A home based Pet sitting service could be for you. A pet sitting business 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. The sixty four thousand dollar question is, does this lifestyle fit to you?
Living as a pet sitter is a good job, for others it would be totally incompatible. A wonderful pet sitter requires to find irresistible animals, all animals. It is not just a need, it ought to be a natural love. Whether it is a rabbit, guinea pig or one that some people may fear. Typical pet issues for potential pet sitters are scorpions, spiders, lizards, snakes and reptiles. In a larger team, 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 handle 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. From time to time the owner may want the pet sitter to supply small live animals to the pet. In my experience other animals that cause likely issues for pet sitters include rats, “I don’t like the scaly tail”, particularly as the rats and owners like the frequent fuss and handling of the animal.
The demand for pet sitting is in general normally during 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 frequently includes dog walking which is often needed all year.
Dog walking in a first-rate pet sitting business will limit the maximum number of dogs to four or less. First-rate companies such as London dog walking will give you T-shirts, sweaters and rain protection. This is of shared benefit, as the free outfits are free marketing, dog walking is one of the best adverts for their pet sitting services. 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 advantages 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 odd jobs around the house. A pet sitter will often maintain the garden and house plants. Pet sitters frequently look after cats, who due to their territorial origins, rarely like being separated from their home. Cat lovers hate the separation from their feline partners, so businesses such as London cat sitting will upload photos and comments on their web site for the pet owners.
Good businesses such as London pet sitting and clients demand that a pet sitter be police checked as they are often visiting homes alone.
So if you have these characteristics, the investment is not huge, by most business standards. A web site, cards / flyers and probably the largest cost of insurance.
So pet sitting is a great home based service for those whom it fits, give it a try!
