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No longer want to provide day care services?

I offer doggie daycare services, and I no longer find it to be worth it. I have 2 regulars that come every week. I make maybe $50 a week (before Rover fees) on average. I feel bad, but it's no longer working for me. How do I break it to my client's nicely that I no longer will be offering daycare services? Should I do it in person or via Rover? I feel like I need a good excuse when they ask why even though I don't need one. Do you think I should give notice? If so, how much? I was thinking maybe until the end of the year, but now I'm thinking sooner.

Thanks,

Astrid W.

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I would definitely tell your clients in person that you will no longer be offering the daycare service, especially since they are regulars. Since they come every week, I would give them a month's notice and then offer to help them find another sitter. Contact Rover Support and see if they can help you with that. I hate it that there is no way to contact other sitters in our area except to make a stay request.

Just tell them that your life is changing and you are no longer going to be offering the daycare. You don't need to give them a real reason (other than it has nothing to do with them or the dogs).

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Thanks for the advice Cari!

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I think there are a lot of other Rover sitters in my area. If you have some in your area, too, they can look for another rover day care opportunity. Then everyone wins.

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I only offer daycare as a trial run before boarding, or a last minute emergency for my regular walkers if I know they get along with my dog. My reason for no taking regulars anymore was because of the lack of money received for the time put in, how it interfers with my boarding clients since I get a lot of anti-social dogs and promise to only take 1 at a time, and because of my full walking schedule that keeps me out of the house for around 4 hours per day during the week.