Has anyone any tips on getting started as a pet sitter please?

I'm umming and aaaahhhing whether or not to start a pet sitting business. My worries - not making enough money to pay for my rising mortgage and bills. My passion - wanting a job that I could be happy in and working with animals.

try your local job centre tell them that u want to start up your own buisness they can also fund you money 4 this. or iof you want to do it your self make posters and put them around your village also adverts in your local paper

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Have you ever been a pet sitter?

I am retired and thinking about getting a part-time job. Finding it difficult to make ends meet. I was wondering if any of you have ever been a pet sitter. I love animals and thought this might be an option for me. If you have been a sitter, how did you find the job? I thought I would sift through the yellow pages and start calling the companies.

Any other suggestions for me? Can't stand on my feet for four hours a day so being a sales clerk would be out. I can sit and stand and do some limited walking.

did this one summer.

When she was about 9, my daughter wanted a dog in the WORST way. However, both my ex and myself worked fulltime, no one was home during the day, the back yard wasn't secure, and I KNEW that if we got a dog, IIIIIII would be the only one who would end up taking care of it, on top of everything else. Husband DIDN't want it, and I knew the kids would fade out at that age.

SO, we let word around our friends that we'd dog-sit for holidays over that summer, and she lined up 4 or 5 potential clients--one at a time.

As I suspected, her interest (at 9) lasted only most of the way through the first day! Then I was calling her to do the dog-related chores, then I was just doing most of them myself unless I could catch her on her way through.

HOWEVER, people expect to pay pretty steep prices for personal care for their pets. If you are set up well for it, I think it could be fairly low-stress and low-work for a much better return on your TIME than clerking would be, certainly. My daughter was getting 10 to 15 dollars per day, depending on the dogs, and we were sitting them in our home--and that was at least 10 years ago.

What I would recommend would be to make up 8.5 x 11 signs, with your name and phone # across the bottom (to tear off) and some self-printed business cards. I'd put up the signs on any public bulletin boaard I could find. Around here, grocery stores have them, the PO has one, sewing and craft stores have them, pet stores have them. I'd also put together a resume sheet with contact info and ask local vets and the pet stores to recommend me--obviously, not ones who also offer boarding services! Most of the people my daughter was sitting for actually came from the local college--a good resource, as they have summers off, usually, and long breaks in the school year.

Figure out what you'd charge (look at bording kennel rates and judge accordingly) and when you make up your posters and info, state specifically what you'll do (walks twice a day, personal attention), and so on and so forth.

I'd also put together an info sheet with all the contact info, their schedule and how to contact them there, the vet's info, a liability statement, and other stuff for them to sign when they put a pet in your care. Set up your policies and see what happens. You'd be out very little, and you might be surprised how many people are looking for your services.

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