Dog Business Hub is a small operation built by someone who actually does the job.
I run a dog walking business in Scotland. I started it from nothing — no qualifications I had to sit, no fancy van, no client book — and have spent the years since figuring out what works and what costs you money. The bits nobody warns you about: the council rules that vary street to street, the insurance clauses that look fine until you read them properly, the difference between a £10 walk and one that’s actually worth your time.
This site is the resource I wish I’d had when I started. Practical, UK-specific, and honest about how hard it can be. No hype, no fluff, no “ten easy steps to a six-figure business” nonsense.
What’s here
Dog Business Hub is four properties under one roof, each doing one thing well:
- Guides — paid, practical, no-nonsense guides for starting and running a pet business. Written from inside the industry, not by a content agency.
- Jobs — a UK job board built only for the dog industry. Walking, daycare, grooming, training roles. No warehouse listings in sight.
- Training — an honest, employer’s-eye directory of dog industry courses. Some links are affiliate, some are plain directory listings for the big players who don’t run affiliate schemes. The page disclaimer flags which is which.
- The free checklist — 53 steps to go from “I love dogs” to “I’m booked out.” Yours free at start.dogbusinesshub.co.uk.
Who this is for
Two groups, mainly:
If you’re thinking about starting your own dog business — walker, sitter, groomer, daycare — and you don’t want to spend six months on YouTube and still feel guessing, the guides and the free checklist will save you weeks.
If you want to work in the dog industry but don’t fancy running a business of your own — a job in daycare, an assistant role at a grooming salon, a kennel position — the job board is the only UK board built for those roles specifically.
If you fall into both camps, even better.
A short note on independence
Some of the training course links on the Training page are affiliate, which means I may earn a small commission if you buy through them — at no extra cost to you. I only list courses I’d be comfortable pointing a friend at, and I list big-name non-affiliate providers (IMDT, COAPE) alongside them so the directory isn’t just “the people who pay me.” The Training page disclaimer says all this in plain English at the top.
The guides on the Guides page I wrote myself. They’re not affiliate-anything.
Want to talk?
Drop me an email at hello@dogbusinesshub.co.uk. I read everything, even if I don’t always reply quickly.
Welcome to Dog Business Hub.