel or petsitting business who wants to add daycare. Contains information on getting started, contact information for many needs and sample documents. The second part of the book deals with dog handling policies and procedures, for employees and staff who interact with dogs. Designed to insure safety of both staff and dogs when dealing with large numbers of dogs off-leash and playing

The Contented Canine

The Contented Canine
Author: Lowell Ackerman
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2001-04
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 0595175848

This book is the definitive guide for improving the relationship between owners and their dogs. From properly socializing a puppy, to understanding health and nutritional needs, to including a dog in your will, this book answers all the questions that deal with a dog's needs within the family dynamic. This book provides explicit guidelines, not only for keeping pets in top physical shape, but keeping them happy and well adjusted as well, which is just as important.