Stories From The Sidewalks - Dog Walking

It was the spring of May 2018 and I was finally approved by Wag to begin walking. I was very hesitant at first to do my first walk because the app does not allow you to see any information about the dog until you get accepted. I always thought to myself I would hate to get accepted for a walk to see the information about the dog to not be good. Walkers have the option to leave notes for other walkers but every walker will have a different experience and perception of the dog(s). In my opinion, Wag is very difficult for walkers to understand how the dog really is. In other words, walkers really won’t know the “truth” unless they try it for themselves. All walkers have the option to cancel but I would feel bad for the owner if the dog really needed to get outside. So after a few weeks of watching dogs come and go on the app, it was too good to be true that there was an available walk four blocks away from my house. I was really nervous to send the request to walk the ...

Dog walking is a business? That's the question I asked myself when someone recommended me to join an app called Wag where dog owners can request a walk for their beloved pets. After some consideration, I decided to give the idea a chance and it turned out to be one of the best decisions I've ever made. 2 years ago I joined Wag and now have successfully started my own pet care business. If you have never heard of Wag it is an application that offers on-demand dog walking and sittings for dog owners. Wag hires independent contractors who are sent to walk the owner’s pets. But before you can just download the app and start walking, you have to go through a background check. Once you are cleared through Wag you can immediately start trying to find clients. In other words, Wag is basically Uber but for dogs. Thanks to Wag , I was able to gain my first dedicated dog clients. After about 6 months into Wag , I heard about another pet service application called Rover . ...