Yet another great way of making money is to become a dog walker. A great advantage of being a dog walker is earning while exercising. Dog walking is a very sociable job because people stop you and chat about your dogs. This is wonderful occasion to network and acquire more business!
A great dog walker requires to a love for dogs, all dogs and animals in general. It is not just a requirement, it ought to be a natural love. Typically dog walking is a small business with only 1 person in charge but it might be a team or people.
The demand for dog walkers is normally centered around the major holidays of Christmas, Thanksgiving and summer holidays. There is also a demand for dog walkers during weekends year round the year. The year round business of dog walking is something that is needed all year and especially in cities where land is scare and dogs have to stay inside for long periods of times. There can also be temporary work for dog walking, following accidents or if the owner is not well.
Being a dog walker with a dog walking company will usually restrict the number of dogs you have to walk from one to four. Too many dogs makes it hard to control and you could end up in a sticky situation that you can't handle yourself.
You will also have to be aware of messes that dogs can make and bring a "pooper scooper" and bags to clean up what the dogs leave behind.
If you decide to join a dog walking service instead of setting up your own business you may be given special clothing, t-shirts and all weather gear to wear. The free outfits are branded which will help the business acquire more business as they see you walking dogs down the street. This is a cheap way for a dog walker to advertise their business and as noted before, walking dogs is a sociable event that tends to attract others walkers to talk to you or pet the dogs. Dog walking is great publicity for if you also want to get into pet sitting services.