The Spring Festival is approaching, and pet owners who go out to return to their hometowns or travel have also ushered in an annual problem, what to do with the "hairy children" at home?
Most pet owners will choose to foster or find someone to feed, pet foster care related services have recently become common, and some pet store foster care services are even "hard to find". Some small dog VIP rooms are 357 yuan a day, will you pay for them? How much does pet boarding cost? What do I need to pay attention to when boarding a pet?
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**Up 50% Pet boarding in many places is "hard to find".
The Spring Festival is approaching, and pet store foster care services in many places are facing "a litter is hard to find". The manager of a pet store in Beijing said that eight cats and four dogs in the store have now made appointments for Spring Festival foster care, and there are not many foster places in the store. "80 yuan a day on weekdays and 100 yuan a day during the Spring Festival. There is a charge for the bathing order, which depends on the size of the dog. ”
In Hangzhou, the foster care of cats and cats during the Spring Festival is 50-80 yuan, and the foster care of dogs is calculated according to weight, ranging from 50 yuan, 60 yuan to hundreds of yuan.
In a pet store on Hongwu North Road in Nanjing, all six cat kennels in the store have been booked out for the Spring Festival holiday, and a rabbit has also been booked for foster care.
Screenshots of the network. In addition to this kind of store fostering, there is also a more high-end foster care method - pet paradise, which meets the needs of pets for daily play and training. A special pet dog boarding park, for pet dogs to provide 3 different sizes, different price room types, now during the Spring Festival many room types have been basically full, during the Spring Festival related costs increased by about 50%.
According to the staff of a pet boarding shop in Beijing, small dogs are fostered, an ordinary room of about 4 square meters is 192 yuan a day, a sun room of about 9 square meters is 252 yuan a day, and a VIP room with an independent courtyard is 357 yuan a day. Some SVIP rooms are sold for thousands of yuan a day, and the "supreme**" suite** even reaches 4,999 yuan per night.
An ordinary room in a pet park.
The small courtyard at the entrance of the VIP room in the pet park.
There are restrictions on check-in, and the diversity of services is still a concern
In pet stores in Guangzhou, one of the necessary conditions for pets to stay is to provide vaccination records. The requirements for pet boarding in pet hospitals will be stricter. "Pets need to be vaccinated and have antibody levels in their bodies before they can be fostered. A pet hospital staff said that if a pet is sent in a sick state, some pet hospitals will refuse to provide boarding services for it, or manage it separately from other healthy foster pets.
A pet store in Anhui is not only responsible for pets eating, drinking, pulling and sprinkling, but also taking care of pet health. "This pet store also offers a paid bath and grooming service, and I can also take pictures of the kitten's ** at any time, so that I can know its status in real time. Ms. Wang, who made an appointment for foster care, said.
Source: Kale** Photography Jia Qiong.
Mr. Zhao is a member of a pet store in Chaoyang District, Beijing, that provides high-end foster care services, and his dog is often bathed and sheared in the store. During the Spring Festival this year, Mr. Zhao chose a high-end foster room of about 10 square meters for him, which is not only taken care of around the clock, but also has an outdoor lawn where you can play, ** for 1,000 yuan a day.
Mr. Zhao revealed that the Spring Festival foster care cannot enjoy the membership price, and the cost is 1About 5 times. At the same time, he is also worried: "Although the store promises high-quality service and all-round camera coverage, there are still some hidden dangers that are difficult to avoid, and I am afraid that it is difficult to determine the responsibility for problems." ”
Confirm the qualifications of the store and sign a foster care agreement to confirm the attribution of responsibility
In addition to the apparent demand for pet foster care, there are deeper reasons why consumers are willing to pay for it. Experts say that the pet economy is essentially a typical emotional economy. With the improvement of the quality of life, pets can entrust people's strong spiritual emotions, so that pet owners can get a sense of psychological pleasure.
The cost of pet boarding during the holidays is indeed a significant expense. "It costs 1,500 yuan for 8 days, which is enough to catch up with the living expenses of two or three months. In other words, it's more expensive than the house I rented. Ms. Li from Beijing said frankly that the pet store provided the two cats with a space of almost 1 meter in length, width and height, and that the cat litter and cat food needed to be brought by themselves.
It is worth noting that there are also many force majeure factors in the process of fostering, for example, pets will have a stress response because of fear when they come to an unfamiliar environment, which often leads to a decrease in pet resistance and illness.
In addition, the order information of "Spring Festival door-to-door pet feeding" also appears in a large number of online platforms. This kind of personal door-to-door feeding service is generally low, but some pet owners still have concerns, such as door-to-door feeding, if the pet scratches the person, whether it needs to bear the relevant responsibility, and the qualification of the door-to-door personnel is difficult to guarantee.
Source: New Yellow River client.
For the disputes that may be caused by fostering pets, industry insiders remind that it is best to conduct on-site inspections before choosing pet boarding to check whether the business qualifications are complete, whether the health conditions are up to standard, and whether the service content and service attitude meet their expectations. It is best to sign a written foster care agreement to confirm the attribution of responsibility during the foster care period: the corresponding pet name, health status, fees, service content, and risk responsibilities should be clear.
If you choose a door-to-door feeding service, you should choose a service provider that is supervised by a formal platform as much as possible, pay attention to verify the identity of the service provider, and install a camera at home. It is best for pet owners to disclose the characteristics of their pets and the problems to pay attention to as much as possible to the door-to-door service staff, who also need to have a certain amount of pet feeding experience.
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