How much would you guess I earn?

[Dogladyloveswine]

I took redundancy from a very corporate job a few years ago. Very respectable job title with a big company.

I decided to have a go at home dog boarding. So I look after dogs in my home for people who don’t like kennels. I also do a bit of doggie day care. It’s all just in my house.

It obviously doesn’t carry the same respect that my corporate job did! You don’t need any qualifications.

If you had to guess, what would you think I earn a month?

I say, good for you. Much nicer than working in an office and the company is better! Enjoy

100k plus a year ?

Well done OP! You dint actually work any hours if you do what you enjoy 😉

So you're earning about £50kpa? Tp put that in context that's more than a lot of vets!

Honest open conversations about earning potential is really important!

also, as an aside, it says so much about our society that dogminders can earn so much more than childminders.

Also, I woudl assume that the OP is responsible and reliable hence long term regular clients.

I’ve used a few dog walkers over the years and each and every one was flakey and I’m not paying someone I can’t trust. So like all things there are those performing well and being compensated accordingly and those taking the piss who probably are not

Are any cat sitters able to confirm if that too is a boom industry?

@purpleme12
Less than an hour.

If anything like my friends dog who I have to Stay when on holiday /out all day etx

sleep !!
😂😂😂😂😂

I walk 9/10 after take dd to school and the 3 breeds all sleep for hours

I obv need to start charging / I could be rich

Possibly? Although I think dogs are the boom industry in the UK £££.

My friend uses a cat sitter but they only go in once a day so it can’t be as lucrative I would have thought

Anyone in the country as it’s online. I’m sorry 😭

Do you provide all the food for them? Or is that extra?

This is a great thread, I wish more people did threads like this.

Agree. No idea why some people have been arsey about it. No one is stopping anyone from setting up a similar business if they have the facilities.

Good for you op. A lot of spiteful replies here, cant understand why? Not like op is stopping anyone from doing it too.

Don’t care.

I know rightt!! my lady charges a tenner per visit, ive got 4 cats 2 house rabbits and a tortoise

Don't you walk them??

Eta = if by waking you mean walking by 9am ok. Only 1 walk a day?

You could say whatever figure comes into.tour head, anyway. We wouldn't know if we guessed correctly or not

Everyone provides their own food. Means they are less likely to get upset tummy, as they aren't changing diet, but it makes business sense for me, as my profits are larger.

Thank you! I do think we should be more transparent about things like this. There are ways to make a good wage, without being in the rat race. I would recommend this to anyone wanting to get out, especially if you're older and would like something less fast paced, or even to supplement retirement.

3 walks a day.

Do you walk them all together?

People who are negative about self employment are probably very jealous of the ability to be your own boss and not have some micromanaging oik telling you what to do. The OP has to change accordingly bearing in mind there is no sick or holiday pay. My only caveat is that miserable and snitching neighbours can inform the LA about home run businesses if they impact in any way, including noise, smell and parking issues. The safest businesses are run online and kept strictly private from prying eyes.