How to Reward Your Employees

How to Reward Your Employees

Every year I have the same dilemma. I want to recognize employees for a year of great work but I don’t know how to best go about it. I want it to be affordable but also have meaning to the employee, (i.e. no one wants another coffee mug). Here are some things to...
How to Avoid Losing Your Mind this Season

How to Avoid Losing Your Mind this Season

Let’s talk about losing your mind. If you are a professional pet sitter you don’t have holidays. There, I’ve said it, it’s out there. It’s the ugly truth that no one talks about. I remember when I worked in the corporate office. I would anxiously await...
How to Reward Your Employees

How to pay your pet sitter and dog walker employees

Before you hire on that first pet sitting or dog walking employee one thing you need to decide is how are you going to pay them? I’m not talking about how you will physically get them the money; direct deposit, live checks, cash, etc. And I’m also not talking about on...
How to set your Pet Business Pricing

How to set your Pet Business Pricing

You’ve decided to become a pet care business owner. That’s great news! Let’s also assume you know broadly what type of pet care service you want to provide. That’s also great news! There are a ton of things to get to on your to do list but one of the most important is...
Starting Employees Off Right to Keep Them

Starting Employees Off Right to Keep Them

Your pet care business is humming along tickety boo and you’ve hired your first employee.  In Part I of this training series we focusing on field training, popularly known as shadowing. In this BLOG, Part II, we’ll go a little deeper into our training journey to learn...
Mid Year Goal Setting

Mid Year Goal Setting

We’re midway through the year and things are going pretty well. Actually, things are going great! The pet care business bubble has finally hit us. I’ve talked about the bubble in previous articles. The demand for pet care is exploding right now for three big reasons....