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dog walker
i currently asked a question about jobs for a 14 year old. the best one i've found & like is walking dogs. 1. i like to exercise 2. it seems like it might pay good
I was thinking about walking the dog for 20-45 minutes. Mostly around 30 min. How much do you think i should charge?
and where can i put papers so tht people can call me & wat would i put on them?
if you have anything tht would help me its greatly appreciated. and if you don't have ansers to all the questoins its cool.
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well your like 14, so you cant ask that much. if your neighborhood is rich, and more. when they ask how much, be like, "Ummm, i dontkno, maybe like .. 7 or 8 dollars an hour?" like you didnt give it too much thought. thats the sexy way to do it ;)
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well first i would say maybe charge per half hour (because some dogs require walks around and hour or more and some only need 30 mins or less)
i would charge like $5 per 30 min or a med. size dog
$6 per 30 min for a large dog
and like $3 per 30 min for a dog under 20 pounds or whatever
and on the papers i would include your first name age phone # and just put reasonable rates (incase you want to chage your rates later) also include clip art and maybe a cute doggy poem or something. JUST DONT INCLUDE YOUR ADDRESS because you never know who may see that
i would post them where ever you can.. libraries pet stores parents work go door to door giving out flyers.. whatever you can do!
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Hey,
The other people who have answered this have already given you a lot of information, and I agree with them.
But I thought I would just add some places where you can put your posters.
I think that a veterinarians office is deffinately a good place. When I take my dog there I always see bulletins of things like dog walking.
Maybe a local pet store, you could ask if they have a spot where you could put some posters.
Any place that involves animals is deffinately a good place to put posters.
Good Luck!
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for 20-45 minutes, id charge $10-15, and extra for anything else you do like bathing etc.
put the papers on telephone poles all around your neighborhood. and look for places that have bulletin boards. sometimes the restrooms at the mall have them, weird place i know. but youd be surprised at how many people look at them.try fast food restaurants too. leave them anywhere & everywhere!
you should put any of your previous job expierences that you've had, even if its just cleaning or working for your mom. and put your name and phone number, obviously.
good luck!
♥ evy
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first, let me applaud you for taking the innitiative to try and find a job; i just got my frist real paying job a few weeks ago. ^_^
as for how long to walk the dog, it probably depends on what kind of dog you're walking, how big, how old, how fat... :P
as for what to put on the posters and where to put them, make it short'n'sweet'n'simple, with a big bold title that says something like "need your dog walked? i'll do it!" or "no time to walk your dog? call 555-1234 and ask for Dog-Walker!" or something like that. then probably you want a simple picture of a dog or a hand holding a leash (with or without a dog). if you really wanted, you could have a subtitle beneath the picture that says something--again, something simple--something like "keep your dog healthy" or something like that.
for payment, you probably want to give a semi-set price for several kinds of dogs, maybe in relation to size or for how long they need to be walked. i wouldn't charge more than $10 per walk, because even that would be pushing it. you might want to put something like "prices negotiable" on the poster too. people will usually be willing to give you more than what seems like a standard price, especially when you're a younger kid (no offence meant... ^_^;)
where to put them? how about people's doors in your neighbourhood that have dogs? think bulletin boards! churches, libraries, pools, etc., also on poles and such along sidewalks where the traffic usually fairly steady, like the park and other places where people go with to walk their dogs.
a word of warning: don't be too put out if you don't drum up much (or any for that matter) businss. someimes people just don't want to give us workin' kids a break... ^_^
hope this helped. good luck!
~*kitty*~
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