July 6, 2010

At 11, Turning a Love of Animals Into a Job

 "If I feed a cat once a day, and change the litter and do fresh water, it’s $8. If they want me to do it twice a day, the same thing, it’s $6 for each visit. For dogs, for a 15-minute walk, it’s $8."

Sean Dewhurst, 11,  a New York City pet-sitter, will enter sixth grade in the fall, at St. Ann’s School in Brooklyn Heights. 
He started a dog-walking and cat-sitting service last year in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn, where he lives with his parents, his three siblings and his cat, Jackie Robinson. Sean has earned $750 so far. 

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