Loving Paws - Advantages of Working With Us

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Reasons to join our team

Each of our sitters has their own, unique reasons why they're part
of our team ... and some of those reasons include the following.

Be entrepreneurial and self employed by working as a sub-contractor. Have the flexibility to determine where, when, and how your work is done (as long as you respect some basic requirements and respond to the needs of our clients and their pets).
Earn one of the pet/house sitting and dog walking industry's best rates.

Keep your business expenses to a minimum. We take care of many ongoing operational matters that save you from incurring business expenses.
Reduce your taxable income on your annual tax return filed with the Canada Revenue Agency by claiming expenses related to:
1) having your own business
2) using your home for an office
3) using your own vehicle.
Have control over your working hours and set your own flexible schedule working for clients who are usually easy-going about visiting times (others may specify a time if, for example, their pets need medication). Our service hours are from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., 7 days per week, with visit durations ranging from 15 minutes to 60, or overnight.
Interact with kind, animal-loving people who will appreciate and welcome the services you will provide, and who will trust you with their homes, belongings and pets.

You will visit clients and pets in their homes by driving around your neighbourhood (typically no more than 15 km from your home unless you want a larger territory), and won't be stuck behind a desk in a cubicle all day long.
You will walk dogs, get exercise, and lots of fresh air, so you will improve the health of many dogs and your own at the same time.
You will be pleasantly greeted at front doors by many pets that will be happy to see you and to also give you lots of unconditional love, affection and attention in return for just enough food & water, and all the play time and TLC you can afford.

You will experience improvements to your stress levels ... studies show that spending time with animals is relaxing and beneficial to human health.

You will learn about pet health and what it takes to become one of the region's most respected, professional pet sitters.

You will have the opportunity to grow with us ... we are the region's most called upon pet/house sitting service and have been experiencing exceptional growth since we opened in August 2005.

If ... you love animals and interacting with people; know you are a self-starter and entrepreneurial, responsible, reliable, and detail-oriented; have a reliable home computer with Internet access, and good computer skills; have strong administrative/organizational skills; have a clean driving record and own a reliable insured vehicle; and are not afraid to network with Veterinarian clinics / hospitals or pet groomers ... we want to hear from you.

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We provide solid support

We work hard to support our team. Below are highlights of how.

We pay a portion of your liability bonding and insurance, which is a costly necessity for any professional sitter or dog walker (clients expect this for their own comfort, and it shows our commitment to the security of their home and pets).
We provide initial & ongoing training that starts with providing you with our detailed Procedures, Policy, and Emergency Handbooks, and continues with on-the-job coaching.
We provide a starter kit that includes: a professional leather binder, that organizes and keeps all forms and documents in order, and our Orientation Package.
We provide a complete starter kit that includes: a professional leather binder with start-up quantities of all the necessary professionally designed forms and documents you'll need to do business.
We provide start-up quantities all the forms and documents needed to do business, and we work continuously to improve them so our sitters can feel proud and assured that clients will see the "professionalism" they bring.

We pay a portion of the cost relating to your email account and web-based assignment tracking system that tracks all information about clients, assignments, and finances, and that makes organizing, receiving, and updating that information quick and easy.
We financially collaborate for marketing materials, events and coaching to help you network and raise awareness about your availability for pet/house sitting services in your neighbourhood.
We pre-screen all assignment requests to ensure they are valid before asking you to decide whether or not you want to take them on, providing the assignment can fit into your schedule and meet your desires.
We work on a very personalized level and are always available. We answer questions and solve problems quickly, and we invite suggestions for change and improvement regularly.
We developed & provide our own unique and sophisticated software tools to greatly facilitate the administrative tasks required to run a business.
We have clear & concise policies / procedures so you will never have to guess about what you should or should not do.

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Last updated: January 10, 2012