Americans adore their pets and when it comes to their favorite pet they spend small fortunes on their caring. From grooming, cloths, food, jewelry, professionals vets or exclusivist’s beauty salons for pets they have it all. In the last year the percent of pet care job has increase up to 18 percent.
For the ones that like to combine loving and cuddling with money there are several animal care jobs that don’t require special training and is perfect even as a second job because in lot of the cases you will end up making your own schedule.
You can hire as a pet sitter. This type of job requires you to stay with the pet a few hours while the owner is gone. Your job is to make sure he has food and fresh water and once in a while you’ll need to pay him attention. Some of the owners even require staying overnight. You can charge up to $35 per hour and you can pet sit 20-25 pet per week. The disadvantage is that staying in someone’s home you could be required to give certain insurance. Dog walkers get to work six or even eight hours per day with one or more dogs at the same time. You can charge from $15 to $25 per hour depending if the dog is walked alone or if the owners prefer a park.
You can be a pet groomer. This implies nailing, bathing, shearing. You get paid up to $75.000 to $100.000 per year. If you decide to make your own pet groomer salon you will have to make an investment of at least $50.000 for modifications like pet tubes, dryers, equipments but you could charge up to $30 per hour and do ten dogs or cats per day, five days a week. Another choice is pet masseuse. It’s not a luxury job as you could firs think. You will get to masseuse the pets that are ill, to recover from an injury or to help them manage panic. Depending on the type and the complexity of the massage that the pet needs you can charge from $35 to $75 per hour.
An unpleasant job related to pets is the pooper scooper. Yes, you have to pick the poop from the backyard. But it is well paid. You can charge up to $100 per week for a once backyard clean. All you need is some plastic baggies.
