Why Is Pet Sitting Excellence Important?

Back again with another sneak peek at my new book - “How to Create Excellence in Your Pet Sitting Business”. Today I want to explain why I think that pet sitting excellence is so important to your business and to the pet loving world! If you’ve missed the other two parts you can catch up and read them here:

Why is Pet Sitting Excellence Important

In our culture pets are fast becoming more than just companion animals. They are now valuable members of the family. As such the role of the pet sitter takes on even greater responsibility. As a pet sitter you are the temporary custodian of your client’s pets. It is your job to protect their health, safety, and emotional wellbeing while the pet’s owners cannot be there to do this important job. It is vitally important that your pet sitting business is set up so that you have systems in place that both guarantee the pets wellbeing as well as take care of your client’s emotional needs by making them feel safe leaving the pets in your care. In the past two years the pet sitting industry has seen an average of 7% annual growth. This means that the number of pet sitting services available to pet owners in your area is expanding and to make sure that your business continues to attract new clients you must become more competitive by offering superior services. Creating a business designed to embody pet sitting excellence allow you to build a reputation as the pet sitting services leader in your area. The improved customer satisfaction will ensure that your business receives more repeat business, generates more word of mouth referrals, and creates automatic client buzz and community publicity and recognition. It will also allow you to collect sparkling testimonials from your clients that then work to help you build trust and market your business to new clients. I plan to launch the book on March 15th - so stay tuned and I’ll have some more sneak peeks for you soon! In the meantime don’t forget to join in the Pet Sitters Sharing Excellence project by sharing your business tips - here is all the info: Share Your Pet Sitting Tips and I’ll Give You My Special Twitter Marketing Secrets Report If you don’t use Twitter my free report will show you all the basics - and they you can tweet with me and otehr pet sitters.

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.