Become a Professional Dog Walker
Prepare to become a professional dog walker or provide drop-in home visits with an eight-module beginner course. Build a realistic first-booking plan, organise routes and service capacity, protect clients’ home access, adapt to each dog and write useful individual reports.
Who it’s for: People who want to become dog walkers, join a professional walking service or start their own dog walking and home-visit business. No previous professional experience is required.
What you will learn
- Prepare your service, insurance checks and written client agreements
- Plan realistic routes, diary capacity, prices and backup care
- Recognise body language and practise humane handling safely
- Protect home access and follow exact feeding, medication and storage instructions
- Adapt care to weather, manage emergencies and write fresh individual reports
- Complete eight interactive modules, a first-booking plan and a knowledge assessment with a completion certificate
Your learning path
Become a Professional Dog Walker8 modules
- Prepare to work as a professional dog walker
- Access the home and transfer responsibility safely
- Prepare equipment and handle the dog humanely
- Run a supervised, considerate and enjoyable walk
- Adapt walks and visits to weather and temperature
- Deliver a complete and respectful home visit
- Respond to incidents, missed visits and emergencies
- Report professionally and prepare your first bookings
Your course questions
Can I take this dog walking course with no professional experience?
Yes. The course is designed for people preparing for their first paid dog walking or home-visit bookings, joining a walking service or starting their own service. It does not guarantee employment or provide an accredited professional qualification.
Are drop-in home visits included in the dog walking course?
Yes. The course covers secure home access, individual care instructions, feeding and home visits, weather and temperature decisions, emergency responses and reporting to clients.
How do the online lessons and assessments work?
Study eight interactive modules at your own pace, with scenarios, knowledge checks and a 20-question assessment. Your account saves your progress and results.
How long will I have access?
Each purchase includes 12 months of online access from confirmed enrolment. It is a single payment with no automatic renewal.
Are course purchases refundable?
Course purchases, including bundles, are non-refundable for change of mind once digital access begins with your express consent and acknowledgement, after the required purchase confirmation is provided. Your statutory cancellation rights and rights for faulty or misdescribed content remain.
Will I receive a completion certificate?
A completion certificate becomes available after you finish all eight modules and pass the knowledge assessment. It recognises course completion and is not an accredited qualification.
Can I enrol today?
Enrolment is not open yet and payments are disabled. Contact Paws n Klaws with questions about this course; an enquiry does not take payment.
Learn with clear expectations.
Lessons include workplace examples adapted from Paws n Klaws training. Use procedures that are suitable for your own premises, role and individual dogs. Public access includes only the courses purchased; staff procedures and team records are private.
Knowledge assessments use a pass standard of 16 out of 20, including all six safety-critical questions. A knowledge pass is not practical authorisation or an accredited award.
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