Are you a pet lover? Fascinated by all things furred, feathered and finned? Why not turn your passion for pets into a profitable business! A fast-growing market, the multibillion-dollar pet industry offers a world of business opportunities for entrepreneurs like you! From hands-on pet care to specialty pet products like toys, food, and treats, Entrepreneur covers the cat’s meow of pet-related businesses. Providing insider advice, tips, and tricks along the way, our experts take you step by step and show you how to discover your specialty, legally and financially establish your business, manage day-to-day operations, and so much more! • Choose from five hot areas of interest—pet sitting/dog walking, dog training, pet grooming, pet food/treats, upscale pet products • Equip yourself with the right tools • Set competitive fees • Efficiently manage inventory and supplies for easy order fulfillment • Use effective marketing and advertising tools to get the word out • Build positive customer and vendor relationships • Plan for future growth • And more Let America’s pampered pets help your profits— start your pet business today!

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 love animals, you can start a profitable business caring for pets when their owners go on vacation. A pet-sitting business is easy to start and inexpensive to run. You can board pets in your home, visit pets in their homes, manage a staff of pet-sitters or even combine pet-sitting and house-sitting for greater profit. Plus, you can offer add-on services like grooming and walking. Learn everything you need to know to be a success, including: • Tips on animal feeding, grooming and exercise • Medical care information and resources • Insurance, regulatory and legal liability issues • What toys and supplies you need to make your job easier • Startup basics like writing a business plan and managing your finances If you love animals, don’t delay. Learn how to turn your passion into profit.

Just fifteen years ago, “pet sitter” meant the kid down the street who helped feed pets when the neighbors traveled. Today, this fledgling field is fast becoming an established profession. Combining the appeal of working with animals, a viable customer base, and truly low start-up costs, it is for many people the ideal home-based business. And yet its “fun” aspects are often overshadowed by the daunting tasks of registering the business, purchasing insurance, and knowing what first steps to take and how to continue from there. With a simple, step-by-step format, How to Start a Home-Based Pet Sitting Business guides aspiring pet sitters from the dreaming stage to the doing stage more clearly and comprehensively than any such book to date.

The book explains what you need to set up a pet sitting/dog walking business, the decisions you will need to make before starting and how to set up your business. Topics include managing your business efficiently, good customer service, continuing education, IC's vs employees and tips on how to avoid burn out. In the appendix there are checklists to ensure that you don't miss a step on your way to being a successful business owner.

Would you love to start your own pet sitting or dog walking business in 30 days or less?This entertaining and down to earth pet sitting business book is the closest thing you will ever get to a fool-proof pet sitting kit. Let Asheville pet sitter Sarah Jordan take you by the hand and show you exactly how to:*Set up your own enticing Pet Sitting Profile on Rover, the premier pet sitting website and app*Get high quality photos of you with pets, even if you don't have any pets of your own*Set your pet sitting rates so clients flock to you like flies on honey, while still pet sitting for profit*Book your first pet sitting, doggy day care, cat day care or cat care client, even if you have no experience*Market without feeling like a slimeball*Set up a meet and greet, set boundaries and feel ready to call yourself a professional pet sitter*Prevent pet sitting peril*Dump a clientAnd more! Whether you want to pet sit once in a while or open up your own lux dog resort, this book will have you pet sitting sooner than you can say, "Doggie day camp". As a bonus, you'll laugh, cry and dangle on the edge of your seat as you take a behind-the-curtains peek at the life of a pet sitter sharing her biggest OMG moments.

This comprehensive handbook, part of "Entrepreneur "magazine's highly successful StartUp series, guides you through the steps of setting up and operating a pet-sitting business, covering both the business fundamentals and the specialized knowledge required for animal care and handling. "Start Your Own Pet Sitting Business "focuses mainly on dogs and cats, the most popular pets, but also covers barn animals and exotics.