The Pet Services Fix Kit
Built for pet service businesses (walking, sitting, grooming, boarding, daycare).
Pet service owners search what to charge for walking, sitting and grooming, and whether they need insurance. The money leaks after the rate is set: a platform fee taken off every booking, holiday and extra-pet work at the standard price, cancellations nobody pays for, drive time between clients, no-shows in the grooming chair, gaps in insurance, and taxes no one withheld. I wrote this kit so you can check each one against your own bookings.
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The 8 leaks it covers
6 you can close it · 2 a pro decides
- Platform service fee never subtracted from your rateWhere to look first: If you book through Rover, its service fee on sitter earnings is 15% for sitters who joined before March 1, 2016, 20% for those who joined on or after, and 25% for RoverGo sitters (VERIFIED: Rover). Other apps set their own fees.Keep it from coming back: Recheck the math whenever the platform changes its fee.You can close it
- Holiday, extra-pet and puppy or senior care billed at the standard priceWhere to look first: List the bookings last year on holidays, with more than one pet, with puppies or senior pets needing meds, and late-night or early visits.Keep it from coming back: Send the price list with every new client's first quote.You can close it
- Late cancellations nobody pays forWhere to look first: Count late cancellations in the last six months and what each would have paid.Keep it from coming back: Include the policy in your service agreement.You can close it
- Drive time and miles between clients never pricedWhere to look first: For one week, log miles and drive minutes between every client.Keep it from coming back: Keep a mileage log every day.You can close it
- Insurance and bonding gaps found after a dog bite or a broken lockWhere to look first: Find your policy. Write down liability limit, care, custody and control coverage for pets in your care, and whether you are bonded.Keep it from coming back: Review coverage once a year.You can close it
- No-shows in the grooming chair or at daycare drop-offWhere to look first: Count no-shows and same-day cancellations in the last three months, and the revenue lost.Keep it from coming back: Send reminders automatically from your booking tool.You can close it
- Self-employment tax not set aside, and app income never matched to formsWhere to look first: Self-employment tax is 15.3%, once net earnings reach $400 (VERIFIED: IRS). No one withholds it.Keep it from coming back: Log income weekly.A pro decides
- Supplies and gear never tracked as business costsWhere to look first: List what you buy for the business: leashes, waste bags, treats, shampoo and blades, crates, a grooming table, booking software, background checks.Keep it from coming back: Photograph receipts the day you buy.A pro decides
Free: one full leak from this kit
No sign-up, no email. Here is leak 1 of 8 exactly as it appears in the kit, so you can see what you get before you buy.
Platform service fee never subtracted from your rate
You can close it- If you book through Rover, its service fee on sitter earnings is 15% for sitters who joined before March 1, 2016, 20% for those who joined on or after, and 25% for RoverGo sitters (VERIFIED: Rover). Other apps set their own fees.
- Pull your last month of bookings. For each, write the rate you set and what you received.
- Work out what you kept per walk, visit or night (CALCULATED: rate x (1 - fee)).
- Add drive time and gas to see what each booking really paid per hour.
- Set your app rate from what you need to keep, not what you want to charge.
Your part: Know your take-home per booking and set rates from it.
Your per-booking math: Rate: [RATE] | Platform fee: [PERCENT] | Kept: [KEPT] | Drive time: [MINUTES] | Miles: [MILES] | Kept per hour: [KEPT / TOTAL HOURS]
Recheck the math whenever the platform changes its fee.
What this kit can't decide for you: Platform terms change and we don't tell you which platform to use. Follow each platform's rules on bookings.
That's 1 of 8. The other 7 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When pet service businesses (walking, sitting, grooming, boarding, daycare) go looking for answers, they search things like “dog walking business”, “pet sitting rates”, “dog grooming prices” and “pet sitting insurance”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 8 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
A page from the kit
Questions people ask
Platform service fee never subtracted from your rate: where do I start?
Start here: If you book through Rover, its service fee on sitter earnings is 15% for sitters who joined before March 1, 2016, 20% for those who joined on or after, and 25% for RoverGo sitters (VERIFIED: Rover). Other apps set their own fees. To keep it from coming back: Recheck the math whenever the platform changes its fee.
Holiday, extra-pet and puppy or senior care billed at the standard price: where do I start?
Start here: List the bookings last year on holidays, with more than one pet, with puppies or senior pets needing meds, and late-night or early visits. To keep it from coming back: Send the price list with every new client's first quote.
Late cancellations nobody pays for: where do I start?
Start here: Count late cancellations in the last six months and what each would have paid. To keep it from coming back: Include the policy in your service agreement.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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Next step
- Run your free LeakReceipts check — it reads your own receipts and records and shows where money is leaking out, line by line.
- TrueNET — the whole-picture money truth: what you actually keep after every cost, across everything you earn and spend.
Use Jobber or Housecall Pro? Run the free leak check — it reads your job export in your browser and shows the money leaks the software doesn't flag. Nothing is uploaded.