Pet Care Business

4 Tips For Starting A Successful Pet Care Business (2024)

Updated: January 19th, 2023

Want to start your own pet care business? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting a pet care business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a pet care business?
-> Pros and cons of a pet care business

Need inspiration?

-> Other pet care business success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a pet care business

Other resources

-> Profitability of a pet care business

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a pet care business:

#1: Benny DiFranco, founder of Hands N Paws:

We chatted with with Benny, founder of Hands N Paws ($15K/month). In our interview, Benny says:

What changed everything for me was the moment I decided to stop all the bullshit. I stopped putting 1,000 things on my daily to-do list. I stopped comparing myself to other business owners on social media.

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#2: Benny DiFranco, founder of Hands N Paws:

We chatted with with Benny, founder of Hands N Paws ($15K/month). In our interview, Benny says:

Continue creating and documenting so that the business owner can pointedly begin to remove him/herself from being so directly involved. Herein lies the definition of what it means to be a true entrepreneur.

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#3: Amy Reed, founder of Woofie's:

We chatted with with Amy, founder of Woofie's ($250K/month). In our interview, Amy says:

Always take an honest look at your business and don't be afraid to make changes. Be self-critical and when something isn’t working, ask yourself: “what can I do to make this process run smoother”?

Additionally:

So many people thought we were crazy in the early days and there were so many naysayers. People thought dog walking was a hobby and “not a real job”.

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