Back into the world of blogging......

I’d started a blog back in February or March, hoping to keep it updated……we’d just started our business, though, and things rapidly began to change and grow! Most people probably don’t even realize that I had a blog. Hopefully this one will be interesting and chock full of Red Dog News……we’ll see if this is a good start. :)

A little history, first of all — my husband Karl and I started Red Dog Sitting Services back in February 2009……..we are about to celebrate a year in business, AND over 100 clients! Red Dog is a pet sitting company…….although that is a very broad term, because we do so much more than pet sitting. Basically, we visit folks’ homes while they are away, checking on pets, plants, collecting mail, etc. But, our main focus is and always will be the pets. We do dog walking, pet taxi……basically whatever instructions our clients give us, we follow! Our mission is to maintain a routine for pets……..keeping them at home where they are most comfortable and most happy. Our clients love to come home to happy pets, and many have had horrible boarding experiences…….

How to sum up the past year? So much has happened, and each day something new comes up……..we meet a new client, play with a new dog or cat, make connections with animal shelters and animal advocacy groups, text like mad, email constantly, and occasionally get to take a nap……..

We’ve done oodles of marketing on the Web — we now have Facebook, Twitter, and updated LinkedIn profiles — we’ve passed out thousands of well-printed and perfectly cut brochures (this is a science according to Karl, ha) — we even did a direct mail campaign about a month ago. Google has been our best friend this past year — the majority of our business comes from there…….

Red Dog has a photo archive now of hundreds, maybe even thousands, of photos — we’ve met so many awesome people and fantastic pets! We’ve been playfully nipped at, peed on, jumped on, covered in dirt, knocked over, scratched, barked at, meowed at, and we’ve stepped in more dog poo than we can remember. The ultimate fun for us is getting to hang out with these great animals every day!

This is just a small intro to what we do and will continue to do. Cross your fingers (or paws) that I will keep this up!