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As the pet-care industry becomes more competitive, effective advertising is essential to ensure your pet-sitting business can continue to grow, and there’s nothing quite like word-of-mouth advertising when it comes to garnering new clients.

As a professional pet sitter or dog walker, your reputation relies on your ability to keep the safety of staff and animals a priority at all times, so it’s important to know how to break up a dog fight if the situation arises.

Warmer weather, blooming plants and buzzing insects can all spell trouble for the pets in your care. Remember that doggie dangers and cat-astrophes can happen anywhere, so professional pet sitters must be prepared to prevent disasters and stabilize injuries before veterinary care is available.

There are many definitions of separation anxiety in animals, but we’re all familiar with the most common kind—dogs that panic when their owner leaves. It's important for professional pet sitters to recognize the symptoms and know how to offer the best care.

Whether you are new to the pet-sitting industry or a pet sitter veteran, take time to review your company’s policies and procedures to ensure you don’t fall victim to one of these five pet-sitting mistakes that can ruin your company’s reputation.

While careening down an ice track at more than 80 miles an hour as a skeleton racer may not be on your to-do list, there’s quite a bit of Olympic wisdom that benefits pet-care businesses.

Woofie's, recently featured on CNBC's primetime series "The Job Interview," has grown by leaps and bounds. Woofie's founders Leslie Barron and Amy Reed, members of PSI, share their secrets of success and lessons learned.

With a busy pet-sitting schedule, it can be difficult to find fresh content to post on your social-media pages. If you are trying to think of what to post on your company Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or other social-media account, consider these 12 ideas.

Every professional pet sitter should have insurance coverage, but depending on whether your business is just getting started, you are hiring your first helper, making a switch from ICs to employees, or offering expanded services such as in-home boarding or dog training in addition to pet sitting, the coverages that will be applicable to your business varies.