dog walkers

[julesw1803]

apart from public liability insurance and a CRB check, is there anything else legally required such as a licence to run a business as a dog walker ?

[Buenchico]

There's no statutory requirement for a CRB check to operate a dog-walking business. (Indeed, since you can't get a CRB check on yourself, getting a CRB check would be impractical anyway).

Public liability insurance would be strongly advisable but is not a legal requirement.

No licence is required in general, but many local authorities now require people who walk more than 4 dogs at a time to hold a licence if they take the dogs onto designated public spaces. For example, see this byelaw which applies in Wandsworth:
http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/Home/Environmenta ndTransport/Dogs/dogwalking.htm

Chris

[julesw1803]

thanks for your response Buenchico, thats clairified a few things that i wasnt sure about.

julesw1803

[dave2222]

fair play to you if you can make money through dog walking. What i cant understand is why anyone would buy a dog if there not going to look after it themselfs