Professional dog walking has never looked easy to me. For a more in-depth look at the life, visit this article about Toronto, Canada’s dog walkers:
A walker is responsible for controlling the dogs and grouping dogs is a skill, developed once you walk them and learn their temperament, says Wisenberg.
Even so, some dogs don’t make the grade and aggression will get them banished from groups and into “specialized services” – private walks at $25 for half an hour.
It takes a special personality to walk dogs, says Dianne Eibner, who has been walking dogs in Toronto for two decades.
“You need to be calm, confident, have lots of energy and the commitment to stick with it through rain and sleet and ice,” she says.
[Via : For dog walkers, the walk in the park is hard work - thestar.com.]
International Association of Canine Professionals.
Eibner founded a professional association, now the International Association of Canine Professionals:
An organization established to maintain the highest standards of professional and business practice among canine professionals.
The site has quite a bit of information, including guidelines for owners thinking of hiring a dog-walker.
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