Finding Reliable Pet Care is a Click Away
“TORONTO Emile Boyer doesn’t have a dog, but spending time with cocker spaniel Ralph, more than makes up for it…
Since last October, Boyer has registered as a pet sitter with Pawshake. The online service connects pet owners with animal- loving pet sitters, dog walkers, day- care, & home-boarding solutions in their communities…
Rates start at $15 per night & are inclusive of complimentary insurance, 24/7 customer support, & daily photo updates. Pawshake retains a 19% contribution from sitters, said co-founder Tanguy Peers.
Would- be clients can comb through online profiles of sitters & are encouraged to meet them ahead of time…
Peers co-founded Pawshake with Dries Coucke, with whom he worked at eBay & Kijiji…
Coucke had previously founded pets.be, a not-for-profit website to find homes for rescue pets…
Pawshake now operates in 15 countries, & has about 1,000 sitters in Canada…
Billed as the world’s largest educational association for professional pet sitters, more than 260 Canadian business owners are active members of Pet Sitters International, said marketing & communications manager Beth Stultz. There is an initial $135 US membership fee for Canadians & $125 in subsequent years, which includes benefits like pet-sitter insurance & a listing on PSI’s Pet Sitter Locator…”
Lauren La Rose
THE CANADIAN PRESS
In The Gazette, Montreal
July 11/2015
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