To wonder how much you’d pay for dog home boarding?

[Deargentlereader12]

Hello 👋🏻
Wondering how much you would expect to pay for this service
Cage free / kennel free home boarding
Council licensed
Insured
Large secure garden
24/7 cctv
2 acres private woodland suitable for dogs that can go off lead
2 walks a day 20 minutes each
first aid trained
CPD course in canine communication
8 years experience
USP - We only board one families dog at a time!
I just got my license yesterday now I’m trying to figure out a price per day. What are people’s thoughts?

Most people I know pay between £30-£40 per 24 hour period. Is there actually going to be any profit in this “business” if you’re only taking one dog at a time? Once you’ve paid for all your set-up costs, your licensing, your insurances, maintenance to facilities, wear and tear caused by dogs which chew / scratch etc, other sundry ongoing running costs etc, £30 a day to cover two walks, feeding time, play time, the restrictions on your life because you have to plan everything around not being out of the house for too long etc barely seems worth it.

I would be more than happy to£30 I think but this is just a side business alongside my dog walking

That was supposed to say I would be more then £30

Whereabouts in the country are you, OP?

Prices vary massively depending on location - I don't know anyone who charges more than £30 a night, and kennels are even less at £15 a night. I charge more as a live-in house-sitter but that's keeping the dogs in their own environment and routine.

2 walks of 20 minutes would put me off even enquiring

But unless you’re planning to walk all these dogs entirely separately, surely then you don’t actually have the USP of only having one customer’s dog at a time? If that’s what you’re selling the service as, customers will assume this means their dog/s get your undivided attention including at the times that’s arguably the most important - when they’re outdoors in unfamiliar environments and coming into contact with other people and animals. You can’t then do your dog walking business with other dogs alongside the dog/s you’re boarding.

Dog boarding dogs and dog walking dogs won’t be mixing I only do dog walking part time

It's fairly standard for boarding dogs to be left unattended for short periods so boarders can walk other dogs or run normal daily errands. It'll be part of OP's licensing that they can be safely left.

I'm assuming she means "one boarding dog in the home at any time" and then the walking dogs are just walked and never come to her property - that's how all the local home boarders near us operate, anyway.

I’m in Cheshire where prices massively vary from £30 to £90 a night

Thanks for the reply. This is what is required from the council but seems everyone agrees it definitely not enough

I would pay up to £40 per night for my 2 dogs and £30 per night for one dog

I'd expect to pay £60 for this (I'm in the south east)

£90 a night? Bloody hell

£30 to £35 a night per 24 hours boarding where I am.
I get a repeat rate of £16 for daycare for 8am to 5pm as he goes once a week.

20 min walks are not v long – my dog’s tiny and even his walks are 30 mins minimum (usually more like 40).

How come you’re only boarding one dog at a time?

I know haha and she’s always full, she gets a lot of footballers

Sounds like I need to change my business plan, haha.

Wouldn’t be happy with 2 x 20 minute walks, not your reasoning that you would walk with your own dogs so would probably be longer and your USP doesn’t technically exist as you have your own dogs. I wouldn’t expect to pay any more than general kennel prices tbh. Longer walks and genuinely the only dog(s) on the property I would pay considerably more.

I'd rather pay more (around £70 in my area) and ensure my 2 (a Havanese and Yorkie x Dachsund) get the 2 x 1 hour walks they're used to per day.
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Just go on Rover and see the average prices for your area. I'm in Edinburgh and I would expect to pay between £25-40 per night for boarding.

Thanks for all the feedback lots of stuff to think about 😀

Can I ask what the advantage of this is v using trusted housesitters? Trusted housesitters is £100 ish a year for unlimited sits, and your pet gets full attention, someone living in their house and pet gets to stay at home in own environment

We use for our cat every year, and cat gets to stay home.

People on rover on not licensed by the council therefore any insurance they may have is invalid so if something happened to your dog whilst in their care they wouldn’t be covered for it

Trusted housesitters is when people stay in your home right?

Thank you for the feedback I think longer seems to be what everyone wants so will reflect this in my pricing