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| The Professional Pet Sitter: Your Guide to Starting and Operating a Successful Service Edition 2005 Newly-Revised Includes Business Forms | 
 enlarge | Authors: Lori Mangold, Scott Mangold
Publisher: Paws-itive Press
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (17 reviews)
Sales Rank: 113923
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 101
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.6 x 0.3
ISBN: 0963544217
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.088
EAN: 9780963544216
ASIN: 0963544217
Publication Date: 1994
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Book Description
The Professional Pet Sitter teaches, step-by-step, how to organize a pet sitting business, price, market, run it day to day and provide consistent, disciplined perfect service. Business forms are included! Husband and wife team, Lori and Scott Mangold, have been providing loving, in-home pet care since 1988. Their business was inspired by their love for animals and the desire to develop a fun, home-based business. After seemingly endless requests that they teach others how to set up and conduct pet sitting businesses, they decided to package their experience and systems. They share their knowledge and experience completely with you in The Professional Pet Sitter.
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 Not worth the money February 17, 2008
This book is way too expensive for what you get. Most of the forms you can find on the internet. They go into great detail about office procedures and paper work which is good, but that was most of the book. If your looking for in dept pet sitting advice I would buy "Pet Sitting for Profit", it's actually a much better book.
Pet Sitting Guide January 9, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I thought this book was just average. It is very over priced for what the book actually has to offer.
 very informative November 4, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
this book is very informative. it's a must-have for new enterperneurs interested in this field. i highly recommend it.
An excellent resource August 28, 2005
35 out of 35 found this review helpful
When I first started thinking about starting my business in the early-mid 90's I picked up this book and devoured it. Then, it sat on my shelf as I pursued my 'corporate ladder' and took care of pets part-time.
When I decided to open my business full-time I again referred to the book. It really kept me inspired and ready to move forward. However, I did find that many of the suggestions were somewhat outdated -- using paper to track clients and schedules was never part of my plan -- but the basics of what they recommend you track/keep were great -- and I adapted the info to my on-line database. Since then, I've switched to a third-party service for an on-line database for client info, but the info I learned from the Mangolds' book was great.
I did read this book before Patti Moran's and tend to refer to it as the original 'bible' in my mind. But both books cover the same territory and give you a good overview of wht to expect. Petsitters are generally GREAT with pets and like the idea of spending time with them, but often have a hard time with the business side...this book is a great guide and reminder that you are in it to make money.;
As my business grew (http://www.peggiespets.com), I started helping other pet-sitters start or enhance their own businesses, ([...]) and this is a book that I include on my reading list for clients.
It's a good book that should be part of your learning library to continue to provide outstanding service to pets and their people!
Peggie Arvidson-Dailey
MY SUCCESS STORY August 12, 2005
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
When I took early retirement after 25 years in the Banking industry and began a career in pet sitting, I found a treasure in "The Professional Pet Sitter." It is a gem not only in the useful information it contains, but also in the caring philosophy conveyed by its authors, Lori and Scott Mangold. Whether you are considering pet sitting as a full-time or part-time venture, this book is valuable. With time being a precious commodity in today's fast-paced world, I found that "The Professional Pet Sitter" provided clear-cut, easy-to-locate details on how to establish a successful service. As a further boon to launching a pet sitting career quickly and effectively, all appropriate business forms are included in the book. Thanks to the Mangolds' encouragement and expertise embodied in "The Professional Pet Sitter," my business is now in its sixth year and flourishing.
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