Auntie Jo’s was founded by Jo McEwen in August 2015.

A life long love of animals led Jo to successfully co-found and run a non profit large animal rescue for more than 13 years.  After years of rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming hundreds of animals in need Jo decided to wrap up her time in the professional animal welfare world and turn her attention to a different avenue of animal welfare – In Home Pet Sitting.

Providing in home care to furry clients while their parents work or go on vacation.

Started on a shoe string budget (just like the rescue way back in 2004) Auntie Jo’s has grown to be a leader in pet care in the community. Auntie Jo’s is now offering franchise opportunities to others who may be looking to start their own pet sitting business but still have support from knowledgeable resources and animal experts. 

Jo and her team pride themselves on the decades of solid, mature, loving animal care experience they bring to the table.

We can’t condense 13+ years of animal experience into a short blurb for the internet, but want to provide a brief glimpse into the history and background of the founder of the franchise opportunity you are considering.

Better Than Home Based!

Franchising with Auntie Jo’s is better than home based (in our humble opinions). Why, is that? You might be thinking…let me count the ways…

1. First and FOREMOST you will NEVER get a recording when you are an Auntie Jo’s Franchisee – we will answer the phone day or night, holidays, weekends, etc – Pet care doesn’t run 9 – 5 – neither should your support network.
2. With our solid, 24/7/365 support team you are never alone.
3. Avoid the pitfalls that the vast majority of start-ups face.
4. Someone “has your back” for those difficult decisions.
5. Solid training program to set you up for success.
6. Access to our vast network of experts in everything from pet sitting, in home care, vet care, and multiple other resources you may need – all reachable with a single phone call.

Outstanding Support From Auntie Jo’s!

EVERY ASPECT of your Auntie Jo’s Business Support is Covered! Read on…

​Auntie Jo’s provides support from your initial call or email through training and mentoring you and your team to your Grand Opening and throughout your years in business.  

We provide you with thorough hands on, expert training and mentoring in every aspect of running your Auntie Jo’s Pet Sitters Franchise.

​24/7/365 email and phone support for our Franchisees. We want you to succeed and we understand that beginning ANY new business, while rewarding is a bit scary and can be a challenge, we are here for you whenever you need us. 

Holidays, weekends, regular business hours. We are here to help you. It won’t take long to have your franchise to be up and running and soon you will be feeling confident in your new business role, but for those moments you need a quick answer, the Auntie Jo’s community will be there for you. Franchisees will be added to our own private Facebook page, have access to scads of valuable information and will have a direct line to Auntie Jo’s – day or not.

A REAL person will be answering your calls and you will NEVER talk to a robot or automated attendant, ever.

Training support:

Training can take place in your home town, Auntie Jo will personally come to your location to provide hands on training or you may come to our location for training with real Auntie Jo’s Pet Sitters care providers. EVERY aspect of learning our system will be covered; from providing excellent care, maintaining client data bases, to key check days and CPR and first aid training and  beyond will be covered.

Business support:

Auntie Jo’s has you covered! From your first day through multiple years of successful franchising! We provide you with all of the tools to get you started, keep you going and ensure your success. We provide employee handbooks, training manuals, operations manuals, marketing tools and more. You can be confident Auntie Jo’s is committed to our Franchisees success – we all have one goal in mind – taking great care of our clients pets. Auntie Jo’s will provide the tools, you provide the passion!

​Marketing support:

We know you know you have a great product – but how do we let your local community know? We tailor your marketing campaign to your territory, your territories demographics and hone each and every marketing tool to maximize exposure of your Auntie Jo’s.

​Technical Support:

Every aspect of technical support is available to our franchisees – we know some of franchisees have worked in the IT world, others may be in need of more technical support. We will tailor our tech training and support program to meet your needs.  From POS to back office software – we have a specialist for that.