Things You'll Need:
- Patience
- Plan
- Help
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Step 1
Find a location. In the city where I lived there was a lot of mill space. I found some space in one of the mills with low rent. It was just a big room where I could do the daycare.
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Step 2
Once you find the location, get insurance, a phone, cleaning supplies and most importantly, customers. If you are starting this business with little or no money like I did, you'll have to do some legwork to let people know you exist.
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Step 3
I opened the local phone book and made a list of every business that had my customers, but was not in competition with me. I made a list of all the vets, groomers, kennels, pet stores, shelters and pet photographers in the area and contacted them. I gave them coupons, flyers, business cards and brochures to hand out to their clients. I also took theirs to hand out to my clients.
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Step 4
As your business starts to grow you can add more services and products and improve the appearance if it needs it. As I stated earlier, there are many steps involved with opening a business and they cannot all be covered in one article. If you'd like additional help opening your dog daycare business, see Resources below.
