I really want to help you learn how to start a canine walking company and come up with a canine walking company plan this month!
I quit my job at a newspaper in 2008 to start a canine walking business, and I haven’t looked back.
This short article applies to anybody interested in starting a canine walking company or pet sitting business. It’s LONG, so feel totally free to click on any topics below to jump ahead:
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How to start a canine walking company – 15 tips:
1. identify your canine walking rates.
What to charge for canine walking – 3 factors to consider
Is this a one-time thing or are you a professional canine walker?
What are other canine walkers in your area charging?
2. Don’t go without canine walking insurance.
Reasons you need insurance if you are a canine walker:
What’s covered by canine walking insurance
What is not covered by canine walking insurance
3. purchase my canine walking ebook.
4. Do I need to advertise my canine walking business?
Reach out to existing canine walkers.
How do I get much more canine walking clients?
Post fliers, cards or brochures at every vet’s office in town.
Attend local canine events as a vendor.
Post about your company on Craigslist
Word of mouth
Show up in online searches
5. invest in your canine walking website.
6. new client questionnaire for your canine walking business.
7. Liability forms for your canine walking business.
8. Do I need a license to start a canine walking business?
9. Taxes for your canine walking business.
10. start walking shelter dogs.
11. company cards and logo for your canine walking business.
12. apps to help you run your new canine walking and Pet sitting Business
13. get Google reviews for your canine walking or Pet sitting Business.
14. offer numerous services, and be creative. This is your canine walking business.
15. consider providing a canine running service.
Three perk canine walking company tips!
Can a 10 year old start a canine walking business?
How numerous dogs can you legally walk?
What are some risks of a canine walking business?
How much ought to I charge to feed a dog?
How to start a canine walking company – 15 tips:
1. identify your canine walking rates.
Is a canine walking company profitable? Da! There are numerous factors to consider such as whether you’re walking the dog as a favor for a friend or if you’re interested in canine walking as a full-time business.
You ought to charge at least $20 for a half-hour dog walk. That’s my short answer.
What to charge for canine walking – 3 factors to consider
Is this a one-time thing or are you a professional?
What are other canine walkers in your area charging?
What kind of services do you offer?
Otis, Dre, Eddie and me!
Is this a one-time thing or are you a professional canine walker?
If you’re just walking the canine for a friend, then maybe you don’t mind doing so for totally free here and there or for a case of beer or whatever it might be.
If you are wishing to become a professional canine walker, then charge accordingly and charge at least $20 for a half-hour walk.
How much ought to you charge for a canine walking business?
Consider these factors:
The time it takes to drive to and from your home to the dog’s home. A “half-hour walk” could really take an hour when you element in driving time.
You get what you pay for, and you’re providing a premium service. anybody who wants to pay $5 can hire the neighbor kid.
You carry insurance.
What are other canine walkers in your area charging?
Search for other canine walkers in your area and charge something similar to their average prices. I would not charge less just to get the extra company or because you are “inexperienced.” I would charge something similar.
What ought to I charge for a 60-minute canine walk?
To give you an idea, when I was a canine walker north of San Diego, I charged:
$25 for a half-hour walk
$33 for an hour walk
Dupont and Chevy
My rates were pretty average or slightly above average for my area, and I provided a dog running service where I ran with dogs for the same price, which few others offered.
Dog walkers in other cities are able to charge as much as $50 for a 60-minute walk. On the other hand, there are students all over charging just $10 per walk.
Other factors to consider
Will you be walking multiple dogs at once from different families? (Eu nu)
How about multiple dogs from the same family? You could charge a little extra for each additional dog.
Will you be providing pet sitting visits where you stop by multiple times per day or even stay overnight with the pets?
People don’t choose canine walkers based on rates
Trust me, many people don’t choose a canine walker based on rates. If the price is a concern, they hire a neighbor kid or ask a friend to walk the dog.
Those who look for a professional canine walker choose the canine walker based off:
Recommendations from friends
Online reviews on Google and Facebook
Whoever has the nicest looking web site and shows up first in Google searches.
People don’t hire the canine walker with the cheapest rates. They’re prepared to pay much more to get the better service because they’re giving you a essential to their home and trusting you with their pets and more.
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2. Don’t go without canine walking insurance.
Dog walkers and pet sitters need insurance.
Reasons you need insurance if you are a canine walker:
Protect yourself financially
Accidentele se întâmplă. mistakes happen. typically these accidents are no big deal, but you want to be covered in case something much more major occurs. Dogs are dogs. They bite. and break shit. and get hurt.
Dog walking company insurance is affordable
Worth the price for peace of mind if nothing else. Pet sitting is stressful enough as it is! You can’t control everything, but at least if you carry insurance you don’t have to worry about what you’re going to do IF something bad happens.
All companies need insurance
A professional company owner carries liability insurance. Not only is this for your own protection, but it gives your customers some peace of mind too. Plus, it sets you ahead of the pet sitters who risk it and go without insurance (yikes!).
What’s covered by canine walking insurance
Obviously you would want to check with your particular policy but here are a few examples of when you might choose to file an insurance claim:
(These first two are real examples that happened to me!)
The canine you’re walking gets a foxtail (barbed grass) stuck up his nose somehow and needs to be sedated to have it removed.
The canine you’re walking gets his leash caught around the client’s solar lights and breaks the lights. Sigh …
Remy and me!
Other potential scenarios:
You lose a client’s essential and because of this she needs to replace all her locks for safety.
A puppy you’re walking slips out of his poorly fit collar and gets hit by a car.
A canine you’re walking bites another leashed dog.
One of the dogs you’re walking nips a child who comes running around a blind corner.
A puppy in your care swallows a toothpick (or a rock/toy/bone) and has to have it surgically removed.
What is not covered by canine walking insurance
No matter which company you choose to go with, make sure you understand what is and isn’t covered.
Typically, injuries to YOU (the pet sitter) would not be covered. The same goes for injuries to YOUR own pets. Anything that happens under the responsibility of your employees/contractors would also not be covered unless you specifically add them to your policy.
3. purchase my canine walking ebook.
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The ebook is available for $17 and includes comprehensive information about how to successfully gain clients fast, market your company and get everything squared away.
I also offer packages that include my canine walking company forms here. No matter what your vision is, I’d love to help you be successful with your company and come up with a canine walking company plan.
4. Do I need to advertise my canine walking business?
Yes, but it might not be the conventional advertising you’re thinking of. here are some ideas:
Reach out to existing canine walkers.
When I lived in North Dakota, I was the recognized pet sitter in my town, and all the newbies reached out to me for advice. I didn’t mind this at all. I had all the company I wanted, so it was good to have other reputable canine walkers I could recommend.
Later, after moving to San Diego, I was the new pet sitter and canine walker in town. It’s not easy to reach out to your “competition” and ask for help, but it’s well worth it.
I sent an email to one of the local pet sitters, introduced myself and invited her out for coffee. This was the best thing I could’ve done for my new business!
This pet sitter was pleased to help me out, and sheȘi mențin o relație grozavă, verificând mereu și referind clienții înainte și înapoi.
Nu vă speriați să vă adresați. Dacă un alt loc de companie sau canin walker este „amenințat” de tine, atunci este probabil pentru că el sau ea nu este un Walker canin foarte bun.
Când vă veți reuni, veți afla probabil că celălalt canin Walker nu dorește mult mai mulți clienți într-o anumită zonă sau poate că este rezervată solidă miercuri sau poate că nu vrea să meargă mai puternice de lesă sau orice altceva ar putea fi.
Acești clienți ar putea fi ideali pentru dvs.! În multe cazuri, există probabil o modalitate prin care puteți lucra împreună, pentru a recomanda anumite tipuri de clienți unul altuia. Și dacă nu, este în regulă. Cel puțin aveți un nou contact pentru viitor.
Există o mulțime de clienți pentru toată lumea!
Cum obțin mult mai mulți clienți de mers canin?
Postează pliante, cărți sau broșuri la fiecare birou veterinar din oraș.
Pur și simplu intrați, prezentați -vă și întrebați dacă puteți renunța la cărți ale companiei, broșuri sau să lăsați un pliant. Vă recomand să vizitați fiecare birou veterinar la 10 mile.
Am obținut mult mai multă companie prin intermediul medicilor veterinari decât am îngrijitori, antrenori, magazine pentru animale de companie, etc., dar puteți încerca orice fel de companie sau servicii legate de animale de companie, inclusiv adăposturi. Am atârnat pliante în parcul canin și la câteva companii precum clubul nostru de pregătire canină.
Participați la evenimentele canine locale ca vânzător.
Când mi -am început prima dată afacerea de mers pe jos, nu m -am pus suficient acolo. Ei bine, dacă doriți să vă dezvoltați rapid compania, trebuie doar să ieșiți acolo și să vă implicați în comunitate.
O modalitate de a face acest lucru este de a participa la câteva evenimente canine locale. Merită să participați la câteva dintre acestea ca vânzător și să configurați o masă sau un „stand” în care oamenii se pot opri și obține informații despre serviciile dvs.
Sigur, aceste evenimente sunt multă muncă și nu sunt foarte distractive dacă sunteți un introvertit ca mine. Dar, dacă participați la câțiva în primul an, nu va trebui niciodată să faceți acest lucru din nou (decât dacă doriți!).
Vă recomand să imprimați un semn premium cu logo -ul și site -ul dvs. web și să înmânați ceva total gratuit persoanelor precum pungile de tratare, bandannas, autocolante etc. și, desigur, cardurile companiei.
Postează despre compania ta pe Craigslist
Nu răsturnați acest lucru, dar merită să petreceți câteva minute pentru a posta despre compania dvs. o dată sau de două ori pe Craigslist. Încercați secțiunea de animale de companie și secțiunea comunității.
Mesajele mele Craigslist au fost persoane foarte ușoare și redirecționate către site -ul meu web. Am avut mult succes prin Craigslist, fără a cheltui bani.
Cuvânt din gură
Într -o companie personalizată, cum ar fi Canine Walking, cuvântul gură este cea mai importantă tehnică de marketing.
Vorbesc despre adevărate conversații față în față, unde unul dintre clienții dvs. vă recomandă companiei dvs. unuia dintre prietenii, vecinii sau colegii ei. Dacă această persoană are nevoie cu adevărat de un Walker canin, este practic garantată să te angajeze peste altcineva pe baza recomandărilor prietenului ei.
Desigur, pentru a lucra cu cuvânt, trebuie să fii cu adevărat minunat. Nu urmăriți noroiul prin casa clientului, de exemplu. În schimb, scoateți -vă pantofii la ușă, atunci când este cazul. Lasă note personale și cărți. Lăsați tratamente. Rămâneți în legătură cu clienții fără a fi prea enervant.
Dacă o persoană crede că ești cea mai mare, ea îi va spune altora. Acest lucru vă va oferi încredere și cel puțin veți fi plătit pentru ceva ce vă place. Începerea micului vă va da un sentiment dacă este sau nu un lucru pe care doriți să îl faceți cu adevărat.
Am găsit câțiva oameni în complexul meu de casă care aveau nevoie de un Walker canin. Acești vecini de-ai mei au lucrat schimburi de 12 ore și își părăseau câinii acasă fără o pauză de toaletă. Când mi -au văzut flăcări, au fost încântați că le -am putut plimba câinii pentru ei. Nici nu a trebuit să renunț la slujba mea. În unele cazuri, am mers pe acești câini în zilele mele libere. În unele cazuri, a fost înainte de muncă și, în unele cazuri, a fost în pauză.
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