Can You Make Money As A Dog Shelter

Do you have a passion for animal welfare and want to make money as an animal lover?

The top two careers that usually come to mind when it comes to working with animals are being a veterinarian or being a vet nurse.

It takes at least eight years to graduate from vet school and that does not include getting your license and internship.

As for becoming a vet nurse this can take about three years.

Vet nurses are also sometimes called vet assistants or vet technicians.

Becoming a veterinarian or a vet nurse is hard work but very rewarding. You get to play and work with animals all day and even get to save their lives.

But besides being a veterinarian or a vet nurse, you can now monetize your love of animals with the help of technology.

Here's how you can make money as an animal lover.

Now you won't have to spend lots of time and money at university to earn money doing something that you love.

Check out these ways that you can make money if you adore animals – whether or not you have a degree or a formal qualification.

14 Ways to Earn Extra Cash Working with Animals

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1) Dog walker

Many dog owners sometimes get busy with work or home life and don't have the time to exercise their pets.

Walkers typically take dogs for walks because dogs need to burn a lot of energy.

Recently though, there have been an increase in cat walking services as well.

If you want a course on how to properly walk dogs on a leash, then this course is for you.

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2) Pet sitter

Similar to babysitting, this gig requires you go to the pet owner's home and look after their pets there. This is a great work from home idea if you want to make money as a pet lover.

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3) Pet hosting

This is where you host and look after other people's pets in your own home. The pet usually stays at your home overnight or for an extended period if the pet's owners go away on holidays.

I you want to offer these services, you can check out rover, madpaws or create your own website.

4) Start a blog about animals

If you have lots of tips and ideas that you can write about animals, then starting a blog about animals could be right for you.

You can choose a more focused niche like what it's like to be a ferret mum or how to care for foster animals.

When you get decent traffic to your blog and it gets more popular, you can get paid to put ads on your site or make money from affiliate income.

Learn how you can start a blog here.

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5) Dog groomer

Another way you can make money as an animal lover is if you enjoy making animals smell and look good.

You could offer your services at your own home or you could go to your clients' homes and make their pets look gorgeous.

If you want to learn animal grooming at your own pace, this course is perfect for you.

6) Pet taxi

How about earning money as a pet transporter? If you have a car, you can make money with it by turning it into a pet taxi.

You can drive pets to vet appointments and bring them back home. Another service you can offer is airport pet pick-up and drop-off.

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7) Animal trainer

If you want to be a dog trainer, you need the right certification if you have to formally teach in an animal training institution.

I love training dogs and I can probably make money from it if I focus on creating videos that I can put up on YouTube. Anyone can do this and you don't need a qualification to post videos on Youtube. You just have to believe that you can.

If those clips get popular and if you get to over a thousand subscribers, you could earn money by allowing ads on your videos.

Would you like to learn how to properly train your dog to follow commands and be well-behaved? Check out this course and if you sign up using my link, you will get 80% off the original price.

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8) Animal photographer

You can also make money working with animals if you combine it with your love of photography.

You can choose to photograph specific animals, domestic pets, wildlife or all animals. There are many options.

People could hire you to take photos of their pets or publications (eg. National Geographic) could hire you to take photos of wildlife to put in their magazines.

9) Sell animal photos online

If you're an introverted rebel who prefer to not have a deadline or talk to people, then you could take photos and sell them online instead to stock photography sites like Picfair, Foap or Shutterstock.

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10) Sell animal merchandise

How can you make money as an animal lover if you have a creative streak?

You can create animal merchandise like artwork and craft items to sell at markets or online platforms like Etsy.

You can also drop ship animal merchandise such as t-shirts and mugs that you can sell online.

This is a great passive income idea which will also save you lots of headaches because you don't actually keep the inventory yourself.

Here are great resources for you to learn more about drop shipping.

Drop ship using Shopify

Free Shopify Drop Shipping Course

Wholesale Ted

Oberlo

Drop ship using WordPress/Woocommerce

Alidropship

Dropship.me

11) Register your pet as a model or an extra on TV or in movies

If you have a smart and well-behaved pet who can obey commands, then you can get your pet to be a model or an extra in movies.

For example, a professional dog model can earn anywhere from $150 upwards.

If your dog is does a cameo on TV or in movies, then they could even earn between $200 and $500 a day just for being well-behaved and adorable, according to this article!

12) Brand sponsorships

If your pet has a dedicated blog or social media account which attracts a huge following, then you could pitch for brand sponsorships where you advertise animal products on your social media account or your blog for a fee.

Depending on how many followers you have, pet influencers can earn up to $15,000 per post by advertising a product on their social media account, according to this post.

13) Breeding

If your pet (particularly a dog) comes from a good lineage, then you could make money by becoming a breeder.

As long as you are comfortable with the idea, you can sell puppies for an average of $400 to $2,000 a pop.

Of course, there is a lot of responsibility that comes with this method so if you want to read more about responsible breeding, then check out this article.

14) Start a pet boarding service

More and more people finding it difficult to give their pets the attention they deserve what with work and home obligations getting in the way.

And as humans, we also need to recharge and may need to go away on vacation from time to time.

Opening a pet boarding service can help you make money as an animal lover by providing a safe and loving place for animals when their owners are away.

Most pet boarding services have a dedicated kennel for each animal, a common playground and an animal attendant. If you can provide all these plus amazing customer service then your business will do well.

14 Ways to Make Money as An Animal Lover

Final thoughts on how to make money as an animal lover…

There are many ways to make money these days thanks to technology.

And you can rest assured that you don't need a degree to make money working with animals and being a pet lover.

Getting paid for what you love is possible if you know where to look.

Sometimes all it takes is taking the road less travelled to monetize your passion.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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