Dog Walking Business Guide from A to Z

This is a guide to starting and running a dog walking business, set out in a clear A-Z format. Rather than spending hours wading through a lengthy book to find useful snippets of information, everything here is quick and easy to find and explained in plain English. Please note that you don't need a Kindle to read this ebook. Simply download free software from Amazon to read Kindle books on your PC or lap top.
Starting a business can be a daunting process, but the satisfaction of being your own boss and the rewards of working with dogs are a good incentive. Being greeted by a happy dog and walking dogs on the park can be very appealing in comparison to sitting at a desk all day long. Success will depend on your reliability, attention to detail, people skills, dealing with administration, handling dogs and communicating with their owners. Walking dogs is physically demanding. You can expect to walk for at least two hours per day in all weathers. The unexpected can and often will happen. You may visit and walk puppies from 8 weeks old, walk rescue dogs, retired greyhounds, pedigrees and cross breeds.
The book contains realistic information on what to expect and the potential income from a dog walking business. Learn about what unexpected problems you may come across and how to deal with them. There are links to relevant websites where more detailed information can be found, including accounting software, where to get pet business insurance, how to apply for a CRB or Police check, download a sample book-keeping spreadsheet, get free spreadsheet software, find tax and National Insurance information for the self employed and learn how to create your own website. Whilst the book has been written for UK readers, it contains valuable information for anyone planning on starting a dog walking business in any Country. Website links and references for further reading are included at the end of the book.

The table of contents for this book is as follows:
Access to Property by Strangers
Accounts
Advantages of Running a Dog Walking Business
Advertising
Bitches in Season
Books
Bum-bag
Burglaries and House Break-Ins
Business Cards
Burglaries and House Break-Ins
Business Cards
Business Running Costs
Business Start-Up Requirements
Cars and Vans
Car Breakdowns
Cats
Clients
Clothing
Collars
Contacts
Diarrhoea
Diary Management
Disadvantages of Running a Dog Walking Business
Documents
Dog Aggression
Dog Behaviour
Dog Control
Dog Fouling
Dog Guards
Dog Safety
Dog Walking Equipment
Energy
Entire Male Dogs
Eye Infections
Fear Based Aggression
Flexi-Leads
Fun
Gloves
Growling
Hands Free Headset
Holidays and Sickness
Home Boarding
Icy Pavements
Income
Tax Allowances
Working Tax Credits
Additional Services
Insurance
Invoices
Jumping Up
Keys
Kongs
Leads
Licences
Limping
Long Line
Losing a Client
Lost Dogs
Lunch Breaks
Magnetic Vehicle Signs
Maps
Missing Dogs
Mobile Phone
Name Tags/ID Tags
National Insurance (NI) Contributions
Off Lead Walks
Parcel Deliveries
Payments
Price Setting
Police Checks
Pulling on Lead
Puppies
Questions
Record Keeping
References
Rescue Dogs
Reviews
Route Planning
Running Costs
Self Employment
Staff
Stray Dogs
Sub-Contractors
Tax Returns
Time Management
Travel Harness
Unexpected Incidents
Upset Stomachs
Vans
VAT
Vets
Vomiting
Water Bottle
Waterproof Clothing
Website
Whistle
X Breeds
Yelling
Yell.com



This ebook is a short business guide and contains 17,834 words (approximately 71 Kindle pages)