“See what you’re doing wrong, laugh at it, change and do better.”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?
There are several books that you can read to learn how to successfully run a pet related business, dog walking techniques, dog behavior, advertising strategies, social media techniques, and ways to keep up with the ever changing dog walking world. Most of these books have helped me become and continue to be a successful professional dog walker.
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Pet Business Related
- Six Figure Pet Sitting-Kristin Morrison
- Pet Sitting for Profit-Patti J Morgan
- The Professional Pet Sitter by Lori and Scott Mangold
- The Real Poop Scoop on Pet Sitting-Bonnie Best
- The Business of Dog Walking: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love Paperback- Veronica Boutelle
- The Pet Sitters Tale-Laura Vorreyer
- Suburban Dog Walking: How to Start, Develop and Grow Your Own Dog Walking Business- Ryan Donovan
- The Dog Walker & Pet Sitter Bible: A Recession-Proof Business Guide to Creating a Pet Service & Turning It Into a Six-Figure Income-Josh Schermer
- The Dog Walker’s Startup Guide: Create Your Own Lucrative Dog Walking Business in 12 Easy Steps- J D Antell
- Minding Your Dog Business: A Practical Guide to Business Success for Dog Professionals-Veronica Boutelle
Starting a Small Business
- Finding Success in Failure: True Confessions From 10 Years of Startup Mistakes-Lucas Carlson
- Get Over Your Damn Self: The No-BS Blueprint to Building a Life-Changing Business-Romi Neustadt
- Home Business Tax Deductions- Stephen Fishman J.D
Dog Behavior
- ‘Calming Signals’-Turiid Rugas
- Don’t Shoot the Dog-Karen Pryor
- Let Dogs Be Dogs: Understanding Canine Nature and Mastering the Art of Living with Your Dog-The Monks of New Skete
- ‘Canine Body Language–A Photographic Guide’-Brenda Aloff
- The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think-Brian Hare
- Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know- Alexandra Horowitz
- From Fearful to Fear Free: A Positive Program to Free Your Dog from Anxiety, Fears, and Phobias-Marty Becker
- The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs-Patricia B. McConnell
- For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend-Patricia B. McConnell
Leadership & Motivation
- Be Obsessed or Be Average-Grant Cordone (This book is actually what pushed me to quit my corporate job and start my business full time)
- One Minute Manager-Ken Blanchard
- Who Stole My Cheese-Spencer Johnson
- The Go Getter-Pete B Kyne
- The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It- Michael E. Gerber
- Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You-John Warrillow
- You Can’t Fire Everyone: And Other Lessons from an Accidental Manager-Hank Gilman
- You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life-Jen Sincero
Marketing
- 500 Social Media Marketing Tips
- The 1-Page Marketing Plan
- Ultimate Guide to Google Adwords-Bryan Todd
- SEO 2018: Learn search engine optimization with smart internet marketing strategies-Adam Clarke
Enjoyable Reads for Animal Lovers
- Sleeps with Dogs: Tales of a Pet Nanny at the End of Her Leash-Lindsey Grant
- The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel-Garth Stein
- The Positive Dog: A Story About the Power of Positivity-Jon Gordon
- The Dog Walker’s Diary-Kathryn Donahue
Have a book you love that is not on the list? Let me know! I am always looking for another good book to read.
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