Dog walking/pet sitting

Re: Dog walking/pet sitting

Sal the 1st — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:03:05 GMT

yes I had heard about this re house calls some time ago - if you are injured by an animal whilst you are on a house call you have little or no comeback with either your insurance or the insurance of the person who the animal and the house belongs to ( I suppose in the case of an employed nurse you could try against the employers insurance?), in fact have heard this used as an excuse by a vs not wanting to carry out a house call - dont know how true this is - wouldnt like to try it out

Re: Dog walking/pet sitting

Fiona Leathers — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:58:24 GMT

I was at a CPD thing at weekend and they were saying that if anything went wrong when you were in someone else's house and taking payment for pet sitting then you don't have a leg to stand on it anything went wrong and they choose to sue you. They also said that if you were hurt in their house by their pet then you wouldn't be able to claim anything back as you entered their house knowing that there was a risk involved in pet sitting.

I hadn't heard anything like this before! Made me slightly worried as it may apply to house calls too.

Re: Dog walking/pet sitting

les punton — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:57:09 GMT

hello welcome,

i have done some pet sitting usually for clients at work, I dont advertise as such but if some1 asks and I like them I will offer. if im staying in their house I charge 20 a day (out of working hours) and if I take the dog to mine i charge 10 a day. I looked on the internet and some companies charge 40!

I am wary though as I dont have any insurance so I am choosey who I atke but also make it clear that if anything happens I will do whats needed until I can contact them.

good little money spinner though.

I did stay at one womans house for 2 weeks and the house was minging - I didnt do it again for a year and a half!

Re: Dog walking/pet sitting

regalbeagle — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:08:28 GMT

Thanks guys that's been really helpful. I shall look into it! x

Re: Dog walking/pet sitting

Vicky RVN — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:49:34 GMT

I too use a dog walker a couple of days a week. She takes my dog out for an hour (or plays with him at home if he isn't in a walking mood!) and charges me £10. She charges me less because she's one of our good clients, her normal fee is £15.

Re: Dog walking/pet sitting

bonny10 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:22:04 GMT

Hi, i have used a dog walking service before for when im working long days at work. They are a really handy service to have available and getting popular mow a days with people working longer days.

To give you an idea i paid 7 pound for a half hour walk or 11 for an hour. The one i used had insurance andalso did pet sitting although not sure how much that cost.