Pet care: cashing in on the boom

As pet adoptions soar, exotics are becoming popular, and more and more people are choosing pet care as a viable career option

As the industry grows, it’s becoming a great career opportunity. “There’s been an increase in people in their 20s and 30s who want to get into training [first as part-time and, when they see the income, full time],” says Preeti Narayanan, a certified trainer with Anvis, a pet services company in Bengaluru, adding that they are planning to conduct talks with local college students, to educate them about the opportunities in the field.

Besides training — where a good trainer can make around ₹1.7 lakh a month — “there is so much space for entrepreneurs, be it creating pet accessories or pet food, providing boarding facilities, grooming [a good groomer can easily earn over ₹1 lakh a month] activity centres… there’s a whole world of things to do.”

Narayanan, who boards dogs (“I only take one dog at a time”) earned ₹45,000 just last month.