As with every profession or career path, there are pros and cons to pet sitting. Spending over 15 years (I swear that makes me sound older than I am) staying in people's homes with their pets is such a rewarding, and underrated "job". Up until leaving my corporate job in December 2014, pet sitting was mainly just my side-hustle business all of those years after college. It gave my life purpose and meaning outside the corporate office. People LOVE their pets so to be a trusted caretaker of them is an important role. Being a pet sitter also allowed my “only child” dog, Jiminey to tag-along on all of my pet sits during his short 10 year life. It was fun for him and it made me feel less guilty for not getting him a sister or brother.
Living in Austin the past few years, there are potential clients around every corner. Gaining clients is nearly effortless. I am never sales-y so when others discover what I do for a living I find they are very curious about it and ask tons of questions. I could write - I am writing - a book about all of my fabulous and not-so-fabulous experiences. There are some times when I have to focus on the other aspects of pet sitting because lets face it, there are many factors that can make or break the whole deal too:
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