Pet Boarding Tips: If you are an animal lover and, more specifically, a pet enthusiast, you might already be familiar with the concept of pet boarding. It involves pet parents leaving their beloved pets at a different location (other than their own home) to ensure they are cared for while they are away. Unlike pet sitting, which typically lasts only a few hours and requires visiting the pet parent’s home, pet boarding extends over multiple days. In this arrangement, the pet parent drops off their pet at your residence, where you provide care and supervision for the duration of their absence.
Traditionally, pet boarding has been associated with kennels, where multiple pets are housed together in a shared space. However, this method has several drawbacks, including hygiene concerns, limited individual attention, and the overall environment in which pets are kept. For these reasons, individualized pet boarding is often recommended to promote a pet’s well-being.
If you are considering pet boarding as a profession or a service to earn money while enjoying the company of pets, it’s important to have some experience as well as a solid understanding of best practices. To help you get started,
Here are the “4 pet boarding tips”
Do not take a breed you cannot handle:
This one although might seem like an obvious one, is pretty important to note. Sometimes you might think that although you do not have proper experience with that particular breed (or any other breed of similar size and temperament), you can handle them for just a few days. This will most definitely turn out to be a mistake since things may get very out of hand when you are trying to take care of breeds you know little to nothing about.
Do not be violent:
Regardless of the circumstances, do not hit the animal or harm them physically in any form. This is completely not acceptable regardless of the upbringing the pet had because there is always a way to make them understand without having to use violence. The non-violent way might take some patience, but it always works out positively for you and the pet.
Do not try to force down your rules:
The pets will be accustomed to rules of their own from their own human parents. The right way of imposing rules of the pet you are boarding is by learning what rules they are aware of from their owners and then making sure that the pet follows those rules at your home too. If you want to teach them a new rule during the course of their stay, you will have to be trained to do it patiently and in the right way.
Do not call at every inconvenience:
Make sure that get the list of Do’s and Don’ts from the parents when they leave their pet with you. Know the pet’s mannerisms to some extent and ask their owners for their triggers, so if a small mishap happens, you can handle it yourself. This of course does not apply to big things for which you genuinely might have to inform the owner immediately.
