best apartment dogs

Size is not important. energy level and temperment are more important.

You need to make sure you get a breed that matches your lifestyle.
High activity dogs like hunting and working breeds will need a job to do such as hunting, herding, tracking swimming. They will need a good outlet to expend their energy otherwise it will be done via your couch!

Socialize early and often, dogs need to be exposed to the world right away. As many sights, sounds, races, ages and colors.

Good city dogs
1. Bulldog
2. Great Dane
3. Great Pyrenees
4. Newfoundlands
5. Saint Bernards
6. Chihuahua
7. Pomeranian
8. Shih-tzu
9. Yorkie

Dogs getting zapped on sidewalks

Concrete can conduct electricity. Many electrical utilities are placed underground and loose wires or salt can corrode these systems.
Possible points to look out for on the street
1. Manhole covers
2. Electrical plates
3. Storm drains
4. Areas disturbed by construction
5. Keep dogs away from salted areas
6. Visit a dog park or green area rather than a walk down the street if possible

Watch your dog, see if he/she avoids grates or certain sections of a sidewalk.

New york city can be a very fun place to dress up your dog and parade him/her around.
Here are a couple of fun events

1. Saturday october 19th, Tompkins Square park parade including a costume contest www.firstrunfriends.org
2. Fort Greene’s park great “pupkin” dog costume
3. 1pm in greenpoint the district dog halloween parade in Mcgolrich Park
4. Brooklyn Heights hillside dog park howl-o-oween charity doggie costume contest

How to value what your pet sitting business is worth?

Although there is no “official” valuations for a pet sitting business we have searched high and low and this is what we have found in our travels.
The average pet sitting business has a client life span of 2-3 years as clients move out of the service area,pets pass away, they choose alternative services such as doggie daycare or their lifestyle changes due to childbirth, loss of job etc. Thus a pet sitting business must constantly be replacing this high client attrition unlike for example an insurance company that may have the same client for 20+ years. In addition that are many factors to take into consideration.

1. Are there any employees or IC’s or is this a one person run business?
2. If employees or IC’S what % of revenue is being paid to them, a pet sitting business has a high labor cost 50%+, the only other industry that gives 50 cents out of every dollar earned is wall street and that is via their lucrative bonus packages.
3. What is the cash flow vs gross revenue?
4. unfortunately the only real assets of a pet sitting business are the ic’s/employees and a client list and there is no guarantee that ic’s/employees or clients will continue after the sale of the business.

According to Edward Jones of Kossler Jones, the pet sitter accountant who has been on both ends of 20 pet sitting transactions these are the valuations we have seen in the marketplace.

1x gross and/or 2x/net.
A X% down payment with an X% of future profits is highly suggested in these volatile economic times. If you are purchasing a business for all cash then these figures are negotiable as you have more purchasing power.