Weekend Dog Walker/Sitter in the North Manchester area?

greendale9061

Hi,

Thanks for looking at this thread.

I am offering my services for dog walking or animal sitting during weekends.

I have just finished uni doing a Bsc in Animal Behaviour & Welfare, and now need to start to pay off my overdraft.

I am luckily enough to have a full time job, but unfortuaatly its not in the field I want. This is why I would like to walk other peoples dogs/ ferrets/ rabbits/ cats or any other animals as a hobby.

I am not with any company, but want to offer my time & passion of animals to let animal owners enjoy there weekends off and can't really afford to go to the gym, so what better way to get some exercise & I dont mind the rain (I'm used to mucking out horses & livestock in the rain from uni).

I have my own car and live in Radcliffe (next to Springwater park), so if you are intressted I can drive up to your area & walk the dogs there or take them down to Radcliffe & walk them in the park.



P.S If there are any professional Dog walker's who need a helping hand, or any advise please feel free to reply.


Many Thanks :-)

myothercarisaferrari

Do you have a CRB? or public liability insurance?

greendale9061

No I haven't as was just doing this as a hobby. I will look into this, will this be expensive?

Thanks for your advice.

inmypocketnottheirs

greendale9061 wrote: »

No I haven't as was just doing this as a hobby. I will look into this, will this be expensive?

Thanks for your advice.

Also I would not put your email addy on a website that gets hundreds of thousands of visitors and spammers. Invite interested parties to contact you by PM, it's much safer.

Encantador

greendale9061 wrote: »

No I haven't as was just doing this as a hobby. I will look into this, will this be expensive?

Thanks for your advice.

Are you charging for this? You call it a `hobby` but mention having to pay off your overdraft.

If you are charging then you are starting a business and have to inform the taxman etc. You should also have Public Liability Insurance in case a dog you are in charge of runs under a bus or worse, causes a bus to crash.

I think (hope) the CRB suggestion was meant as a joke.

greendale9061

Hey, I have no Criminal Record, as I'm good abiding citizen :-) so was hoping people will trust me in good faith, but now realise that many people wouldn;t take me serious.

I looked into Public Liability Insurance (got a quote of £150 is this about right for £1million)

I would like to hear from dog walkers to see if this is a worth while to set up a business? And how do I go about it?

At first it was meant as a hobby, charging around £5 per dog for an hour?

If anyone else has any suggestions on how to make a little bit of extra money at weekends to pay off my student overdraft, it will be very much appreciated (would prefer an outdoor activity which involves animals)


Thanks :-)