Running Your Own Boarding Kennels

The Complete Guide to Kennel and Cattery Management (Revised)
4. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-7494-5330-5
Verlag: Kogan Page

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 301 g

With an increasing demand for quality kennel accommodation for dogs and cats, a good boarding kennel is a sound investment and can provide a healthy income if run efficiently.
Running your own Boarding Kennels
, the only guide of its kind available, is essential reading for anyone who is considering starting out in the business.

This new edition by animal care expert David Cavill provides advice on every aspect of running a boarding kennel. With an exhaustive breadth of detail it covers every related topic, including: boarding fees, raising finance, insurance, kennel cleaning, dangerous dogs, types of food, exercise, grooming, beds and towels, staff training, accommodation, advertising, puppy and kitten rearing, and product sales. Comprehensive and unique,
Running your own Boarding Kennels
also includes information on ancillary services such as dog-walking, pet sitting and home boarding.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cavill, David

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Kleine und Mittlere Unternehmen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter - 01: Facing the Facts;Chapter - 02: Finding Your Property;Chapter - 03: Professional and Other Advice;Chapter - 04: Finance and Running Costs;Chapter - 05: Laws and Orders: Statutory Requirements;Chapter - 06: Health Matters;Chapter - 07: Feeding the Boarders;Chapter - 08: The Daily Round;Chapter - 09: Kennel Staff;Chapter - 10: Kennel Buildings;Chapter - 11: Fanfare;Chapter - 12: Expanding Your Business;Chapter - 13: Associated Services

Über Autor(innen)

Cavill, David
David Cavill is an experienced writer and broadcaster on all subjects related to companion animals. An acknowledged expert, he owns and publishes Dogs Monthly and is the founder of the Animal Care College, which provides courses in all aspects of animal care.

Currently a consultant to the animal care industry, David Cavill has an extensive background in kennel management, having owned and run a small boarding kennel and cattery and managed a large establishment that included a grooming salon. Until recently he was joint Manager of Bell Mead, the country kennel of Battersea Dogs' Home.

David Cavill
is an experienced writer and broadcaster on all subjects related to companion animals. An acknowledged expert, he owns and publishes the magazine
Dogs Monthly
and is the founder of the Animal Care College, which provides courses in all aspects of animal care. Currently a consultant to the animal care industry, he has an extensive background

in kennel management, having owned and run a small boarding kennel and cattery, and managed a large establishment which included a grooming salon. He was formerly joint manager of Bell Mead, the country kennel of Battersea Dogs' Home.