21/11/2025
After seeing someone talk about how easy dog walkers have it and how much money we apparently make on the show “I’m a Celebrity… Get me out of here”, this is a little post highlighting how untrue this statement is.
Us dog walkers work extremely hard, all year round, outdoors in some of the worst weathers, often 7 days a week. We don’t have a team of people to run our business for us while we “play with dogs all day”.
Yes we walk your dogs but we’re also running a full time business. This involves endless hours of bookkeeping, social media management, accounting, client onboarding, contracts, educational courses, invoicing and everything and anything in between.
We pour so much time and money into our business; buying a constant supply of walking boots, coats & waterproofs, endless towels, spare coats for all dog sizes, poo bags, treats, paying for required courses and qualifications, upgrading and maintaining vehicles, spending a FORTUNE on fuel (other dog walkers will back me on this one 😅), that by the time you take all this into account, we’re often barely making minimum wage, or sometimes even less than.
So no, we do not just “play with dogs all day and make a fortune” - very far from it in fact. But despite all of this, we love our jobs with our whole hearts and souls, and wouldn’t change it for the world. 🐾
Thank you to every single one of my clients for supporting me and my business, as without you, Pooch Walking, Pet Sitting & Pet Taxi Service would be nothing more than an idea ❤️
