on the feasibility of dog/cat "boarding houses" or stay-in caretaker business

[tsadi]

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I recently posted a thread where I was looking for someone who can take care of my 2 large breed dogs for around 2 months. My thread is still here:
https://www.istorya.net/forums/showthread.php?t=261073

During my search - I realized that there might be a market for this kind of business in Cebu diay: dog boarding houses or stay-in caretakers.

The need is basically for those people who have dogs, or cats, and have to go away for maybe a few days, or months, and have no one who can take care of their pets while they are away.

Here's what I posted in my other thread when I last updated it:

i thought i'd update this with some thoughts that i gathered while this post was active.

i found a "boarding house" for my 2 dogs already - provided to me by labidud, and at a very reasonable monthly rate.

nindot kaayu kay breeder sad siya who had lots of cages used for boarding female dogs nga gipa-stud sa ilang male dogs. unya naa man sila bakante nga 2 ka cage, so it worked out perfectly.

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some things that i realized during the time this ad was active is that i had quite a few friends asking me whether i found a place already - because they too were looking for short term dog boarding. usually, their situation is that they would have to go on vacation for a week - and they either have no place to leave their dogs with, or in some of them, they would rather pay someone to look after their dogs rather than inconvenience some of their friends by leaving their dogs with them.

another good advantage to leaving your dogs to experienced dog care takers versus just leaving them with friends is that the experienced care takers almost always already know how to approach all kinds of breeds, even the large and aggressive breeds like rottweilers and dobermans, etc.

overall - i think there is a market for this kind of service in Cebu. ug maayu unta ug naay mu provide ug ingon ani nga service on a more permanent basis.

So it seems that if you are already a breeder, has enough space to house maybe 10 cages, and already has someone that you hired as caretaker to your dogs - then it sounds just perfect.

As for the liabilities of the involved parties - its all very simple. It is the caretakers responsibility to feed the dogs with the specified feeding and clean their cages so they don't stink. If the dog that's being boarded gets sick, it is the responsibility of the caretaker to inform the owner right away. However the caretakers responsibility ends with informing the owner of the condition of the dog - and it's the owner themselves who must have their dog checked by a vet, not the caretaker.

Simple and fair.


Overall - what do you guys think of this kind of business?

[Ironwood_Cebu]

any security against communicable diseases like distemper, parvo and such should be clearly laid out. diseases like mentioned above has incubation periods where it would be difficult to ascertain where exactly your infected dog/s got it.

being vaccinated is not a fool-proof security as any vet will tell you its not an assurance that your dog will be safe against these diseases.