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What do you think of pet sitting service??? Pet sitting service?? I am thinking of opening a new business. Pet sitting in your home. While your at work or on vacation. I have been thinking of this for a long time but never acted on it. How much do you think I should charge. What do you think I need to start. I know Insurance and clients Advertising and such I really want to change Jobs one that I wont need daycare for my daughter. Any advise is helpful. Also I will need a cute catchy Name :) Thank you. |
I know someone that does this. She charges $40 a day. She stays at your house, brings out the garbage, brings in the mail. waters plants, keeps your house looking as if someone is home. Good luck, let us know what happens!:thumbup: |
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I have no idea what to charge, but I have a couple name suggestions. "Critter Sitter" or "Sit and Stay". |
I have a friend who hires a pet sitter to stay with her dogs overnight if she's out of town (because her roommate works nights and she doesn't want the dogs by themselves), and the lady she uses charges $50/night. My friend has 4 dogs, 3 cats, and 2 birds though, so I don't know if you could charge that much for just 1 or 2 animals. Good luck! |
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I am also wondering If any o you all have used one? I did a long time ago for our cat. It was great! |
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Here is a website you can check out- www.southernpetsitters.com The owner is fantastic and does enough business to have several pet sitters. Shes got her prices listed on the site. Depending on where you live, you may even be able to charge more. If you have a Small Business Development Center in your area they are always willing to help start out a business and can give you plenty of advice! I have never left my older dog overnight except for her spay and once I left her with my mom when I was moving and the new pup hasn't been left at all, so we havent' used the service much, but I did take my girl to the beach one time and had the service come and walk, feed, etc the foster puppy I had at the time. It was great and well worth the $12 for each visit. They even worked on her commands while we were gone so she wouldn' forget them. A big thing the do is write cute little notes and leave them at the end of each visit so when i got back I could she what marley did and how much she enjoyed the pet sitter! |
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Layla goes to a babysitter! when looking for one i wanted somewhere that i could bring her for the day because we live outside of the city and i knew no one would come to my house for the day. She charges 15 dollars a day (a steal i know!) and layla goes there about 4 times a month for the day. I bring my own food and she just hangs out at their house as if she is a part of the family. If i were to keep her overnight there i would just need to bring my crate for her. They go for walks (her babysitter has a lab, a labradoodle and a lab granddaughter :p ) and layla has a blast.. comes home VERY tired!! maybe this is somethign you could offer to smaller breeds... |
That would be cool if you could get it going!! It would be a great change of pace. How far do you think you will travel to do it??? :rolleyes: MN, maybe?:D Personally, I am paranoid - so I wouldn't hire someone to be alone in my house or with my babies - that I didn't know or trust. Like I said, I'm just paranoid of things happening. I'm not sure what I'll do if I have to go somewhere and can't take the gang along.... I probably should start thinking of that before I need it! I really hope you can make it happen. Wouldn't it be nice to have a job that you enjoy doing????:) |
Doggy Day Care.... Friends of ours take their 2 llaso's to a doggy day care when they want a free day to go shopping, golfing or whatever.....they charge $25 per day per dog....and I have seriously considered using this service myself....seems if you have the space and patience....it would be a wonderful service.....,:aimeeyork |
I have considered using a pet service. But I have issues too. I worry about the reliability of the person, whether the person will steal from me, or use stuff I don't want them using. Leave the house a mess, know how to operate the TV, really pay attention to Millie, ect. I just have problems with having a complete stranger in my house (and they would be until you got to know them)without me being there, let alone leaving Millie in their care. I don't know what assurances someone would give me that could take me over my "issues" hump and allow me to begin using such a service. Because if the price is right, I surely would like the option of such a service, but won't go there because of my "issues". I only say this, so you understand that there are people like me out there and you may have to address this type of person and how to reach them (mentally) so that you can do business with them. |
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Oh and If I do Do this I will be bonded and insured for any problems. |
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I am intouch with one of the Sitters in Omaha and she is being really helpful:D |
It sounds like it is an alternative opportunity that would be fun if the expense (insurance/bonding/license, etc) didn't boggle you down and make it a pain rather than fun and enjoyable! Self-employment is difficult with the taxes......I did house cleaning for a while and had to pay quarterly taxes. I needed no insurance or bonding or anything (this was years ago). But things are different today! Just throwing some things out there for you to think about! |
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There is a need for this. I have a friend who does this. Her business is actually called "Critter Sitter". She goes to the person's home at least 3 times a day. She takes care of mail and that stuff too. In addition she walks people's dogs who can't get out, takes them to the vet, the groomer, whatever they need. She is never at a loss for business. |
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Personally, I would never let someone I dont well, into my house to sit with my girls. To scary for me!!!! I even have a hard time letting my 29 yr old daughter petsit for longer than a day.... Just to overprotective i guess.. |
Here is an organization that is well-known: http://www.petsit.com/index.html Lots of info for you and great ideas, too! :) Tammy |
I've thought about doing this too. I thought of maybe starting with weekend boarding at my home. I'm one of those people who won't leave her babies with anyone because my yorkie is a "runner". People just don't pay enough attention with doors, or fence gates and he could be gone in a second, so I'm OVER-CAREFUL! I thought that maybe with "word of mouth" I could get something started. I already have 2 friend who travel often and leave their dogs with me. I think getting someone's trust is the most important thing. That you are going to care for, and look after their dogs just like they would. That's very important. Potential boarders could come check out my house and fenced in yard to make sure I'm not "shady", and make sure all the dog babies get a long. Good Luck with starting this up. Hope things work out for you. |
can it be a situation where people bring the dogs to your house and you can watch more than one pet at a time? If so, I'd totally use something like this a couple days a week if it weren't expensive. |
I would try it out on a small scale and go from there. I also thought about starting a poop scooping business. |
I have a pet sitter when my husband and I go for a long weekend. My dogs love him, he brings in my mail,waters my plants, anything that needs to be done he will do. I have recommended him to many people and they also love him. I think in this day and age a lot of people would rather have a pet sitter then board them out. Good Luck.... Nancy Sami & Lily |
I've thought about having a pet sitter myself. Just don't know if I could really trust them in my home. I know I wouldn't leave my computer. I have too much info on it to leave it for someone to find. |
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