Tuesday, June 20, 2006

I want to start a pet boarding/daycare out of my home. I live in Texas, do I HAVE to be licensed or insured? -

I only want to take in a few SMALL DOGS at one time. I plan on making it very professional; I just cannot seem to figure out if I need to be licensed through the state or if I must be insured/bonded.

To be honest, I don t know the legal answer to your question. I suspect that you will have to have some sort of license, though, in order to make sure that you can take care of the animals.As a pet owner (currently I am owned by three cats, but I ve had dogs in the past), I would not be willing to trust my animals to anyone who DOESN T have insurance, whether it s legally required or not. You might want to think about that for a while. The people who care about their pets will want the best of care, and those are the ones who will board their pets. The people who take a more casual approach are more likely to have someone drop by their house and throw a can of dog food in the back yard.

umm...well that is ironic..you want it to be professional yet not insured or licensed..No pet owner with a brain is going to leave the love of their life with someone who isn t..and yes you do need to be..

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