Start Your Own Pet-Sitting Business (The Startup Series) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Cheryl Kimball (Author)
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Product Description
This comprehensive handbook, part of Entrepreneur magazine's highly successful StartUp series, guides you through the steps of setting up and operating a pet-sitting business, covering both the business fundamentals and the specialized knowledge required for animal care and handling. Start Your Own Pet Sitting Business focuses mainly on dogs and cats, the most popular pets, but also covers barn animals and exotics.

From the Back Cover

Americans love their pets. More than a quarter of all American households have dogs and cats. And then there are parrots and parrotfish, kinkajous and kangaroos, guinea pigs and pot-bellied pigs, iguanas and anacondas. For an aspiring entrepreneur who likes animals, is there any better way to make a living?

But when people go on vacations, who takes care of their pets? Well, it might be Cousin Jimmy, or it could be you-if you seize your share of the booming, $30 billion pet-sitting industry.

A pet-sitting business is easy to start and inexpensive to run. You can board pets in your home, visit pets in their homes, manage a staff of pet-sitters, or even combine pet-sitting and house-sitting for greater profit. Part of Entrepreneur magazine's popular and comprehensive Startup Series, Start Your Own Pet-Sitting Business provides the basic elements you need to know, including:

• Animal feeding, grooming and exercise
• Medical care tips and resources
• Insurance, regulatory, and legal liability issues

This book also includes the basic of starting and running a business, valuable tips from animal experts, common mistakes to avoid, sample forms, checklists and worksheets, and more.

So, if you love animals, don't delay. Let Start Your Own Pet-Sitting Business show you how to turn your passion into profit.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: Entrepreneur Press; 1st edition (July 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932531068
• ISBN-13: 978-1932531060
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #99,763 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A straightforward guide to the ins and outs , November 13, 2004

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Author Cheryl Kimball's Start Your Own Pet-Sitting Business: Your Step-by-Step Guide To Success is a straightforward guide to the ins and outs of running a business that cares for people's beloved animals. Chapters address the issues of setting up a business framework, the services one must offer (including feeding, grooming, exercise, and health care), marketing basics, insurance and legal matters, financial considerations, considerations to take into account when looking after specific animals such as dogs, cats, birds, rodents, fish, ferrets, rabbits, reptiles, barn animals, and wild animals, things to take into account when expanding one's business, and much more. An absolute "must-have" for anyone seriously contemplating a career as a pet caretaker.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Resource, February 15, 2006

By	Shelley M - See all my reviews

I purchased this book back in early 2005 and it has been a wonderful resource.

I highly recommend this book - it will point you in the right direction on things to think about when setting up and marketing your service.

It has helped me start and build a successful pet sitting service.

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an excellent guide..., May 17, 2005

By	Ruth Nighswonger - See all my reviews

"Start your own pet sitting business" offers valuable information and excellent advice for setting up your own pet sitting business. If you are considering doing this, it is a must read. For the price, this book is an excellent bargain.

Ruth Nighswonger (May 17, 2005; Boca Raton, FL)