Start Your Own Pet-Sitting Business

by Cheryl Kimball and Entrepreneur Press

Book Overview

Americans love their pets. More than a quarter of all American households have dogs or cats. And then there are parrots and parrotfish, guinea pigs and pot-bellied pigs, iguanas and anacondas. If you... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932531068
• ISBN13: 9781932531060
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Entrepreneur Press
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Lot's of great information

I have been reading several books on how to start up a pet sitting business and this book was an excellent resource. I highlighted several key bits of information and incorporated them in my "TO DO" list. I highly reacommend this book.Start Your Own Pet Sitting Business (The Startup Series)

Easy Read How To Book

This book is very easy to read, clear, concise, and answered many questions regarding the Pet Sitting business. The reading experience was pleasurable.

Fantastic Resource

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.

excellent information

I have not started my business but I am in the process and this book is very good and has very good ideas that covers all bases I would recommend this book to anyone starting a petsitting business

A straightforward guide to the ins and outs

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.