Six pet care companies with no shame, no boundaries, and a standing Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
tem·plate whore (n.)
A pet care business owner who will do absolutely anything, and we do mean anything, to get a client onto a recurring schedule.
A one-off is a hookup. A template is a relationship.
We do not want your vacation week. We do not want your "maybe next month." We want your Monday. We want your Wednesday. We want your Friday, and we want it in the software before you leave the meet and greet.
Everyone in this industry says they want to build recurring revenue. We are the ones who will admit what we did to get it.
Serving the Star City since 2003. Pet sitting, dog walking, cat sitting, house sitting, pet taxi, overnights. Veterinarian recommended. Professional dog walking for high performing professionals.
Dog walking, Doggy PlayDating, adventure hikes, and cat care from Pawcatuck to Norwich. Home of the Loyal Leash Club.
Dog walking. That is the entire offering. Every service that was not a recurring walk has been removed from the menu, deliberately and without regret.
Professional pet sitting, dog walking, farm sitting, equine care, pet taxi. Employees, never contractors. No pack hikes, ever.
Professional employee-based dog walking and Adventure Walks since 1991, serving Elmhurst, Villa Park, Lombard, Downers Grove, Lisle, and Naperville. Team-based, so nobody ever gets cancelled on.
Dog walking, pet sitting, farm sitting, and sniffaris since 2013. Fear Free certified. Dogs, cats, horses, cattle, pigs, goats, chickens, reptiles, birds.
Michelle Kline runs the DogCo Mastermind, which is where all six of us met, paid tuition, and were slowly radicalized.
She did not ask to lead this group. That is how you know she is the right person for it.
If you are keeping score at home:
We are the cult inside the cult.
Books when it's convenient. Says "we'll be in touch." Ghosts in January.
Twice a week. Cute. A start.
Five days a week. Holidays pre-booked in October. Card on file. Refers the entire cul-de-sac. Has never once asked about the cancellation policy, because it has never come up.
One seat. Occupied.
"I have not had an unbooked Tuesday since March. I do not know who I am anymore."
Pet Pals LLC
"Someone asked me for a one-time walk and I laughed out loud. In front of them."
Barks and Rec
"We removed every service that was not a recurring walk. Revenue went up. We refuse to discuss it further."
Skyline Dog Walkers
"We are employees, not contractors, and we are all whores for the same thing."
Happy Trails
"I built an entire membership program around this and then joined a support group about it."
The Pet Lady, Ltd.
"The chickens are recurring. The chickens are always recurring."
House of Paws Pet Care
Applications have been closed since 2026. This form does not work. Fill it out anyway.
No.
No.
A cult requires a leader, a shared vocabulary, an annual gathering, an application process, and members who spend money they do not have to be there. So yes. Obviously yes.
Because "Recurring Revenue Enthusiasts" tested poorly.
Only in the way a splinter group is affiliated with the thing it splintered from.
No. Six of them are, though. Go hire one.
We genuinely admire the persistence. Still no.
After careful review, and honestly not that careful, your application has been rejected.
Reason: membership closed, permanently, since 2026.
Secondary reason: we read your answer to question four and we have follow-up questions, but not the good kind.
Do not reapply. There is no appeal. Go get a template.