Where It All Started…

i! My name is Nelson. Growing up in an Air Force family earned me the unofficial title of military ‘brat’. My father’s profession allowed me to travel extensively, both within the United States and overseas. One of the highlights of our travels was living in Japan for three years. I spent my high school and college years in Florida, graduating from the University of North Florida with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a minor in Psychology.

In 2013, I made a life-changing decision to sell everything I owned on Craigslist and move to the Rocky Mountains. My goal was to pursue a love of the outdoors and the seemingly endless opportunities that Colorado offered. Looking back, this move was the best decision of my life.

Finding a job that kept my interest was initially challenging. However, I realized that anything worth having in life requires hard work. This realization pushed me to look within myself and discover what truly made me tick. That’s when I decided to open a pet sitting business. This turned out to be the second best decision of my life.

I had used pet sitting services for my two cats while living in Denver a few times and consistently felt unsatisfied. Issues ranged from poor communication and lack of basic and emerging technology to inexperienced, uncompassionate, and unprofessional pet sitters. It hit me then - there was a huge need for high-quality, professional pet sitting services. My mission became to create the most professional pet sitting business possible, though I didn’t fully grasp the hard work it would entail.

I remember the incredible feeling of landing my first client. I had hustled around town, posting flyers and hanging business cards all over billboards in Denver. The hard work paid off, and I finally got a call for some cat sitting. Since I was the only person representing my company at the time, I felt a mix of nervousness and excitement. That was in 2016. Fast forward to 2024 - I now have an amazing team of 20 people. We service over 1,000 clients, averaging over 1,250 visits a month, and are on track to exceed $2M in revenue. I work from home and earn over six figures annually. It truly is a dream come true!

What do I love the most? Providing a meaningful and critically important service to pets and their parents. Additionally, I love being my own boss - calling the shots with no one standing over my shoulder. It’s truly a labor of love, and I’m the one benefiting from it, not some faceless corporation.

I’ll be the first to say it hasn’t been easy, but I’ve learned a lot! My new mission is to be a consulting resource for you. Using the wealth of knowledge and experience I’ve gained over the years, I can help you quickly and efficiently establish your own highly successful pet sitting business in a fraction of the time it took me. Had I been able to access such a service, I would have gladly taken advantage of it.

So, let’s get started!