The PSI Blog

The scorching days of summer can present unique hazards for your dog—and dogs in your care.

Setting yourself apart from other dog-walking professionals can be a challenge. One of the most fundamental ways to distinguish your service is to offer the dogs in your care the best walk possible. Here are three tips that will help you.

As a professional pet sitter it’s important to be aware of what you’re saying to your clients that are coping with pet loss. It can be incredibly easy to say something to your client that will trigger his or her grief, which you may regret later.

It’s vital that professional pet sitters practice self-care year round—but the summer months present some unique challenges that pet sitters and dog walkers should be aware of. PSI offers these four summer self-care tips for pet sitters and dog walkers.

When traveling with a pet—whether for a summer road trip or simply a local drive around town—there are few precautions and preparations you need to take to make it safe, comfortable and fun for everyone.

Have you heard the latest internet mystery of the year—and do you hear “Yanny” or “Laurel?” This debate actually offers some helpful advice for professional pet sitters!

It is pet sitters who have the uniquely dangerous job of entering homes and interacting with pets without owners present. The good news is, with a few precautions, the risk of bites can be dramatically reduced.

As both businesspeople and pet-care providers, it’s mutually beneficial for veterinarians and pet sitters to work together. PSI members and veterinarians share the ways they have worked with one another.

If you’re like most people, you hear the word “insurance” and immediately put your guard up. Plenty of pet parents still have misconceptions around what pet insurance can do and how it works. Here are the facts.