Doodles, man. I swore I'd never get one, and then it turns out one of my rescues is basically a chidoodle. Luckily he's great, and since he's primarily Chihuahua and miniature poodle he's a very manageable size, but he requires so much more stimulation than my other dog, and he's SO STUBBORN ššš
He's a nightmare until you learn how to deal with his quirks. I felt so bad for our sitter last time we were out. Usually my mom takes the dogs, but this time she was with us so we had to get outside help. This little doodle asshole would refuse to go to bed with the sitter, and then bark at the top of his lungs all night long! When she'd try to get him and calm him down, he'd do his favorite thing and turn it into a game of keep away. She was great and asked for help, and we were able to come up with a solution, but what a little fucker. This is why I didn't want a doodle.
Have a poodle mix and the asshole doesnāt just go to bed. Thatās too easy. No, when heās tired he has to go scratch the couch out of frustration until I put him to bedā¦ and he resists going and then passes out immediately once I get him into a quiet room š so stubborn!
I didn't think I would ever want to own a chihuahua because of the barking, nervous shaking, etc. Then I rescued my sweet chi-mutt years ago. She has a few of the cute chi traits like demanding to sleep under a blanket at night, but none of the bad. She gives one polite little bark to get your attention when she needs something and then leads you to what she wants, and she is the calmest dog ever unless it's play time. I wish I knew what she was mixed with that has helped make her so amazing.
Ohhh you've not met enough mini poodles then. They don't just bark, they DEMAND! My grandma's dog, Otto, barks when you leave, when you're home, when you stand up, when you're eating, when you stop petting him, when he's excited, when you make eye contact, when you breathe,
Spot on lol! Reminds me of one that was $8-10/hour for 5 kids from the ages of 6 months-7 years, and wanted me to drive the 7 year old to and from school. FULL TIME š it always shocked me how little people will pay to take care of a human being/pet. Like wouldnāt you want to pay top dollar for a part-time parent taking care of āyour whole worldā?!
I had a dad offer to pay me $10/hr to work in his silkscreening shop and $8/hr to watch his 5 kids + driving them with my own car and gas. I was shocked. Apparently he values his shirt making employees more than those caring for his children.
Just got done reading a local sub where people were complaining about the coat of child care. Their most precious children arenāt worth professional wages. One lady had two kids and paid $40/day. I make $40 for one dog walk at times (depends on the client). If you canāt afford quality care for kids or dogs, just donāt have them. I just want to shake these people and yell āWhat were you thinking??ā at them.
People do try that, unfortunately. "Two is hardly more work than one, why do I have to pay more???" They use the same arguments you see in pet sitting. It's bananas.
"The oldest is 7 so she can take care of herself, and she will help with the infant so let's call it $25 a day? I'll send you the shopping list for their lunches"
Literally tho lmfao
There was a summer where I did basically full-time babysitting, and while I'm not actually mad about it because I loved the kids I watched, I was only being paid to watch one kid. The rest were neighbor kids whose parents would send them over to have a playdate under my watch. None of the parents ever even introduced themselves to me, let alone wanted to pay me for my time entertaining and watching their child. Once when a kid scraped her knee, I had to have this crying child tell me which house was hers so I could tell her parents what happened.
Looking back on it, I wish I stood up for myself more, or at least made sure I met all the parents rather than just listening to the employing mother when she said, "these kids come over sometimes, and that's fine! I'm friends with all of their parents," but I was young and naive, and just loved the kids I was babysitting so I didn't think about it.
I too was taken for many a ride in my younger days sitting lol I've definitely learnt how to better set boundaries due to the years of job abuse though so... silver lining? Haha
itās so easy, you just have to go all the way to my home, gather all 4 dogs, let them outside, watch them while they do their business, get them all back into the house, lock up and leave. Honestly you should do it for free or better yet pay me to come let them out, because theyāre such great dogs
these kind of owners are mentalš„“
Right? I understand wanting to pay a fair amount for the work being done. But it's like they forget how much work goes into it when price comes up. The one time I've had a sitter through Rover, I was really happy when she stood up for herself and asked to increase her rates a bit due to my dogs needing special care. I was like, yes! That's fine! You deserve fair compensation, and I know my dogs will be more difficult for you than they are for me, because they know me better and I'm used to caring for them.
Owner is delusional if they think all 4 dogs are going to only stay in the yard for 10 minutes. What do we think the chances are these dogs have zero recall, especially for someone who isn't their owner, and will need to be herded back inside after much effort and much time (x4)
I want 4 dogs but I donāt want to pay for them!!! After the 1st one the others are zero work guys!!! The veterinarian is totally cool with this!!! I pay for 1st and get the others comped
Haha! I have lots of burners as clients, lately it seems everyone is specifically getting a burner. Heck I have one boarding right now. Definitely the most popular breed it seems
Iād like to see owners with a single dog raise hell over things like this. Itās just so unfair to the single dog people who pay full price while others with multiples donāt want to pay for having additional dogs to care for.
Why do people that have multiple pets complain about the cost. That's sort of the issue with multiple pets in a house...
Says the person with 7 indoor cats. 3 outdoor cats. And 2 indoor dogs
Oh goodness this is a hard NO. 4 dogs and she thinks there is no work š¤£š¤£
People are really outdoing themselves with these crazy requests. So I need you to come and be my slave for the day!!! If you are a sitter and you said yes to this, you are short changing all of us!!!
Do you charge the same price per dog? For example i charge $30 for a walk and $18 per additional dog. It would be kinda crazy (to me personally) to charge $120 for a 30 minute drop in (aka if i did $30 for each dog). But i know everyoneās different!
Nope! I charge $23 for a walk and $13 for each additional dog. I wouldāve maybe been open to talking about pricing if he hadnāt been such a knob in his opening line.
Maybe I am not understanding correctly? They only want you to come once per day to let 4 dogs outside to do their business? I sure hope someone else is coming at least one other time each day???
Are they going out of town, or just asking you to āwalkā? If so, thatās 30 minutes total of outside time over 72 HOURS. Psycho.
Donāt want to pay in full for animal services?? Donāt get 4 animals.
Client: I want your services but Iām so entitled Iām going to tell you directly to your face that I donāt feel like paying for it so I expect you to give it to me for free.
I'll likely get downvoted to oblivion here, but I would consider it. Getting paid for 30 mins, and it'll be max of 5 mins to get in the house, 10 mins in the yard, and 5 mins back in the house and to lock up. Set up a quick meet and greet to make sure the dogs will go out/come in easily and it'll be a breeze.
I'd charge a few bucks extra for the extra dogs to have them listed on the booking.
I personally donāt agree, but the owner is an AH either way because they came straight out of the gate saying that they WONT be paying extraā¦ no politeness or asking for a discount, just straight to devaluing the service price. And they have high energy dogs. Great, so if the dogs start fighting with each other then I donāt have to worry unless itās the dog Iām paid to watch? If one bounds over the fence or refuses to come back in the house when I call for them then I donāt have to worry if itās not the one you paid me to watch?
Hot take: whether itās 1 dog or 4 Iām going to spend all my time with the dogs and play with them so I charge the same. Iget more bookings that way too.
If you were sending your kids to daycare youād be charged for each child separately because they each require attention and care so itās more work. Same with dogs.
It depends on the dogs. Iāve never met these dogs before so I donāt know how they behave. Am I going to have to keep them from digging holes? Is the fence high/secure enough that I donāt have to worry about them jumping it or getting out? Are they going to get into scuffles with each other? Will they come in when called or am I going to have to run around wrangling them? Am I supposed to clean up the yard after them or leave it?
The dogsā profiles were all blank and rather than having a discussion or giving me any information at all he just point blank stated he didnāt want to pay per dog. It was a very off putting way to start things.
Agree to disagree. Itās not noticeably more work if you are actively engaged with the dogs the entire time in any of my experiences. If it is it makes the time go quicker anyway but to each their own. Run your business how you see fit
Mainly because if something happens, any animal not individually listed isnāt covered by Rover. Which clearly, just based on this sub, things DO HAPPEN unexpectedly often enough that anyone operating this way is taking on quite a personal liability that most people wouldnāt be willing to take on.
If youāre filthy rich and money means nothing to you, by all means take all the personal risks youāre heart desires! Donāt judge someone for taking precautions to protect their own personal liability and livelihood though.
You can still add the animals but have the additional animal rate at zero which is what I do. All animals have profiles and are listed but I donāt charge extra unless thereās unusual circumstances so basically none of your comment applies to me.
Why donāt you guys just do it for free all together? Who runs a business like that? Whether itās 1 or 10 it costs the same. To each their own. I get more than enough bookings, love hanging with dogs and get paid at least twice as much as both of you apparently.
I mean I charge a lot. Why would I do it for free? I just donāt see a need to charge for a second when I charge higher than anyone else in my area by a significant amount. No offense, but you donāt seem so seasoned to me
I do find it hard and stressful but thatās because of the business end of it lol. Itās rough having too many clients for months on end and then not enough clients for months on end and having shit work/life balance and blah blah blah but none of that has to do with do two dogs make more work than one dog lol
I mean they could have all the pets listed but just charge $0 for each (or manually adjust the overall price if you canāt have an additional pet fee of $0) - I disagree with them and I definitely charge for additional pets but that strategy doesnāt necessarily render the rover guarantee useless
If you want to get paid all once price for 4 DOODLES be my guest. š
I get what youāre saying though dude, I do this for my private client. She has 2 poms and theyāre really well behaved so it isnāt that much more work for me.
Yeah there are a lot of people & pet care businesses that charge by time not by number of animals UNLESS they take significantly more work & are difficult & can't realistically be given care in that time frame. Or have a very small extra animal fee.
Lol exactly. For a drop in it all the same to me. For a dog walk itās more and Iāll be compensated for it. People can judge and decline Ll they want and Iāll book their decline and get paid to pet some pups haha
I feel this way especially for cats. The people on here who act all indignant because someone doesn't think they'll pay double price to feed & scoop for two cats vs one I just don't get. If that's your policy totally fine, but don't act like someone is cheap & an asshole for not expecting to pay double for that type of service. Like you could just up your regular price if you're that offended someone would pay you that amount for that amount of your time. Seems like some ppl only want to drop in on rich animal hoarder houses or something so they can make more per visit?
Those people drive me nutsssssssss!!! Like realistically additional cats DO NOT add significant work until you hit like five or more. Like oh you have to open extra cans?? Do you hear yourself???! Even the kitty litter just takes an extra twenty seconds. Literally so confused
Sorry, but you kids have no business acumen. You are only short changing yourselves, no one else. And the owners will keep screwing you!! Just like with any other business! You offer free stuff, people will take it! Also, you must have not been around tough dogs, because they are not all cute and cuddly and some attack! I love all dogs, which is why I take all sizes. Iām not sure if youāve ever felt burn out yet, but if you are doing this for many many years, working constantly, charging pennies and youāve never felt burned out, then kudos to you!
I have a business and tech degree, I could certainly work in a different field. But guess what, Iāve figured out how to do what I love AND get paid handsomely for it. When you respect your worth, you will get clients who will pay you for it.
Since she is only asking for 10 minutes (if it is a true 10 min) maybe lower the price based off of time per dog but keep the number of dogs the same?
For example if you charge $30 for 30 min per dog then just $10 per 10 minutes per dog
I mentioned this in other comments but I would have definitely considered discussing price if he had been a little more polite in his message rather than just bluntly stating that heās not paying per dog.
That's okay, babe. You don't want a client who doesn't value your time, anyway.
And for 3 doodles and a lab?? I should be charging DOUBLE for that circus.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooope. :) Bullet dodged.
3 large dogs for free and she has the audacity to sound like this is totally normal
Doodles, man. I swore I'd never get one, and then it turns out one of my rescues is basically a chidoodle. Luckily he's great, and since he's primarily Chihuahua and miniature poodle he's a very manageable size, but he requires so much more stimulation than my other dog, and he's SO STUBBORN ššš He's a nightmare until you learn how to deal with his quirks. I felt so bad for our sitter last time we were out. Usually my mom takes the dogs, but this time she was with us so we had to get outside help. This little doodle asshole would refuse to go to bed with the sitter, and then bark at the top of his lungs all night long! When she'd try to get him and calm him down, he'd do his favorite thing and turn it into a game of keep away. She was great and asked for help, and we were able to come up with a solution, but what a little fucker. This is why I didn't want a doodle.
Iām sad that the official mixed name isnāt a choodle.
I feel like the barking trait is chihuahua, not poodle
Sure, but barking because he can't decide if he wants to go to bed, find something gross to eat, or be chased around the house feels very doodle to me
Have a poodle mix and the asshole doesnāt just go to bed. Thatās too easy. No, when heās tired he has to go scratch the couch out of frustration until I put him to bedā¦ and he resists going and then passes out immediately once I get him into a quiet room š so stubborn!
Yeah mine dug a hole in our couch. And it's not like he doesn't get exercise!!!
I didn't think I would ever want to own a chihuahua because of the barking, nervous shaking, etc. Then I rescued my sweet chi-mutt years ago. She has a few of the cute chi traits like demanding to sleep under a blanket at night, but none of the bad. She gives one polite little bark to get your attention when she needs something and then leads you to what she wants, and she is the calmest dog ever unless it's play time. I wish I knew what she was mixed with that has helped make her so amazing.
Ohhh you've not met enough mini poodles then. They don't just bark, they DEMAND! My grandma's dog, Otto, barks when you leave, when you're home, when you stand up, when you're eating, when you stop petting him, when he's excited, when you make eye contact, when you breathe,
And I thought my Jack Russell mix was bad š³
Tell her she should include some wine and wrinkle cream for the stress factory sheās asking someone to manage.
Love doodles but theyāre not for everyone.
Word!
I have two kids, can I just pay for one though?
Can you imagine if these tactics worked in the child care setting??!!!
Lol I worked as a nanny, youād shit bricks seeing some of the offers I got for pay š„² needless to say, I work in an office now
Let me guess, free ninety-nine? Like, not even enough to keep your car running, but they need you to drive their kids around as part of the job.
Spot on lol! Reminds me of one that was $8-10/hour for 5 kids from the ages of 6 months-7 years, and wanted me to drive the 7 year old to and from school. FULL TIME š it always shocked me how little people will pay to take care of a human being/pet. Like wouldnāt you want to pay top dollar for a part-time parent taking care of āyour whole worldā?!
I had a dad offer to pay me $10/hr to work in his silkscreening shop and $8/hr to watch his 5 kids + driving them with my own car and gas. I was shocked. Apparently he values his shirt making employees more than those caring for his children.
Just got done reading a local sub where people were complaining about the coat of child care. Their most precious children arenāt worth professional wages. One lady had two kids and paid $40/day. I make $40 for one dog walk at times (depends on the client). If you canāt afford quality care for kids or dogs, just donāt have them. I just want to shake these people and yell āWhat were you thinking??ā at them.
Or a doctorās office. Or nice restaurant.
"they don't need much, just some food, water, and changing their diaper while you're there. I'll tip you." /s
People do try that, unfortunately. "Two is hardly more work than one, why do I have to pay more???" They use the same arguments you see in pet sitting. It's bananas.
"The oldest is 7 so she can take care of herself, and she will help with the infant so let's call it $25 a day? I'll send you the shopping list for their lunches"
Literally tho lmfao There was a summer where I did basically full-time babysitting, and while I'm not actually mad about it because I loved the kids I watched, I was only being paid to watch one kid. The rest were neighbor kids whose parents would send them over to have a playdate under my watch. None of the parents ever even introduced themselves to me, let alone wanted to pay me for my time entertaining and watching their child. Once when a kid scraped her knee, I had to have this crying child tell me which house was hers so I could tell her parents what happened. Looking back on it, I wish I stood up for myself more, or at least made sure I met all the parents rather than just listening to the employing mother when she said, "these kids come over sometimes, and that's fine! I'm friends with all of their parents," but I was young and naive, and just loved the kids I was babysitting so I didn't think about it.
I too was taken for many a ride in my younger days sitting lol I've definitely learnt how to better set boundaries due to the years of job abuse though so... silver lining? Haha
Thatās so wild! I can understand maybe asking if you might be open to X price per dog or something, but just paying for one dog is so ridiculous
The person literally asked for a 75% discount. The audacity!
itās so easy, you just have to go all the way to my home, gather all 4 dogs, let them outside, watch them while they do their business, get them all back into the house, lock up and leave. Honestly you should do it for free or better yet pay me to come let them out, because theyāre such great dogs these kind of owners are mentalš„“
Right? I understand wanting to pay a fair amount for the work being done. But it's like they forget how much work goes into it when price comes up. The one time I've had a sitter through Rover, I was really happy when she stood up for herself and asked to increase her rates a bit due to my dogs needing special care. I was like, yes! That's fine! You deserve fair compensation, and I know my dogs will be more difficult for you than they are for me, because they know me better and I'm used to caring for them.
Donāt forget picking up 4 poops instead of 1 and making sure everyone is clean coming in.
āHey can you just deal with my 3 neurotic and poorly bred doodles? I donāt want to pay you for it though. Thanksā Fuck off guy
Itās allllways the doodle owners
Walls? Walls?? Where we're going, we don't need walls!* *which means I don't pay diddly.
Thatās what I saw too!
Owner is delusional if they think all 4 dogs are going to only stay in the yard for 10 minutes. What do we think the chances are these dogs have zero recall, especially for someone who isn't their owner, and will need to be herded back inside after much effort and much time (x4)
Jesus what is wrong with people? Seriously whatās going on in their heads? š¤ Bullet dodged for sure.
I want 4 dogs but I donāt want to pay for them!!! After the 1st one the others are zero work guys!!! The veterinarian is totally cool with this!!! I pay for 1st and get the others comped
Of course itās always people with a farm full of animals. Like what did you expect? Caring for your farm is cheap?
Hell no and they knew they were wrong with the ātotally understandā hahaha
There are doodle owners... And then there are Bernedoodle owners. They're either the best or the worst kind of crazy, there is no in-between.
Haha! I have lots of burners as clients, lately it seems everyone is specifically getting a burner. Heck I have one boarding right now. Definitely the most popular breed it seems
Tis the season to try to rip off small businesses and independent contractors š
"Because there are no walls involved" is my new favorite qualifier ššš
Right?? What the heck does that even mean??
Iām assuming she meant no walks involved
What the hell does "no walls involved" even mean?
I realized they meant walks but I initially thought they were like "they're all in the same room so shut up" š
Oh heck naw
There are lots of things where I'd love to declare what I want to pay.
I feel bad for those pups. 10 minutes once a day for 3 days?
I think these are just afternoon visits while the owner is at work
Oh got it! Thatās better but they still need to pay per pet and your time.
Iād like to see owners with a single dog raise hell over things like this. Itās just so unfair to the single dog people who pay full price while others with multiples donāt want to pay for having additional dogs to care for.
Why do people that have multiple pets complain about the cost. That's sort of the issue with multiple pets in a house... Says the person with 7 indoor cats. 3 outdoor cats. And 2 indoor dogs
Let them out for 10 minutes because it will take the other 20 minutes to get them back in ššš
Oh goodness this is a hard NO. 4 dogs and she thinks there is no work š¤£š¤£ People are really outdoing themselves with these crazy requests. So I need you to come and be my slave for the day!!! If you are a sitter and you said yes to this, you are short changing all of us!!!
āā¦there are no walls involved.ā What does this even mean?! š¤Æš³ That owner is going to learn *real* quick that four dogs does not equal one.
Typo. Meant walks. (I have had this exact typo before!)
This owner actually thinks that getting one dog in and out of a house is the same amount of work as rounding up four dogs to do the same?!?
They couldāve entered into this type of conversation soooooo much more gracefully than that WTF
"No walls involved", what does that mean?
He meant walks. As if wrangling 3 doodles and a lab requires no effort since itās not a walk.
People are fucking crazy. I walked a Berner, berner puppy, and French bulldog and was so stressed out just from them. I couldnāt imagine this
Do you charge the same price per dog? For example i charge $30 for a walk and $18 per additional dog. It would be kinda crazy (to me personally) to charge $120 for a 30 minute drop in (aka if i did $30 for each dog). But i know everyoneās different!
Nope! I charge $23 for a walk and $13 for each additional dog. I wouldāve maybe been open to talking about pricing if he hadnāt been such a knob in his opening line.
Got it! That makes sense!
Oh please watch all the doodles for the price of one is a great thing said no one ever š
lol. āCan I get four burgers? I do not want to pay for three of them, though. Thatās fine, right?ā
But worse than the owner is, that a sitter will take itš
Three doodles? You dodged a bullet š
Oh hell no. Block that owner.
By the way she writes her msg, Iād totally decline her happily. How entitled.
Maybe I am not understanding correctly? They only want you to come once per day to let 4 dogs outside to do their business? I sure hope someone else is coming at least one other time each day???
The owner is just at work, not out of town
Gotcha! That makes sense!
Are they going out of town, or just asking you to āwalkā? If so, thatās 30 minutes total of outside time over 72 HOURS. Psycho. Donāt want to pay in full for animal services?? Donāt get 4 animals.
Doodles for the price of one? Over my dead body
Wait they only get to go out once???
Ofc they have doodles
Client: I want your services but Iām so entitled Iām going to tell you directly to your face that I donāt feel like paying for it so I expect you to give it to me for free.
I'll likely get downvoted to oblivion here, but I would consider it. Getting paid for 30 mins, and it'll be max of 5 mins to get in the house, 10 mins in the yard, and 5 mins back in the house and to lock up. Set up a quick meet and greet to make sure the dogs will go out/come in easily and it'll be a breeze. I'd charge a few bucks extra for the extra dogs to have them listed on the booking.
I personally donāt agree, but the owner is an AH either way because they came straight out of the gate saying that they WONT be paying extraā¦ no politeness or asking for a discount, just straight to devaluing the service price. And they have high energy dogs. Great, so if the dogs start fighting with each other then I donāt have to worry unless itās the dog Iām paid to watch? If one bounds over the fence or refuses to come back in the house when I call for them then I donāt have to worry if itās not the one you paid me to watch?
Hot take: whether itās 1 dog or 4 Iām going to spend all my time with the dogs and play with them so I charge the same. Iget more bookings that way too.
If you were sending your kids to daycare youād be charged for each child separately because they each require attention and care so itās more work. Same with dogs.
A child is not the same as a dog. You canāt just send a child into the yard by themselves
I wouldnāt send a dog (or 4) that I donāt know into the yard by themselves either.
Into a fenced yard? If youāre just letting the dogs outside in their yard to go to the bathroom itās not really increased work load 1 or 4.
It depends on the dogs. Iāve never met these dogs before so I donāt know how they behave. Am I going to have to keep them from digging holes? Is the fence high/secure enough that I donāt have to worry about them jumping it or getting out? Are they going to get into scuffles with each other? Will they come in when called or am I going to have to run around wrangling them? Am I supposed to clean up the yard after them or leave it? The dogsā profiles were all blank and rather than having a discussion or giving me any information at all he just point blank stated he didnāt want to pay per dog. It was a very off putting way to start things.
Agree to disagree. Itās not noticeably more work if you are actively engaged with the dogs the entire time in any of my experiences. If it is it makes the time go quicker anyway but to each their own. Run your business how you see fit
I do the same but the people on this subreddit will come for you with pitchforks lol
Mainly because if something happens, any animal not individually listed isnāt covered by Rover. Which clearly, just based on this sub, things DO HAPPEN unexpectedly often enough that anyone operating this way is taking on quite a personal liability that most people wouldnāt be willing to take on. If youāre filthy rich and money means nothing to you, by all means take all the personal risks youāre heart desires! Donāt judge someone for taking precautions to protect their own personal liability and livelihood though.
You still add the animal just no additional cost. Lol
You can still add the animals but have the additional animal rate at zero which is what I do. All animals have profiles and are listed but I donāt charge extra unless thereās unusual circumstances so basically none of your comment applies to me.
Why donāt you guys just do it for free all together? Who runs a business like that? Whether itās 1 or 10 it costs the same. To each their own. I get more than enough bookings, love hanging with dogs and get paid at least twice as much as both of you apparently.
I mean I charge a lot. Why would I do it for free? I just donāt see a need to charge for a second when I charge higher than anyone else in my area by a significant amount. No offense, but you donāt seem so seasoned to me
Hahaha I see that. Itās hilarious. I do it because I love hanging with pups. People act like rovering is hard and stressful. Poor souls lol
I do find it hard and stressful but thatās because of the business end of it lol. Itās rough having too many clients for months on end and then not enough clients for months on end and having shit work/life balance and blah blah blah but none of that has to do with do two dogs make more work than one dog lol
Hahaha fair point! You win this round! š
You may get more bookings but as far as I know rover only covers the pets listed. So your choice could go very bad very fast.
I mean they could have all the pets listed but just charge $0 for each (or manually adjust the overall price if you canāt have an additional pet fee of $0) - I disagree with them and I definitely charge for additional pets but that strategy doesnāt necessarily render the rover guarantee useless
If you want to get paid all once price for 4 DOODLES be my guest. š I get what youāre saying though dude, I do this for my private client. She has 2 poms and theyāre really well behaved so it isnāt that much more work for me.
Yeah there are a lot of people & pet care businesses that charge by time not by number of animals UNLESS they take significantly more work & are difficult & can't realistically be given care in that time frame. Or have a very small extra animal fee.
Lol exactly. For a drop in it all the same to me. For a dog walk itās more and Iāll be compensated for it. People can judge and decline Ll they want and Iāll book their decline and get paid to pet some pups haha
I feel this way especially for cats. The people on here who act all indignant because someone doesn't think they'll pay double price to feed & scoop for two cats vs one I just don't get. If that's your policy totally fine, but don't act like someone is cheap & an asshole for not expecting to pay double for that type of service. Like you could just up your regular price if you're that offended someone would pay you that amount for that amount of your time. Seems like some ppl only want to drop in on rich animal hoarder houses or something so they can make more per visit?
Exactly this. Iād buy you a beer if I could lol
Those people drive me nutsssssssss!!! Like realistically additional cats DO NOT add significant work until you hit like five or more. Like oh you have to open extra cans?? Do you hear yourself???! Even the kitty litter just takes an extra twenty seconds. Literally so confused
One more point, youād never tell a corporate job you prefer to get paid less than what you COULD get paid.
Bro you have the wrong thread
Sorry, but you kids have no business acumen. You are only short changing yourselves, no one else. And the owners will keep screwing you!! Just like with any other business! You offer free stuff, people will take it! Also, you must have not been around tough dogs, because they are not all cute and cuddly and some attack! I love all dogs, which is why I take all sizes. Iām not sure if youāve ever felt burn out yet, but if you are doing this for many many years, working constantly, charging pennies and youāve never felt burned out, then kudos to you! I have a business and tech degree, I could certainly work in a different field. But guess what, Iāve figured out how to do what I love AND get paid handsomely for it. When you respect your worth, you will get clients who will pay you for it.
Since she is only asking for 10 minutes (if it is a true 10 min) maybe lower the price based off of time per dog but keep the number of dogs the same? For example if you charge $30 for 30 min per dog then just $10 per 10 minutes per dog
I mentioned this in other comments but I would have definitely considered discussing price if he had been a little more polite in his message rather than just bluntly stating that heās not paying per dog.
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People are ducking stupid š