Pet Sitting as a Home Business

Posted on June 30th, 2009 by admin

A home based Pet sitting service 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.
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?
Existence as a pet sitter is a great job, for others it would be totally inappropriate. A great pet sitter needs to find irresistible animals, all animals. It is not just a requirement, it ought to be a natural love. Whether it is a hamster, dog or one that some people may have a terror about. Common 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 a few people, so you will need to deal with these animals as a pet sitter. Fortuitously these animals require minimal care, but as a pet sitter you cannot avoid feeding and watering them. Often the owner may need the pet sitter to supply small live animals to the pet. In my experience other animals that cause likely problems for pet sitters include rats, “I don’t like the scaly tail”, particularly as the rats and owners love the frequent fussing and handling of the pet.

The requirement for pet sitters is normally normally during the major holidays of Christmas, Thanksgiving and summer holidays. There is also a demand for pet sitting at weekends throughout the year. Because of this seasonality, pet sitting also includes dog walking which is something that is required all year.

Dog walking in a first-rate pet sitting business will limit the highest number of dogs to four or less. Good companies such as London dog walking will give you clothing and rain protection. This is of common benefit, as the free garments 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 announce that the owners are away on vacation. Though one of the benefits of pet sitting with somebody going in and out and doing other things such as emptying the mail box, reduces the probability of burglary.

Pet sitting often requires the pet sitter to do other jobs around the house. A pet sitter will often look after the garden and indoor plants. Pet sitters often look after cats, who due to their territorial origins, rarely like leaving their home. Cat lovers dislike parting from their loved animals, so companies such as London cat sitting will place photos and a diary 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 repeatedly 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 business for those whom it fits, give it a try!