"Dog-walker" Dog walkers = Paseadores de perros Tip by ptitetoile

Dog-walker are something really typical of Buenos Aires : people are paid to walk the dogs of other people and watch over them a part of the day. They often hold 5 tot 10 dogs at a time by a leash. They use also the park to let them play more or less freely.

I was really curious about this custom and found information about it on the Internet.

According to one dog-walker, Juan Roccatagliata, interviewed by the China Daily on the 12/11/2004 : "It's well-looked on to have someone walk your dog. It gives you social status, just like having a house in the country or golf club membership."

This profession has a lot of success because it brings quite a lot of money (between 80 and 150 pesos (US$ 27-50) a month for each animal). It is possible to earn more than a teacher!
It has so much success that is now regulated by the authorities of the city :
-obligation to have a licence for more than 3 dogs (only 700 people are registred as having a licence...there are much more!)
-limit of 8 dogs at a time
-pay a fee of 200 pesos (US$67) every six months for the utilization of public space