b'A Day in the Life.What will I be doing?For Barking Mad franchise owners, no two days are 8.30am - Office catch up and planning theever the same and boredom really isnt an option!day ahead9.30am - Collecting a customers dog andOur franchisees are living the pet lovers dream, chauffeuring them to their host familyspending every day with gorgeous pets and their pet 10.45am - Morning coffee and marketing in aobsessed parents.local coffee shop11.30am - Time for a break and to walk myYou will be your own boss and set your owndog, Derbyschedule, benefiting from flexibility and12.00pm - Catching up on office adminautonomy. Barking Mad is a fantastic lifestyle2.00pm - First visit to assess and sign up achoice for those wishing to fit family or othernew host familycommitments around a full-time career.4.30pm- Returning a dog to his delightedowners after a happy holidayWe asked Kevin Matthews, owner of the Central5.00pm - A quick marketing check-up whilstLancashire Barking Mad franchise since 2014, todropping into the supermarket, leaving a newshare his day with us.poster on the community notice boardOur Host CommunityFranchisees establish local communities of carefullychosen host pet sitters, who are interviewed indepth at home, to ensure they offer the rightenvironment. Hosts are mainly active retired peopleor homeworkers who are missing pet companionshipand enjoy the flexibility of caring for pets on holiday;others are families with school age children or thosewho love to have company for their own sociable pet.It is incredibly rewarding to witness the joy that Our system is the only pet care franchise tovisiting pets bring to our hosts.achieve ISO 9001 certification, the worldsmost recognised quality managementBarking Mad is fully insured and works with all standard. This ensures consistently highrelevant local authorities and the PCFA to assist you implementation of a robust quality system andin becoming licensed. for us to be fully compliant with all laws.'