Free Pet Sitting Resources

I know many of you just found Working with Pets and are new subscribers. WELCOME!

I have many free pet sitting resources available and you may not know how to find all of them. So I thought I’d repost some of these links so you can take advantage of everything to kickstart your business ready for the busy pet sitting holiday season.

Download a free sample chapter (this is the marketing section) of my book “How to Create Excellence in Your Pet Sitting Business” at :

How to Create Excellence In Your Pet Sitting Business Book Info

The Association of Pet Sitting Excellence has two great give aways for your clients – a Dog Treat Recipe Book and Customizable Pre-Travel check list. We even have some suggestions for you to let you know how you can use them to wow your clients. Get them both here:

Free APSE Pet Sitters Week Gifts

And finally – if you didn’t hear about my Pet Sitters Sharing Excellence Ebook – you can still download this special report that contains 100 tips from pet sitters for pet sitters. Download a copy here:

Pet Sitters Sharing Excellence Ebook

You can listen to the webinar the the APSE did just a couple of weeks ago with special guest Laura Roeder – just visit the APSE blog here to get Laura’s tips to:

“Find Local Pet Sitting Clients on Social Media without spending all day on Twitter”

I also have 2 ebooks that you can download right here at Working with Pets. Just go to the resource page to download them.

If you have any trouble downloading any of these files just leave a comment and I’ll be happy to help you out.

Hope you have a great long weekend! I hope everyone is busy with pet sitting as we are at Protecting Max.

Owning a pet business does not guarantee you success, but it is generally not difficult to set up your own pet business adn many who own pet businesses love the hard working lifestyle and the closeness to pets. You will have to compete with those who may be better trained, may have lower cost structures and those who “pretend” to have your skills and experience when they do not. (eg not all those who advertise themselves as groomers are actually Groomers).

There are also key skills that all dog industry professionals should possess. Here are some of the most critical skills and abilities for those hoping to work with dogs professionally: Basic Dog Handling and Training Skills, ability to recognize behavioral signals.

Animals can be somewhat unpredictable when they are under stress or in an unfamiliar environment, like when they visit the veterinary office or the grooming salon, so it is important to be attentive and stay aware of the animal you are handling at all times.