It’s okay to admit it. Even if you aren’t thinking it, someone in your “inner circle” certainly is. Why start an Out-U-Go! franchise? Why not just start a dog walking business yourself? How hard is it to start a dog walking business?
Those are fair questions to ask, and to be honest by most business standards, it’s pretty dog gone easy to start a dog walking business. But the real question is NOT how hard is it to start a dog walking business? The real question to ask is:
“What will it take to start, operate, manage, and GROW a great dog walking business?”
Here’s the very short list.
- Insurance
- Certifications
- Database Software
- Client Scheduling Management
- Client Data Management
- Phone Systems
- Email Systems
- Legal Contracts
- Marketing Plan
- Networking Strategy
- Web Development
- Graphic Design
- Promotional Materials
- Lead Generation
- Lead Conversion
- Hiring Staff
- Training Staff
- Managing Staff
- Payroll Systems
- Invoicing
- Credit Card Processing
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Financial Analysis
- Key Performance Indicators
- Emergency Support
- …you can see where this is going
Don’t forget, you have to walk the dogs too!
If you start your own small “mom & pop” operation that will mean you and you alone are handling the dog walking and pet care duties. As you can see your time would fill up very quickly. You probably aren’t considering starting a dog walking business so that you have to work around the clock every day of the week. You are looking to start a business so that you can earn a good income and free up some of your time to enjoy other things.
And that is why considering an Out-U-Go! Dog Walking Franchise is such a smart move…
After 16 plus years, and nearly 1,000,000 pet care visits, we have a ton of experience. Through our successes, and our mistakes, we have developed best practice systems, operations, and support methods to address the business challenges that are associated with operating a dog walking business.
Out-U-Go! Top Dogs (our franchisees) are trained and supported with best practice business operations. And that means that starting on day 1 they can start, operate, manage, and GROW a great dog walking business. They don’t need to go through the decade plus learning curve and that means a much shorter (and easier) path to having an awesome business. With that advantage our Top Dogs can concentrate and on the fun “stuff”, like taking care of pets, helping people, and growing their businesses.
