Is Pet Sitting the Home Business for Me?
A home based Pet sitting service could be for you. A pet sitting service and its sister 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.
There are various organisations that can help you, providing guidance, forms and the important insurance. But more importantly can you live the pet sitting life?
Pet sitting for some individuals is a great job, for others it would be totally unsuitable. A good pet sitter requires to adore animals, all animals. It is not just a need, it should be a natural love. Whether it is a hamster, guinea pig or one that some individuals may have a horror about. Common animal 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 two or three people, so you will need to deal with these animals as a pet sitter. By chance these animals require minimal care, but as a pet sitter you will still need to feed and water them. At times the owner may require the pet sitter to give small live animals to the pet. In my experience other animals that cause potential issues for pet sitting include rats, “I don’t like the scaly tail”, particularly as the rats and owners adore the frequent petting and handling of the pet.
The requirement for pet sitters is normally centred around the major holidays of Christmas, Thanksgiving and summer holidays. There is also a demand for pet sitters at weekends throughout the year. Due to this seasonality, pet sitting also includes dog walking which is often required all year.
Dog walking in a first-rate pet sitting company will restrict the highest number of dogs to four or less. Superior companies such as London dog walking will give you T-shirts, sweaters and rain protection. This is of common benefit, as the free clothes are free marketing, dog walking is one of the best adverts for their pet sitting business. You will not however be allowed to wear these when pet sitting, as it will announce that the owners are away on vacation. 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 break-ins.
Pet sitting often requires the pet sitter to do other odd jobs around the house. A pet sitter will often look after the garden and house plants. Pet sitters regularly look after cats, who due to their territorial origins, rarely like leaving their home. Cat lovers hate parting from their feline partners, so London cat sitters will upload photos and comments on their web site for the pet owners.
London pet sitter customers will require they be police checked as they are often visiting homes alone.
So if you have these characteristics, the up front costs are not huge, by most business standards. A web site, some advertising and probably the largest cost of insurance.
So pet sitting is a wonderful home based business for those whom it fits, try it!
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