Fashion for pets is actively gaining momentum. Almost every house has a cat, dog, fish or hamster. We are pleased to pay attention to them, take care of them, and you can think about organizing a profitable and pleasant business. For animals and with their help, you can develop an interesting, creative business. Do you want an example? . They are the only jeans in the world that are designed by animals. Here are some more ideas for you:
"Animal" plastic
Residents of foggy Albion were able to figure out how to make life easier for some breeds of dogs: to do rhinoplasty for free breathing through the nose, eyelid correction, namely their lifting to improve vision. The idea began to develop so well that now the owners of many dogs participating in exhibitions remove scratches and scars from their animals with plastic surgery. It happens that plastic not only restores beauty, but also normalizes the life of animals. 
Cricket sports nutrition
Scientists have determined that grasshoppers for an omnivore are highly digestible proteins and fats. Manufacturers of sports nutrition quickly realized and began to add flour from crickets (shells) and grasshoppers to their bars. Sales of such sports nutrition are sold on the site and at the price of 6 bars for 18 USD.
Net - scanner
The Chinese came up with an interesting net for scientists, and for nature lovers. He does not catch butterflies, but scans them. As soon as a butterfly flies through the E-catch Net - this is the name of this device, it immediately determines the type of butterfly and provides a link to information about it on the network. 
Snails - masseurs
In nature, there are beautiful and large snails - Achatina. People realized that this type of snail is not only unpretentious to the environment, but can also serve for the benefit of humanity. Snail caviar is salted and used in restaurants, and the mollusks themselves “work” as masseurs in beauty salons. Mucus Achatina healing: relieves the skin of acne and their traces, heals scars, scars, saves from cellulite, improves skin elasticity. When the snail moves through the body of the client, it makes undulating movements, thereby feeling something similar to a massage. In beauty salons, such a service will cost you an average of $ 170. 
Cleaning the skin with fish
An original service from the “peeling” section can be offered to you in a reputable beauty salon: it will be provided to you by garra rufa fish that can eat out-of-date skin. Fish secrete a special enzyme that heals scratches and cuts. Clients are ticklish, but the actions of the fish are effective. It is even known that in many Turkish resorts such fish are used to treat psoriasis, so it is forbidden to take them out of the country there. 
Hiring Animals
The idea of renting out animals was first implemented in Switzerland. There, one farmer sold his dairy cows for 80 euros. For this amount, the employer could take care of the animal and receive milk from it for the whole month. The service began to be in demand not only among urban residents, but also among rural ones. 
Raising fish in the open ocean
Surely you think that it is unrealistic to breed ocean fish in their natural conditions. But it's not. Modern innovators have invented a special mesh-cage that can protect fish from predators. Such a cage with fry is lowered into the ocean, attaching a navigator to it. When it's time to catch fish, the cage is searched for by GPS and raised to the surface. Perhaps soon this idea will serve as the emergence of modern fish farms. 
Animal shelters
In America, bikers became concerned about cruelty to animals and began to open shelters. They take animals through the courts from families where they believe they are being mistreated and transfer them to a rehabilitation course at a shelter. After the course is successfully completed, the animals are given to new families, where for the first time their fate is monitored. 
Pampers for animals
Animals after moving, operations, during poor health often do not control their natural processes. To do this, in Europe they came up with special diapers that repeat the shape of ordinary pants for animals and have an absorbent effect. Such diapers are also beginning to enjoy solid demand in Russia, especially in large cities, where you have to stand in traffic jams for a long time.
We have presented just a few interesting business ideas, but the implementation of any new, non-standard project in this area always attracts the attention of the public, scientists, and innovators.
In the Stone Age, man managed to domesticate a dog and a cat (10-15 thousand years ago). Less than 10 thousand years ago, man began to breed goats and sheep. 5-6 thousand years ago, cows, horses, chickens, geese and ducks became our smaller brothers. For breeding a variety of breeds, not only mammals and birds were used, but also invertebrates. The domestication of popular and exotic animals continues, some even managed to turn the animal business into a profitable business.
What animals to breed for business
Breeding and selling animals - interesting and promising business idea, but its implementation requires certain knowledge in the livestock topic. The profitability of a business is determined by its strategy, approach to the organization, and the amount of cash investments. With the profit from the enterprise, you will have to spend a lot on creating optimal conditions for keeping animals, feeding them, caring for them, veterinary care, and vaccination.
What kind of animals to breed for business? The choice may be influenced by your own experience of keeping a pet, place of residence (urban or rural), living conditions (apartment or a private house), interest in a particular species of animal. Choosing a niche, you should take into account your financial capabilities, the level of knowledge of breeding technology, the specifics of the activity (its seasonality). Which animals can be bred and put up for sale:
- Farm animals - horses, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, alpacas, domestic donkeys. In rural areas, rabbits, ferrets and minks, domestic geese and ducks, indo-ducks, chickens, turkeys, pheasants, ostriches, etc. are also bred;
- Pets - dogs, cats, chinchillas, hamsters, guinea pigs, degus, decorative rabbits, decorative rats;
- Decorative birds - parrots, owls, canaries, amaranths, finches, pigeons, finches and so on;
- Reptiles - turtles, snakes, geckos, agamas, lizards, geckos, iguanas;
- Exotic animals - monkeys, spiders, snails, axolotls, frogs, capybaras, leeches, etc.
What animal business is profitable
In modern realities, it is allowed to organize various business ideas associated with the breeding and sale of pets. Consider the following business options related to animal husbandry:
- Selling purebred pets - if the animal has documents confirming the pedigree, its value increases. So, for a thoroughbred puppy, the price can be from 3 to 10 thousand dollars and more;
- Animal feed production - business profitability at the level of 20%. For the purchase of special equipment, spending from $ 30,000 is required. One ton of feed can generate $700,000 in revenue;
- Small business for tailoring houses to order - suitable as a simple idea for beginners, does not require large financial costs;
- Making toys for pets;
- Organization of a hotel for overexposure of animals;
- Provision of cleaning services for the care of animals;
- Provision of services of an animal photographer - photography of pets;
- Provision of animal care/walking services;
- Cynological courses - training, obedience training in dogs.
- Full cycle pet shop;
- Equestrian club - horses can bring good earnings. In the equestrian club, riding schools are opened, or horses are rented for walking. Renting one horse costs about 1,500 rubles per hour. A lesson with an instructor will cost 2500 rubles;
- Farming - business is developing well in the suburbs. For office work, it is necessary to take into account the principles of quality, environmental friendliness, proper care, a wide range of products.
It is profitable to engage in animal husbandry in rural areas - here it will be possible to organize additional income through ecotourism. If you equip a guest estate on the basis of subsistence farming, the business will pay off faster. But if a person likes breeding purebred small pets, then the conditions of a city apartment with sound insulation are suitable for this business. Depending on the type and size of the animal, the parameters of its maintenance are determined (square meters of living space per pet).
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Business: pet hotel
The purpose of the business idea is to provide services for the overexposure of pets, their temporary accommodation. An animal hotel can be opened in a 2-storey building with its own land, in the vicinity of a small town. The main customers of the zoo hotel will be the owners of cats and dogs, and owners of small animals will also bring their pets here.
The cost of a business depends on the price of buying / renting a house, registering and registering an enterprise, creating an information website for a hotel. Payback is expected within 1.5-2 years.
The hotel must be divided into zones. For example, rooms for cats and small animals are arranged on the 2nd floor of the house. Dog rooms are located on the 1st floor. Dog owners are advised to offer two ways of keeping dogs - in a room (for puppies, small and medium dogs), in an aviary (placement of a pet in a covered aviary in the yard). Fenced areas are being set up in the yard so that you can walk the dogs at the same time.
Key tasks of the hotel for animals as a business:
- Maintaining the comfort of the pet, keeping it in a safe environment during the period of temporary stay;
- Carrying out activities related to the prevention of escape, injury, disease of the animal during its presence in the hotel complex;
- Monitoring the well-being of the animal, veterinary supervision, providing veterinary care if necessary;
- Feeding the animal, providing him with drinking water;
- Walking an animal;
- Control of sanitary and hygienic standards for keeping a pet - cleaning the room, cage and aviary;
- Providing the owner with information about the behavior and condition of his pet.
Pet hotel business plan
In the business plan of the institution, a list of services provided, their price, building design, and organizational issues must be prescribed.
The list of paid services for animals in the hotel, their estimated price in Russian rubles:
- Overexposure of a cat - 400 rubles per day;
- Overexposure of small dogs weighing 1-10 kg - 600 rubles per day;
- Overexposure of medium-sized dogs weighing 10-25 kg - 700 rubles per day;
- Overexposure of large dogs weighing from 25 kg - 800 rubles per day;
- Overexposure of hamsters and guinea pigs - 200 rubles per day;
- Overexposure of rabbits and ferrets - 300 rubles per day;
- Overexposure of birds - 200 rubles per day;
- Treatment for ticks / fleas - from 50 to 300 rubles;
- Photo session - 800-1000 rubles;
- Zootaxi services with transfer of the animal to the hotel - the price is negotiable;
- Treatment of a pet by a veterinarian - the price is negotiable.
The list of free services in the zoo hotel:
- Veterinarian control (performed every day);
- Bathing the dog with shampoo on the 7th day of your stay at the hotel;
- Ear cleaning;
- Daily combing;
- eye cleaning;
- Walk on schedule;
- Daily communication with the owner with the provision of information about the condition and behavior of the pet.
You should only do this business if you have a great desire to help animals. Yes, the idea of such a business sounds a little ugly - to make money by helping animals. But after all, animals require the same care, the same care as people, they are actually our smaller brothers. Why, then, is a business that makes money on people considered serious in society, and business for animals is not taken into account at all.
Of course, when creating a business to provide services to pet owners, they mainly mean pets. But, having begun to navigate the problems and needs of domestic ones, it will be possible to develop the business and cover the wild representatives of the fauna. How - read about it in the article.
Animal treatment and care center
A veterinary clinic is not a unique fresh idea, in each settlement you can count 5-6 clinics and several private practitioners. But what pet owners really lack is a single center where you can not only treat, but also do much more. These are cosmetic procedures, training for commands and other skills of dogs, washing and haircuts, physio procedures, a playground with simulators for obese animals, an office for preventive vaccinations, even a passport office for animals.
All this requires a large start-up capital You will say, and you will be absolutely right. But not a single business started with a large set of services or products. Everything successful develops gradually. Therefore, the center for animals can be started with the arrangement of a beauty salon, a vaccination room, a passport office and a street training ground.
To do this, you need a small rented room, 2 rooms are equipped with tables on which pets will cut their claws, clean their ears and eyes, do various hairstyles, and comb their hair. To do this, you need to get a bath and a hairdryer. Of course, you will need a wizard to perform all these procedures. He can receive a small salary and a percentage of the services sold. In this case, he will approach the matter responsibly, and all his four-legged clients will come many times.
The vaccination room will also need to be equipped with a table for animals, shelves for medicines and medical devices. The staff for this office will require a nurse.
The passport office for animals will also be in great demand. Everyone knows that an animal will not be allowed abroad if its veterinary passport is not in order, in which marks are made about vaccinations and past diseases. In small towns, obtaining such a passport sometimes becomes a problem, because there is no single center for processing documents for animals. In addition, many municipalities are now enacting a number of local laws and regulations for keeping pets, so the documentation system will need to be very serious. Why not prevent events and take this area of activity into your own hands. The work of such an office will require the efforts of one specialist and close ties with the state hospital. The main thing is to arrange everything so that the owner comes to one place for all the documents and no longer runs around the city with his pet in search of the necessary authorities.
An outdoor play and training area for animals is a very necessary place for many to improve the cultural skills of a pet. Here, the instructor can teach the owner how to teach the pet to obedience, how to teach the commands to follow, tell you exactly what commands and at what age the pet should follow. In Soviet times, dog breeding clubs worked very successfully, and now they will be very popular, because there are no fewer people who love animals. Therefore, this business has an endless the target audience. If the quality of services is high, then the demand will never fade away.
When these services develop in your center, new ones will automatically come to you. The main thing is to communicate more with the owners of animals, they will tell you everything themselves.
For example, one owner of an elite breed of cat recently expressed this idea - why is there no dating service for cats? After all, it is so difficult to find a suitable clean, homely, calm and intelligent groom for a cat with the same qualities. Of course, her thought amused me, but in fact, finding a pair for mating an animal is not an easy task. And if there was a single database of owners of cats and dogs, then everything could be simplified.
If you already have a passport office for animals, then creating a dating service will not require any costs at all. It remains only to calculate the cost of the service and advertise. There will be a lot of clients. By the way, the availability of this kind of information will make it possible to develop another service very profitably. Born kittens and puppies can be competently offered to potential owners. Owners of mothers will gladly give this function to the center. With each purchase, part of the money goes to the entrepreneur, the main amount goes to the owner. The development of this service does not require the purchase of expensive equipment, only a computer.
You can advertise only in your center, the information will diverge very quickly. For such services, it would be nice to organize a photo studio for animals. No owner will ever refuse a quality photograph of their pet. And if you manage to find an animal-loving photographer who is willing to learn how to photograph fidgety four-legged animals, then you will become the author of a unique service. You can take photos with the owner, and with friends and grooms, I mean animals, of course!
In Russia, a very rare occurrence is the presence of a hotel for animals in the city. But in summer the demand for these services is huge! Not all owners have someone to leave their pet with. And because of 8-10 days a year, I really don’t want to part with him. Therefore, people are ready to pay money so that this time a cat or a dog, a hamster, a parrot, are supervised, warm, full. And why then there is no such offer, if there is a huge demand?
It's all about drawing up a business plan and proper organization of the process. By the way, such a business can even participate in various competitions of social projects and apply for grants. And this is an additional income and a guarantee of development. It is good to organize such hotels outside the city, where land rent is cheap, the voices of animals will not interfere with anyone, where you can arrange outdoor enclosures in the summer.
But we must understand that in no case should such a hotel be turned into a shelter. Abandoned animals, firstly, are carriers of various diseases, and secondly, they are distinguished by inappropriate behavior towards humans. They are very sorry, but do not confuse business and feelings. If, nevertheless, feelings prevail, then it is necessary to create a separate branch of the business, which will not generate income at all - a shelter. In Russian realities, it will fill up very quickly, and it will take a lot of money if you treat animals.
This new trend was born in Europe, and is gaining momentum. If, when leaving, the owner does not want to part with his pet, then a special company will help deliver it to the destination. Its specialists know the rules of customs inspection and control, they will draw up all the documents, pick up a cage in which the animal will be transported. The owner will only have to bring the pet to the office of the company. After a while, he picks it up at the final destination.
A very convenient service, but requires a large financial investment. Although, there is an option to organize such a business at a lower cost. Costs can stop at buying cages for delivery to an airplane, train, bus. The main thing is to correctly draw up contractual relations with carriers, work out a scheme for receiving animals, transportation, and control that comfortable conditions are created for them.
At the destination, the animal must be met by a representative of the same company. If it is in the city, then all problems disappear. The animal will be placed in the aviary until the owner arrives. That is, such a business involves a network of branches, which are quite easy to create, you just have to find like-minded people. A branch may not necessarily be large, with an office and a large number of cells. An employee of the branch can work at the main place of work, and when an order appears, perform his duties and receive a salary depending on the amount of work done. But in resort towns where is going a large number of people, you can open offices.
Such a service is new and unusual for Russia, so it needs a lot of PR, advertising. But with a competent approach to the issue, its implementation is possible, as well as making a profit.
It is this service that can cover not only domestic animals, but also wild ones. If you have a good positive experience in transporting animals, then various organizations may ask you to transport the most serious animals. Now it is very common to equip mini-zoos in large city parks, for this they bring birds, bears, and squirrels. There are individuals who keep ferrets, rabbits, even crocodiles, snakes, and other animals unusual for our country. There will be more problems with reptiles, but experience and knowledge will give you strength for this.
You don't have to be a veterinarian to start a business related to animals. One must be a good organizer, manager, and love our little brothers very much. Believe me, such care will return to you not only financially, but also with great gratitude to the owners and the animals themselves.
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Sooner or later, the moment X comes, at which a person begins to think about what to do next. It is not so important that he came to this idea on his own or under the influence of external factors (loss of work, low salary, job dissatisfaction). One of the options for what to do next can be the answer - start a business, but how?
There are not so many options for starting a business from scratch, in the framework of this article we will analyze one of the most effective ways (from my subjective point of view) to search for an idea in a rural business.
In fairness, I can say that I myself am now organizing such a village business project, I think in the near future I will describe those areas that I have mastered, do not forget to subscribe to the blog. I personally think that this is the most the best option building your business with a vision for the future.
Within the framework of this block, we will talk about breeding, that is, animal husbandry. There is a misconception that you can start breeding any animals from scratch and immediately reach a big profit.
To be honest, in reality you can really breed anything, up to hippos (they are bred in the zoo), but in practice, not all types of such cultivation are profitable and, moreover, will give a return in a relatively short period (a year or two).
Breeding as a village business from scratch
The first place is predictable. Alas, in Russia there is no more profitable livestock breeding direction for small business in the village. Of course, I will seem banal, but to open a profitable village business, it makes sense to go into pig farming. It is worth noting that there are two directions (although they can be combined) - growing for meat and selling piglets. It is the sale of piglets that is an order of magnitude more profitable, but also a more labor-intensive direction.
- - high payback rate. The normal growth period for a pig to marketable weight is 6 months.
- - the highest meat yield per square meter in relation to feed consumption (with normal technology). Higher only when breeding rabbits, but they have a whole bunch of their own nuances.
- - high level of manual labor or the need to invest in mechanization
- - the need for initial investment in the construction of premises
- - high feed costs, no possibility of diversification
The second place is occupied by nutria. By most measures, nutria farming can be classified as one of the most attractive for starting your village business from scratch. You can make cages and pens for them from improvised materials, animals tolerate cold well, relatively fast growth, strong immunity, the presence of both meat (dietary) and skins. Practical experience shows that a family of nutrias (3 females and a male) in one year (with offspring) fully pays for the construction of pens, feed, and even make a profit.
- - high yield of meat per square meter
- - consume food that can be grown on their own, which makes maintenance very cheap
- - do not get very sick (in relation to rabbits, they are just lively)
- - low space costs
- - rather unstable demand for meat. Not everyone is ready to buy nutria meat
Third place - ducks. Growing ducks as a business in the village has only one big advantage, if you start from scratch, then they will help you earn quickly, maybe not very much, but they can guarantee a profitability level of 30-40% in 2.5-3 months.
- - high turnover rate. Ducks grow very quickly, with a good breeding, they reach marketable weight for 3 months.
- - stable and good demand
- - high feed costs, to ensure high profitability, you can use various tricks, such as adding green mass to the feed, sand, and so on.
The fourth place is beekeeping. In terms of profitability, one of the most profitable business ideas in the village, but in terms of the level of "headache" and nuances in keeping bees, they are also in the first places. In fact, it is rather troublesome to breed bees, the presence of “blooming” fields is also important here, large farms in the district (with friends last year, after treatment with herbicides, half of the bees fell), care (so that the swarm does not fly away), wintering (feeding), and so on. Breeding experience has shown that there are both very successful seasons and complete failures, it all depends on the owner and approach.
- - Opportunity to run the entire business
- - a wide variety of conditions
Fifth place - quail breeding. The main advantage of this village business idea is the minimum requirements, both in terms of space and the level of investment. Actually, you can successfully breed quails in a room with an area of 20-30 squares for 500-700 pieces, getting 150-200 eggs and 2-3 kilograms of meat (in carcasses) every day.
- - high turnover rate. Quail quickly reach marketable condition, both in live weight and for laying eggs
- - low start-up costs
- - stable demand for products
- - high feed costs
- - the need to create special conditions (maintaining temperature, silence)
Taxation
Working in agriculture, it is worth knowing that there is one big and pleasant surprise, in fact, for a mini-business in the village, the most preferential system has been established in which you will not need to pay taxes, and quite officially.
In the legislation there is such a thing as private subsidiary plots (personal subsidiary plots), which allows all those working on this system to work officially without paying taxes. . Now just to remind you that all of these ideas fall under the law on subsidiary farm and you can sleep peacefully.
Myths of individual popular business ideas
I must say right away that other ideas in the field of animal husbandry are also cost-effective and profitable, but in terms of payback speed and ease of doing business, they are much inferior to those listed above. And now about the cons of the advertised ideas:
KRS (cattle) – for successful business in this industry Agriculture large areas are needed (for pastures), plus premises and time. As an example, a bull-calf is grown for meat for at least a year, with a carcass yield of 45%, and a pig grows for 6 months and a yield of about 70%. Regarding the dairy direction, from the moment of birth until the moment of receiving milk, the cow grows for 2 years! And it is far from the fact that it will be dairy. Affordable, but very long.
ostriches- you need large expenses for the arrangement of pens, plus large areas. So for one family of ostriches (1 male and 2 females), the corral must be at least 4 meters wide and 40 long. As for ostrich meat, the ostrich grows for at least a year, again, it is profitable, but you can earn faster.
- the problem is in the marketing of products, if it is possible to independently allocate skins and make fur coats, then the business will be just golden, if not, then it is necessary to carefully calculate the maintenance costs. The main problem is the high cost of feeding.
Sheep, goats- the problem is in large areas for grazing animals, if there are pastures, then you can try to do business, but it is worth remembering that in most regions of Russia this type of meat is not very popular, which reduces their attractiveness for the market. It is from the point of view of attractiveness that pig breeding looks more promising.
rabbit breeding- in all respects very good business, but the rabbits themselves are very flimsy animals, if an epidemic begins, then the death rate can be 90%. To organize an effective rural business, it is necessary to organize the closure of barns with a strict quarantine system. Such premises cost money and are not suitable for all novice entrepreneurs.
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Many of us live at home: cats, dogs, birds. It's nice to come home and stroke a joyful pet, you can play with him and take care of him, or you can make a business on this good deed. Moreover, you can do it and surprise everyone around you! Do you want to know how? Let's get started!
Snail massage
Achatina are large and picky molluscs. A certain temperature, moisture and good nutrition - that's all the conditions for their life. Their caviar and snails themselves are salted and sold to restaurants, and snails are massaged in beauty salons. Their mucus has excellent properties: it cleanses the skin of scars, acne marks, heals burns and dissolves scars, fights cellulite and improves skin tone. Moving, the snail makes wave-like movements and thereby makes a massage. The average cost of a course of such a snail massage is about 150-200 dollars.
Plastic surgery for animals
The British have come up with a way to make life easier for some breeds of dogs: eyelid correction to improve the vision and appearance of dogs with a drooping eyelid, rhinoplasty to normalize nasal breathing. And some dogs, for example participating in exhibitions, require improvement in their appearance: they need to heal scratches, remove the scars from fights with brothers. There is no need to talk about the aesthetic aspect, but when the pet's health is at risk, it must be protected.
Dairy animal rental
The idea was born in Switzerland: a farmer decided to rent out his cows for 80 euros. The new owner can come to the animal for a whole month, take care of it, get milk and even milk it on its own. The result is fresh milk, the pleasure of communicating with an animal and various bonuses on the farm. Related links:,.
Protein bar with insects
Grasshoppers are a source of highly digestible protein and fat for humans. At least, this is what one sports nutrition company decided and began to add flour from the shells of crickets and grasshoppers to the Chapul bar.
Indeed, who needs expensive meat if there are insects? You can buy a bar on the official website - 6 bars cost $18.
The net that catches no one
Although the development of enterprising Chinese does not catch anyone, the E-catch Net is capable of much more: as soon as a butterfly flies through it, the net will scan its wings and determine the species, share the “catch” and its coordinates on the Internet.
Fish peeling
No longer a novelty, but still an innovation in many beauty salons and an example of a great symbiosis. Garra Rufa fish eat dead skin and secrete a special enzyme that heals scratches and cuts. Funny, ticklish, but very popular!
New fish farms
American bikers on guard of mental health
American bike clubs are known for their illegal deeds, but one of them decided to improve and engaged in the psychological rehabilitation of wild and domestic animals that suffered from abuse. Animals are found on the streets or taken away through the courts if the owner treats them badly, and then “ reanimate" in the shelter. After rehabilitation, even the most affected animals are sent to new families where they will be loved and cherished.Animal Pants
After operations, during estrus, moving, or just for a walk, animals rarely control their natural urges. So, in Europe, they came up with special diapers that act on the principle of similar children's ones, but have a different shape. A topical thing for those who do not want to clean up after the dog on the street - perhaps this will make them change their behavior! Links
