Camp Bow Wow® is the nation's first and largest dog day and overnight camp franchise. If you want to know how to start a dog walking business, you might want to check out our Home Buddies by Camp Bow Wow® concept. Depending on your reasons for wanting to start a dog walking service, the Home Buddies concept may be better able to satisfy your desire to work and play with dogs.

Our Home Buddies franchise leverages our years of experience leading the dog services industry and channels these efforts into a concept targeting the in-home pet care market. As a Home Buddies business owner, from the comfort of your home office you will manage a team of devoted pet lovers who care for animals in their own home – you’ll cater to a segment of the population who demand the highest levels of quality and service for care of their pets.

Since you are looking at how to start a dog walking service, Home Buddies by Camp Bow Wow® can expand on this business and give you access to the opportunity for an additional 11 revenue streams. With this concept, you will offer your clients overnight pet care, dog walking, dog adventures, poop scoop services, dog food/supply delivery and so much more! You even have the option for additional revenue through add-ons such as mobile dog grooming and in-home dog training.

So why not just start your own dog walking business? Becoming part of a franchise instead of starting you own pet business offers a much higher degree of security. A seven-year study found that 91% of franchised businesses were still operating compared to a mere 20% of individual startups. Our Camp Bow Wow® corporate staff will provide you with the training and support to make your pet business a fulfilling experience. National brand recognition translates to volume discounts, national advertising and public relations that would be impossible to match as a dog walker. Our clients hold a respect for Camp Bow Wow® that has taken 8 years and tens of thousands of happy furry clients to build.