The PSI Blog
The PSI Blog is the top blog for professional pet sitters. Explore the most recent posts below, or use the search box to find posts on a specific topic.
Recommended Quality Standards for Pet-Sitting and Dog-Walking Businesses
In this blog post, PSI outlines best practices for high quality standards in pet sitting and offers resources for pet-care businesses to achieve these recommended practices.
8 Services Other Than Vacation Sits and Daily Dog Walks Your Business Can Promote
Out of town travel and long work hours are the top reasons pet parents use your services, but you can offer your pet-sitting services for many other situations as well. In this post, PSI shares eight other services your business can promote.
6 Tips to Ensure Pets Don’t Escape While in Your Care
Lost Pet Prevention Month offers professional pet-sitting and dog-walking business owners an important reminder to educate your clients, yourself, and staff sitters (if applicable) about best practices to follow year-round to prevent pets escaping and becoming lost.
When Clients Complain: 7 tips on how to handle it
If you ask a pet sitter their greatest fear, a client complaint will probably make its way on the list somewhere. You can learn to handle client complaints effectively and in a way that speaks volumes of your professionalism.
Getting Dogs Comfortable with Face Masks
You may hear from clients that they are worried about their dogs reacting to them (or others) wearing face masks. If you are wearing face masks on your visits, you may also have concerns.
Using Facebook Live for Your Pet-Care Business
Pet Sitters International shares why professional pet sitters and dog walkers should seriously consider adding Facebook Live to their marketing mix—and provides some video topic ideas.
Pet-Sitter Software Comparison
To help you explore your pet-sitter software options, PSI reached out to the various software providers to inquire about their fees, features and more. This article summarizes the information shared by the software companies that responded.
An Open Letter to Pet Owners During the COVID-19 Crisis
During the current pandemic, pet owners have an unprecedented opportunity to repay the pet sitters and dog walkers they’ve been able to rely on all these years.