A home based Pet sitting business could be for you. A pet sitting service and its often linked dog walking business is fuelled by the busy life style without the family and friend support of yester year. For that reason it is more likely to be found in, or near major cities.
It is a simple business to set up and there are a number of organisations and even franchises that will help you. But more importantly can you live the pet sitting life?
Pet sitting for some folks is a good job, for others it would be totally inappropriate. A great pet sitter requires to love animals, every animals. It is not just a requirement, it ought to be a natural love. Whether it is a rabbit, dog or one that some individuals may have a dread about. Typical pet problems for potential pet sitters are scorpions, spiders, lizards, snakes and reptiles. In a larger company, they may be able to handle this, but typically pet sitting is a small business with only a few people, so you will need to handle these animals as a pet sitter. Happily these animals require minimal care, but as a pet sitter you will still need to feed and water them. At times the owner may want the pet sitter to give small live animals to the pet. In my experience other animals that cause possible issues for pet sitters include rats, “I don’t like the scaly tail”, especially as the rats and owners adore the frequent fussing and handling of the pet.
The demand for pet sitting is in general centred around the major holidays of Christmas, Thanksgiving and summer holidays. There is also a demand for pet sitters at weekends year round the year. Because of this seasonality, pet sitting regularly includes dog walking which is something that is needed all year.
Dog walking in a good pet sitting company will restrict the maximum number of dogs to below four. First-rate companies such as London dog walking will give you T-shirts, sweaters and rain protection. This is mutual, as the free outfits are branded, dog walking is one of the best adverts for their pet sitting business. You will not however be allowed to have these on view when pet sitting, as it will advertise that the owners are away on holiday. Though one of the benefits of pet sitting with somebody entering and exiting and doing other things such as emptying the mail box, reduces the likelihood of burglary.
Pet sitting often requires the pet sitter to do other tasks around the house. A pet sitter will often maintain the garden and house plants. Pet sitters habitually look after cats, who due to their territorial origins, often do not like being separated from their home. Cat lovers hate the separation from their loved pets, so companies such as London cat sitting will upload photos and a diary on their web site for the pet owners.
Good businesses such as London pet sitting and customers will require a pet sitter be police checked as they are repeatedly visiting homes alone.
So if you have these characteristics, the investment is not huge, by most company standards. A web site, some advertising and probably the largest cost of insurance.
So pet sitting is a great home based business for those whom it fits, give it a try!
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