Within the last few years, Dog Walking has become increasingly popular in the UK, especially with the busy lives people lead today, some dog owners dont always get enough free time to take their dogs on the long walks which they would like too. Many people have to work long hours or work later in to the evenings. Therefore many Dog owners look for other people to walk their dogs when they havent got the time.
According to recent statistics in 2009, there are currently around 8 Million dogs in the UK, so there is potentially a very large market for Dog Walkers. The costs for dog walking vary from around £5 per hour up to £12 per hour or more. Usually, Dog Walkers offer discounts for walking more than one dog.
A Dog Walking Business can be started relatively easily and at a very low cost. The main costs involved are advertising for your business which can be done quite cheap via leaflets which you could design and post yourself in your local area. If you are good at designing, you could design them yourself on your computer or pay around £50 to have one designed professionally. As far printing costs, you can get them printed professionally on glossy A6 cards for around £100 for 5000 including delivery.
As well as delivering these by hand in your local town near your home, you could also go in to local pet shops and vets who would probably be willing to let you leave your leaflets in their shops for free, or if not, you could offer to let all your dog walking clients know about their shop in return.
So, for a relatively low start-up cost you could create your own dog walking business which could be very profitable. A good way of free advertising once your business is established will obviously be work of mouth advertising from your existing clients, as long as you provide a good value and professional service.
If you only walk a couple of dogs part-time, there may not be any need to take out insurance yourself, providing that the dog owners have their dogs insured and that you confirm that their insurance includes public liability insurance and covers their dogs when they are in your care.
If you are running a large scale dog walking business, then it would be a very good idea to make sure you take out your own public liability insurance for your dog walking business that covers all the dogs in your care. If one of the dogs where to escape its lead and cause an accident or bite someone and you havent taken out insurance, you will be liable to any costs involved which could be potentially very high.
It may be a good idea to provide extra services to your dog walking clients, as this may attract extra business. Some other services your clients may be interested in will be Dog Sitting, Dog Grooming, Dog Bathing, Dog Training and even just spending time at their home with their dog to play with it and keep it company whilst they are out at work or on holiday. Some of these extra services may require training but will be very beneficial to your business.
So, if you decide to go ahead and start working part-time or full-time as a Dog Walker, we hope this website has been useful to you and if you have any questions or think we have missed some important information from the site, please use the contact form on the website to let us know.
Good luck with your new business.
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