Hi! I’ve been a very part time dog walker for a while, and wore Birkenstock sneakers, but I’ve recently switched to a local dog walking company and they have me walking like 9 mile days. Birks aren’t cushy enough. What do you guys recommend? I’m usually leery of the super tall cushy shoes (hokas etc) because of how easy it is to twist an ankle, but man I cannot feel like this at the end of days either. Help!
Hello dog walkers. My kid is starting public school this week, and that leaves me with time to do whatever I want. With a buffer of 30 min included, I'm free to work mon-thurs 815a-2:15p (I work already Fri-Sun). I've been planning on picking up a 5 or 6 hour shift, mon-thurs. $20 an hour, that's $100-120 per day.
I'm actually not interested in dog walking...at all. I came here to discuss the idea of jog jogging. I'm a trail runner, I can do 100+ mile weeks when I feel like it, but I keep a few days a week free for a 12 mile jog on the beach, once or twice in a day. That's got me thinking, there's got to be dog owners who want their dogs WORKED, not just walked.........right? I've had a few chats about it with locals at the bar when I've brought it up, and was met with the same sentiment from everyone who had an active dog at some point. Basically just telling me hell yeah I woulda paid ya when I had my dog to go run her on the beach!
So yeah, my questions are do you guys think there's a market for this? A dog jogger? Do you think I could make $100-120 per 5 or 6 hour day? I drive a hatchback, and live in slo county, california, btw.
Thank you!!
I have a dog with an almond mom. I close my eyes on her ocd with everything else, including her being annoying and expecting too much from sittings that are low priced. But lately she started complaining that her dog smells like grass after our walks but still wants me to take him on the lawn. Her dog falls and rolls randomly. You can’t predict it. He is a menace and she humanizes him way too much. She counts his treats, he only gets filtered water, counts calories on his food. I understand following directions but this dog completely misses out on dog life and has a very strict routine. No saying hi to other dogs, etc. because owner has crippling anxiety. He in turn became reactive.
All of this to say that she has been complaining about grass smell when he rolls. I get him up but one or two rolls are enough. I’m honestly very close to dropping her as I already raised my prices on everyone new. She’s way below my current rate.
What to do?
I love dogs and I’m happy to take care of them. I can walk them, feed them, play with them, and make sure they are safe and comfortable. I’ll treat them with care and attention, I can also take photos of them wherever I take them, so you can always have memories of their time with me.
going back to work after working from home for two years and planning to use a dog walker for our dog who has only ever been walked by us. worried about how she will adapt to a stranger walking her especially since she is not particularly social with unfamiliar people, a trainer at op barks mentioned that doing a few short handoff walks together before the actual transition, where you walk alongside the new walker first, tends to matter more than any specific leash training
wondering whether there is specific training that helps dogs transfer their leash manners and general behaviour to a new handler or whether it is mainly about the dog walking process itself and finding the right walker