How much should I charge for drop-in AND walks for FOUR dogs?
I’ve had a client for a few visits, and he has 4 dogs— one is elderly, two are puppies, and one is about 2 yrs old. The puppies and the 2 yr old are not well trained- they are hard pullers on walks (big dogs) and the pups are not housebroken. So needless to say, a drop-in visit is a lot of work and time-consuming. Not only that, but the younger dogs are to be kept in kennels when no one is home, and they’re in there for hours without physical activity- so I like to take them across the street to dog park to run them ragged. For 4 dogs, all different ages and basically untrained, feeding them, walking them, playing with them, and making sure they go potty- does $200 sound fair? I’ve done this before for this client for much less, and it felt like way more work than I was paid for. I’ve even gone over there after a 13 hour shift at my primary job because he really needed someone to drop-in/walk them as he was out of town. Lastly, each visit he’s requested is very last minute, so I’m doing my best to accommodate.
Oh and if you are only doing a drop in visit it shouldn’t be so much work, but if it truly is that much more work for the 4 dogs then yes I would absolutely charge for all 4 dogs the drop in visit or add the walk visit to the price as well if they are asking for that.