Join Our Team

Download a PDF Application Form or contact me headoffice@preciouspaws.co.nz to get one emailed to you that you can fill in and email back.

Thanks for your interest in working for Absolutely Precious Paws Ltd®

Hi, I'm Lisa Hudson and I started Absolutely Precious Paws Ltd® in May 2000 to give pet owners an alternative to taking their pets to Kennels and Catteries by providing a range of at home and personalised pet care services.

Absolutely Precious Paws Ltd® has subcontractors in Tauranga and Hamilton and Franchisees in Rotorua and Taupo, who have been operating for over 5 years.

Our client's pets are so much happier staying in their own homes, eating their usual food and following their normal routine. It is less stressful for the pet's "parents" also, as they don't have to fit around the boarding establishment's times and they don't have to take the car trip to get them there.

Absolutely Precious Paws needs reliable, dependable people who are able to see a project through to completion. Our clients rely on us to take care of their pets and home when they can't be there, so Pet Sitters need to take this job seriously, develop a relationship with both the pets and their owners and put in a long term effort to build up a profitable business.

Absolutely Precious Paws Vision

A nation-wide network of Pet Sitters

• Providing caring, superior, consistent, holistic care for pets that enhances their quality of life, educates their owners and allows our clients to ‘leave with peace of mind and come home to happy pets'
• Who are committed to learning, to their own personal growth and balance, to business success...and to the enjoyment of going to work.
• And who are enthusiastic and proud to be part of the team and focused on the growth and the constant never-ending improvement of a business that sets the standard in excellence in our industry and is a pet owners first choice in pet care.

Services Provided

• In home Pet Sitting: Visiting client's homes; feeding, walking, patting, brushing and medicating pets. Watering plants, collecting mail, opening and shutting curtains and turning lights on and off to provide a lived in look to their house. The visits may be once or twice, 4 times a day or as needed.
• Dog Walking: Regular or as required, individual or group, usually in the middle of the day while people are at work.
• Pet Home Stay: Boarding small dogs or those not suited to staying in their own home at the Pet Sitter's house.
• Doggy Day Care: Clients drop their dogs off during the day for socialisation, play, walks and care
• Doggy Delivery: Taxi trips to the veterinary clinics or groomers.

Benefits of being part of Absolutely Precious Paws Ltd ®

• You will be provided with all the marketing materials including fliers developed by high profile and successful marketing agencies, posters, uniforms, badges, brochures, magnetic car signs, caps, fridge magnets, information packs, daily reports, invoice receipts.
• You will receive sales training developed by successful business coaches to efficiently convert the leads generated by your marketing.
• All finances, billing, payments and bad debtors are taken care of by the Network Support Office
• You will benefit from nationwide marketing which includes:
  
  • Website www.preciouspaws.co.nz and high ranking on Google search engine
  • Advertising in SPCA Pet Guide, Pet Magazine, Yellow Pages, Internet Yellow Pages, Local Directory, Local Newspaper advertising
  • Regular newsletter to clients
  • Toll free 0508 738 748 (PETSIT) number
  • Customised Press Releases
  • Petsonthenet advertising,
  • Referral system, Loyalty card scheme, Seniors card promotions
  • Staff Benefit arrangement with local large employers such as the BOPDHB
  • Relationship with local Vets and Pet Shops and invitations to attend their events
  • Use of Promotional Equipment including large banner and pull up screens for local events, cat and dog shows
  • Free Reports available to pet owners to educate them about pet care
  • Membership of local networking and educational groups such as the Chamber of Commerce and other business networking groups.
  • Goodwill generated by our donations to the SPCA
• You will be part of a supportive team with over 10 years experience in the Pet Sitting industry and the use of our thorough tried and tested systems and benefit from our network of qualified and experienced Vet Nurses, Breeders, Vets and Pet Sitters.
• You will have use of on-line automated booking and scheduling system which represents an investment of more than $20,000 and demonstrates our commitment to being at the cutting edge in Internet Technology and team support. The system enables you to: Review your schedule on line, check off when you have completed jobs, allows the clients you are servicing to log on and check how their pets are doing. It enables clients to pay by cash, cheque and credit card or by on line banking. All bookings are emailed to you with the client receiving a confirmation of the booking and a reminder a few days before the booking starts. Your client becomes a member and can update their information online, so you have the latest access to any change in routine. There are many more features of our system and these are constantly being reviewed and upgraded.

But most importantly you will enjoy a profitable little business of your own, doing something which you really LOVE doing!

About the Job

• Your pet sitting area will be within a 5 km radius from your home
• Pet's need to be fed 365 days of the year! You will be solely responsible for your area and for hiring employees or arranging with another sub contractor to do your bookings if you are away.
• All enquiries come through the 0508 number and initial sales enquiries are done at head office. Details for new clients are then emailed to the Pet Sitter to follow up or to visit the house and meet the client and pet.
• All re-bookings are done through head office and clients pay their fees before the service through head office.
• You will be a sub contractor rather than an employee
• You are paid a % of the sitting fee weekly for the sittings done the previous week. The amount paid varies relating to your qualifications and experience and increases as you bring on more clients and build up your area.
  * You are not paid directly for any marketing performed or sales visits but any new clients you bring on contribute to a raise in the % you are paid.

Requirements of the Pet Sitter

• You will ideally have Vet Nursing or Animal Care qualifications and/or relevant experience looking after animals
• You are responsible for building up the number of clients in their area with tested marketing methods. You will be proactive about making your business grow and serious about making long term successful relationships
• You are caring, committed, consistent, honest, responsible, accountable, have initiative and good judgement
• You talk positively about ideas, concepts and people and you work hard to improve yourself and agree to new ideas and strategies in a positive way - not find reasons why it won't work.
• You are open to learning and will look at attending training external to the Precious Paws business training to increase your own skills.
• You will openly approach the general manager about any issues or problems
  * You look for ways to improve the Precious Paws operations systems so all licensees can benefit.
• You must be a motivated and enthusiastic person who knows where you are going and has dreams, goals and visions aligned to our vision for Precious Paws, so we can all work together as a team towards this vision!

There is no "I" in T.E.A.M - Together Everyone Achieves More

By now I hope you are thinking...how soon can I start? Along with this information will be an Application form and Mini Disc profile. If you fill these in and email back, I will be in touch to discuss with you if you are the sort of person we are likely to offer a position to. Thank you again for your interest, we look forward to welcoming you as part of our team

Lisa Hudson
Absolutely Precious Paws Ltd®