Start your dog walking business with a plan, not a pile of tabs
Get the free PackRounds Dog Walking Business Quick-Start Kit. A practical guide plus the calculators, checklists and workbook for turning dog walking into a real business.
No fluff. No generic 80-page business plan. Just the decisions, numbers, gear, policies and first-client steps you actually need.
What you get
- A 33-page guide, from picking your area to your first ten clients
- A launch workbook with nine tabs of calculators and trackers
- Seven printable worksheets
- The same workbook as a Google Sheet you can copy
What is in the guide
A step by step playbook that covers:
- picking your first dog walking business model
- drawing a service area that stays profitable
- startup costs and setting the business up
- the insurance questions to ask before you need the answer
- pricing from your own numbers instead of guessing
- a simple service menu
- the policies to decide before client number one
- meet and greet and pet intake checklists
- getting your first ten clients
- a 30 day launch plan
The workbook does the arithmetic
Nine tabs. Put in what you want to earn, what you spend, and how many hours you can work. It tells you the average price per visit your business actually needs. It also shows the number most new walkers miss: what you really earn per hour once travel and admin are in the total.
There is a startup budget that splits must have from buy later, a tracker for your first ten clients, and a 30 day launch plan with dates on it.
Who it is for
- you are thinking about starting a dog walking business
- you already walk a few dogs and want to make it a real business
- you are building pet sitting around a route of regular walks
- you are tired of guessing at prices from posts in a Facebook group
Send me the free Quick-Start Kit
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Questions
Is the kit really free?
Yes. The guide and the workbook are free in exchange for joining the PackRounds email list.
Is this legal or tax advice?
No. The kit teaches. Rules for licences, taxes, insurance and animal care change from place to place. The guide tells you what to look into and what to ask. Check with your own state and town, and with people who do that work for a living.
Do I need PackRounds to use it?
No. The guide is built to be useful long before anyone needs booking software.
Will you send me marketing texts?
No. This is an email signup. PackRounds booking texts are a separate choice made by the business you book with.
Start simple. Move on when simple gets messy.
At first, texts, notes, Venmo and a calendar work fine. Then the questions start. Was Cooper at 11:00 or 11:30? Did Dana pay? Where was that gate code?
PackRounds is built for that moment. Bookings, clients and pets, payments, reminders, and the details you need when you are standing at the door.