Thursday, December 19, 2013

Guide To Have A Good Dog Walker

By Eugenia Dickerson


You might be someone who is very busy and work usually takes graveyard or will end at late night. In which you can only spend time with your dog with limits. Or you might not have the strength anymore to take your pet into the park for few hours. Or maybe you are not yet allowed to go out because you are still under medication and you must stay at home for few months. In this case, you need to look for chicago dog walkers.

These people are trained to help the make their life easier when it comes to taking care of their pets. Hiring one is like a gambling because you have to risk your trust to a stranger. Remember, these people does not only take you pet into the park but also to guard them in any danger. Sometimes they need to have free access into your house especially if you are not at home during his pick up time.

To avoid that, you should be guided. Once you have found some prospects, communicate with them in any means. The very first thing you must ask is if they have undergone pet trainings. People like them needs to be trained in order to keep themselves flexible in any type of dog behavior and issues. If you will hire an untrained one, they might freak out if there will be a problem occurs.

Check his background and ask for character reference. Part of the application is the character reference in which you are to rely if you are to do some background check. Probably the applicant will give you the number of his current and previous clients. You must ask them about his attitude, punctuality and reliability.

Walkers will be held reliable if something happened with your pet under their care. This is why some regions and states require them to have a license and insurance so that there will be a fair treatment between the client and the walker. Well, even if the state does not require such, some still have an insurance but much expensive that those who does not have.

If your pet has any issues regarding health and behavior, you should ask him if he had encountered such. This is for you to give your full trust into someone who really knows what to do if something will happen. If you entrust your pet to a first timer, he might get shocked and put your pet at risk.

When it comes to rate, some charge per session and some charge per hour. Ask him about it and ask how much is the charge. After that, you can call around for you to find out if he is not over pricing. Sometimes payment also depends on how many pets he is to walk and how far is your house from the area where he will walk the dogs.

You and your pet should meet him personally before you will start the session. It is like dating that the three of you should get to know with each other especially him and your pet. This is to avoid stress for your dog.

Trusting chicago dog walkers might be hard in the first few days. But after few days, if you are still uncomfortable with him, then better look for another one before something happens. But you also have to respect them even if they are just strangers.




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