What a great idea! ---- Amani Oakley <aoak...@oakleylegal.com> wrote: > Robert > > Can I make a suggestion which is something I would dearly love to do myself. > Why not house sit for others going on holidays, who have animals? You could > only accept jobs in the near vicinity, so you could pop back home and check > on your babies as needed. You could also charge different amounts for just > dropping in to check on an animal, getting the mail, taking in the newspaper, > and watering the plants, versus staying at the house. I know that when I go > away, the first and most important thing I have to arrange is care for my > animals. We are lucky to have a cousin who is perpetually out of work (though > quite young) so he is always available and good with our animals, and we pay > him well. > > Nowadays, with the internet as well, it is easier than ever to market your > services. No more do you have to pin an ad on a supermarket community board, > but you can do that too, along with a distribution of flyers in > neighbourhoods near you. > > There is good money in doing this, and what happens is that when one person > uses your services, he/she tells family and friends about you when they're > going away. You also can accept and reject jobs - you aren’t stuck with a > particular commitment - so there's far more flexibility. > > You're obviously wonderful with animals, so you would be perfect for > something like this. (It is my dream job - I could live vicariously through > you.) > > Amani > > -----Original Message----- > From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of > ROBERT CHAPEL > Sent: January-20-17 4:15 AM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Cc: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Finding money for Vet Tx... > > Hello All: > I have a recollection of someone( or someone(s) in our forum mentioning > trying a " Go fund me " campaign for their cat(s).... Was it at all > successful?? I am going to need to find some money if I am going to keep > my guys going as I really can't return to any kind of reasonable paying work > as long as meds need to be give a few times a day ( I can get paid 3x more > for a day of work if I go back to where I used to work which is 55 miles > away.... but it makes me nervous being that far away if something happens > that I can't get back)... I have no real prospects for anything near my home > but am beginning to look.... The commited folks on this forum are spending > FAR more on their Kitties than I could dream of affording and it hurts me > that what _ I _ thought would be adequate care falls so short of what others > are doing...... > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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