We Love Pets franchise

Run your own local dog walking and pet care business

Swap the commute for the common, with the UK's largest full-service pet care franchise behind you.

  • From around £313 a month* with a pre-approved, government-backed Start Up Loan
  • No experience needed: full training, plus free unlimited online courses with our sister company, Animal Ed
  • Flexible hours you plan around your life
  • Join 115+ franchisees with 19 years of experience behind you

*Subject to eligibility, credit and affordability checks. Based on a 7.5% loan over 5 years on £15,594 (£12,995 + VAT).

Free guide

How to start a pet care and dog walking business

Licences, insurance, pricing and finding your first customers, plus what a franchise changes. Includes our franchise prospectus.

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Sound familiar?

You're not alone. Nurses, teachers and office professionals come to us every week looking for something better.

Sunday night dread

You're exhausted before the week has even started, and the thought of another year of it is too much.

No time for family

Long shifts, weekend marking, missed school runs. You want work that fits around your life, not the other way round.

The best part of your day is the dog walk

Imagine if that was your whole career, and every day looked like that.

 

They did it. So could you.

“A risk worth taking”

“Stepping away from corporate life was a risk for us, but a risk worth taking. The business has given us so much more flexibility for family life, something we simply didn't have before.”

Gabby and Dave, We Love Pets Cambridge
A former senior project manager and a 37-year veteran of the railway industry.

Gabby and Dave, owners of We Love Pets Cambridge

Going it alone

  • Income capped by how many dogs you can walk
  • A brand, website and reputation built from nothing
  • Every customer found by word of mouth
  • Licences, insurance and DBS checks worked out on your own
  • Nobody to call when something goes wrong

Going with We Love Pets

  • Policies, contract templates and insurance details ready to use
  • The UK's largest full-service pet care brand, plus your own local web page
  • Marketing that brings enquiries to you
  • Room to grow into boarding, sitting and a team of your own
  • Head office and 115+ fellow franchisees a call away

Your business. Our backing.

Get the free guide to setting up a successful dog walking and pet care business, plus our franchise prospectus, and find out what running a We Love Pets branch could look like in your area.

No experience needed. No obligation. No hard sell.