****We will contact you to discuss a possible application and interview if ALL of the following criteria fit you & your household. Please be patient with our very thorough process. Imagine yourself as a client, wanting to know how incredibly carefully we screen and choose Caregivers. Call us if........
You are a FUN and lifelong, somewhat-savvy-about-behavior doglover in a stable household of doglovers. You have no small children at home and no rotating housemates. ALL members of the household must be involved, from the start. You work well with people, are very much safety and detail oriented, with very strong personal and work references as well as great references from your own pets' veterinarian.
You enjoy learning and are open to feedback as a true pet care professional. Your home is entirely non-smoking indoors.
You are oriented to positive reinforcement of behavior with your own pets already.
You're a good listener who speaks English well, and enjoys talking with other doglovers.
You’re at home much of the day, every day that you'll have dogs, living within an hour drive of Boulder or Lyons. You have the time, passion and physical ability to play with and walk the one or two dogs you board, in all weather.
You have a tightly fenced yard with a minimum height of 4' at every point or you are willing to raise it, as well as secure gates and door latches.
There are no chemical sanitizing inserts in your toilets.
Kitchen and all bathroom trash cans are behind closed, baby-latched doors or will be replaced with metal step-lid cans that are dog-proof. Dental floss, tampons, greasy plastic, foil and chicken bones are but a few potentially deadly items in our trash cans. Drawers and cabinets below counter height that contain food, vitamins, toiletries or any medicines need to have simple baby latches on them for safety. All pets in your household are long-term(no rotating foster dogs). They are all well-socialized with people and other dogs, spayed or neutered and are kept up on basic vaccinations. Dog-friendly cats work out well in some Caregiver homes. Cats that run in fear from dogs are not a good match for us. This behavior brings out the chase instinct in many otherwise cat-respecting dogs.
There is no free-feeding of your own dogs or you are willing to change that, as our Camp dogs cannot be in a shared space with food on the floor. Water bowls need to be stand-alone too, with no bottle-fed bowls in use in the house. They are virtual petri dishes for bacteria, viruses and parasites. We assure our clients that dogs will be totally segregated at feeding time. Also, we do not allow rawhide chews in our homes. Every veterinarian can tell stories of dogs choking and getting intestinal blockages from them.
You have no hostile or spiteful neighbors with adjoining yards who dislike dogs.
You have reliable voice mail or call waiting on your phone, as well as a computer with email and a printer. You must be able to receive incoming calls while connected to the Internet, so clients will never get a busy signal. You'll also need a fax machine, which can be gotten used on Craigslist for as little as $20 and you'll need to learn how to use it.
You have another income source...this is only a P/T equivalent. It varies a great deal with the season. It also varies greatly with how long you have been with us. You can realistically see yourself doing this for a long time. We are not interested in seasonal or weekend-only Caregivers. There is licensing involved, which we can talk about if we get this far. __________________________________________________________________________
Fill out this form to make an initial inquiry about becoming a Caregiver if the above criteria make you a good match. We will contact you within a couple of days.
We are offering our clients long-term peace of mind that their beloved dogs are having fun and receiving plenty of TLC with Caregivers who also take their responsibilities seriously.
Refer a friend, family member or neighbor as a Caregiver and earn a $200 referral bonus. Contact us for details.
