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How to Start Run & Grow a Successful Pet Hotel Business : Dog Boarding, Cat Boarding, Pet Kennel, Doggie Daycare & Pet Sitting - Make Money Be Your Own Boss, Work with Animals You Love & Adore
Starting a Successful Pet Hotel BusinessDo you love animals? Are you looking for a career that is recession-proof and always in demand? Would you like to be your own boss? You should start a pet hotel business!
I have been in the pet care industry for over a decade. I first started working as a receptionist in my uncle’s veterinary clinic at age 18. I had owned dogs and cats in my childhood but never thought about making it a career.
When I was thinking about college, I realized that becoming a vet technician was a viable option. When my uncle retired and sold his practice, I worked with the new vet as a tech for a few years. We found ourselves with frequent requests to board animals for the short-term. Usually, these requests came from pet owners who were our usual vet clients going out of town for a few days at a time. We took these dogs and cats in for mostly weekends and holidays. I realized that in my area, the need for quality pet boarding was essential.
I started my own pet boarding business out of an old daycare building. The daycare had been closed down for a while, but it had easily convertible facilities for pet boarding. The building had a nearly commercial-sized kitchen and 4 different classrooms, each with its own attached bathroom. It also had a large fenced-in yard which used to have playground equipment and big indoor community space, presumably for assemblies or indoor playtime. A building originally built to house children during the day was easily converted to a building intended to house cats and dogs.
My pet boarding business was born on a shoestring budget. In this book, I will show you how to start your own pet hotel from the ground up. This book comes from my personal experiences combined with research that I conducted while starting out years ago.
I will show you everything I learned about how to start a dog or cat boarding kennel business (or doggy daycare) so that you can start your business on the right foot.
You will
What a Typical Day at a Pet Boarding Hotel is LikeWhat Potential Profit this Business Can BringWhy Choosing the Right Location is ImportantWhat You Can Expect Your Initial Investment to BeDeciding if This is Right for YouWhat Skills, Experience, and Knowledge is NeededWhat to Consider Before StartingHow to Spot Industry Trends Crafting a Business PlanAdvice for Naming Your BusinessConsider the Owner’s NameAdvice for Finding FinancingAdvice on How to Form a Legal EntityWhat Permits and Licenses You Will NeedInsurance ConcernsConstruction Concerns (for New Builds or Remodels)How to Determine Costs and PricingAdvice for Amenities to OfferDesigns for Cat BoardingHelpful Software for Client and Pet Management Marketing Your BusinessBuilding an Online PresenceHow to Use Your Website for MarketingHow to Use Facebook for MarketingHow to Use Retention Marketing to Keep ClientsDaily Operational ConsiderationsHiring Your First Employee&
I have been in the pet care industry for over a decade. I first started working as a receptionist in my uncle’s veterinary clinic at age 18. I had owned dogs and cats in my childhood but never thought about making it a career.
When I was thinking about college, I realized that becoming a vet technician was a viable option. When my uncle retired and sold his practice, I worked with the new vet as a tech for a few years. We found ourselves with frequent requests to board animals for the short-term. Usually, these requests came from pet owners who were our usual vet clients going out of town for a few days at a time. We took these dogs and cats in for mostly weekends and holidays. I realized that in my area, the need for quality pet boarding was essential.
I started my own pet boarding business out of an old daycare building. The daycare had been closed down for a while, but it had easily convertible facilities for pet boarding. The building had a nearly commercial-sized kitchen and 4 different classrooms, each with its own attached bathroom. It also had a large fenced-in yard which used to have playground equipment and big indoor community space, presumably for assemblies or indoor playtime. A building originally built to house children during the day was easily converted to a building intended to house cats and dogs.
My pet boarding business was born on a shoestring budget. In this book, I will show you how to start your own pet hotel from the ground up. This book comes from my personal experiences combined with research that I conducted while starting out years ago.
I will show you everything I learned about how to start a dog or cat boarding kennel business (or doggy daycare) so that you can start your business on the right foot.
You will
What a Typical Day at a Pet Boarding Hotel is LikeWhat Potential Profit this Business Can BringWhy Choosing the Right Location is ImportantWhat You Can Expect Your Initial Investment to BeDeciding if This is Right for YouWhat Skills, Experience, and Knowledge is NeededWhat to Consider Before StartingHow to Spot Industry Trends Crafting a Business PlanAdvice for Naming Your BusinessConsider the Owner’s NameAdvice for Finding FinancingAdvice on How to Form a Legal EntityWhat Permits and Licenses You Will NeedInsurance ConcernsConstruction Concerns (for New Builds or Remodels)How to Determine Costs and PricingAdvice for Amenities to OfferDesigns for Cat BoardingHelpful Software for Client and Pet Management Marketing Your BusinessBuilding an Online PresenceHow to Use Your Website for MarketingHow to Use Facebook for MarketingHow to Use Retention Marketing to Keep ClientsDaily Operational ConsiderationsHiring Your First Employee&
235 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 15, 2021
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November 13, 2022
Fantastic review of every aspect of the pet boarding trade. Great resource to build your dream, or (in my case) take several steps back to fully comprehend the amount of planning needed to even start really dreaming. It also helped me remember the stress involved in working for dog boarding facilities, and realize how much that would be amplified as an owner.
June 19, 2021
A Terriffic Read for Animal Lovers wanting to Start a Business
I love animals so this book was a great read. I can honestly say that I learned about things that I was truly unaware of. In this book, the author was very detailed and it also showed that the author knew alot about animals, to even have the ability to write this book. This book really does show you how to operate a doggy daycare 🐕. If I wanted to begin to start my own hotel business for animals this would be the perfect book to get to do so. I love cats, I actually have two of them, they are my best friends and I love them. This book also helped me to care more for them as well. Learning how to start a hotel business for your pets from the ground up is the best. This book shows you step by step how to be successful,without leaving out anything that is important. I highly recommend this book to be bought and read, even if you don't want to start your own hotel business. Once again I applaud the author for taking there time and dedication to write this book that I enjoyed so much, and I know you will too. All in all, this was a book that I am glad that I bought. I definitely give this book five stars. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I love animals so this book was a great read. I can honestly say that I learned about things that I was truly unaware of. In this book, the author was very detailed and it also showed that the author knew alot about animals, to even have the ability to write this book. This book really does show you how to operate a doggy daycare 🐕. If I wanted to begin to start my own hotel business for animals this would be the perfect book to get to do so. I love cats, I actually have two of them, they are my best friends and I love them. This book also helped me to care more for them as well. Learning how to start a hotel business for your pets from the ground up is the best. This book shows you step by step how to be successful,without leaving out anything that is important. I highly recommend this book to be bought and read, even if you don't want to start your own hotel business. Once again I applaud the author for taking there time and dedication to write this book that I enjoyed so much, and I know you will too. All in all, this was a book that I am glad that I bought. I definitely give this book five stars. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
January 19, 2024
9/10
I really loved the book & feel way more confident in starting a pet business now that I have read this book. I feel like a lot of information was repeated throughout the book which isn’t a bad thing but I feel like their was a lot of information missing about actually working with dogs and supplies needed to run a Pet Hotel Business.
I really loved the book & feel way more confident in starting a pet business now that I have read this book. I feel like a lot of information was repeated throughout the book which isn’t a bad thing but I feel like their was a lot of information missing about actually working with dogs and supplies needed to run a Pet Hotel Business.
June 26, 2021
Detailed and informative
If you are trying to start up a business or any business at all I believe that this book will give you the full picture of how big business works and how to become one from the ground up this one just happens to be for a pet hotel
If you are trying to start up a business or any business at all I believe that this book will give you the full picture of how big business works and how to become one from the ground up this one just happens to be for a pet hotel
April 15, 2023
Good, but basic
This book gives a good overview, however it won't give you many tools to solve or to get a better analysis
This book gives a good overview, however it won't give you many tools to solve or to get a better analysis
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