Business Of The Year?
The National Association of Professional Pet Sitters (NAPPS) is doing something unprecedented to celebrate its members during this incredible year of 2020 which has challenged the resolve of the entire pet sitting industry. Once a year NAPPS reviews submissions for the best pet sitting business among its members. The NAPPS Business of the Year award […]
Prelude
Longview Pet Sitting, LLC like most new businesses is off to a solid albeit measured beginning. The feelings I have this time around are quite familiar in that I traveled this road four years ago when I established my first pet sitting service. The difference this time is that I know what I was able […]
Longview Pet Sitting, LLC
Welcome to Longview Pet Sitting, LLC in Longview, Texas. If this looks and sounds a lot like Prospect Pet Sitting from Prospect (Louisville), Kentucky, it is because Longview Pet Sitting is essentially the same company with a different name in a different place. Although I had to leave the excellent independent contractors I worked with […]
COVID-19 Certification
Through my membership with Pet Sitters International I recently completed a course and received certification in COVID-19 awareness, information and professional practices specific to the field of professional pet sitting and dog walking. Many of the suggested practices like hand washing, hand sanitizing, wiping your dog’s paws before re-entering the house and minimizing the touching […]
Why Not Work From Home Forever?
Today’s story is part two of Wall Street Journal writer Jason Gay’s April 2020 piece on how our pets may feel during the COVID-19 era. Today he presents the dog’s side of the story. BY A DOG As America debates a return to work, it’s important not to rush. We need to balance the economy […]
America Needs To Get Back To Work
This story was penned by Wall Street Journal sports writer Jason Gay in April 2020. Mr. Gay is a fine sports columnist who has a flair for writing about sports in a way that goes well beyond the tedium of statistics and analytics. It is this creativity that enables him to occasionally write things for […]
Happy Passover And Easter
A pictorial collage illustrating many of the pets I serve. Happy Passover and Easter! Before sharing a cute poem about the Easter Bunny, I wanted to pass along a quick tip to all pet parents. Please make sure you keep your companion animals out of any Passover/Easter sweets, especially chocolate (which can be lethal to […]
PetTech Class 11/10/18
PetTech is hosting a pet CPR, First Aid and Care class in Louisville, KY this Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. Whats Is It? PETTECH PETSAVER PROGRAM AND CERTIFICATION Who Should Attend? PETTECH FOR PET CARE PROFESSIONALS AND PET PARENTS How Do I Sign Up? Contact Jan Dillon, PTI #2238 at 270-791-6527 or at www.PetTech.pro/jandillon. The PetTech PetSaver […]
Coyotes
Today’s blog is more of a public service announcement for the benefit of all and especially for my neighbors in the Prospect and Goshen, Kentucky areas. Some of my pet sitting client’s have notified me of some recent Coyote sightings near their homes and even backyards. Even in my own residence, the homeowners association and […]
Kentucky Services Tax
On June 13, 2018 I received a letter from the Kentucky Department of Revenue dated June 11, 2018 informing me of a recent law change impacting service organizations including Prospect Pet Sitting, LLC. Effective July 1, 2018, Prospect Pet Sitting, LLC is required to collect the state’s 6% sales tax on the total sales price […]
