Sumo Walks

Calm & Compassionate Pet Care

Recent Posts

  • Holiday Schedule Updates

    Good afternoon everyone!

    When I started taking Sumo Walks seriously back in January this year, I was still working full time in the bar scene. At the end of July or early August I left the bars and began focusing on all of my time and attention to you and your pets. Things have been great since!

    However, I am taking a seasonal job at a bar for the Holiday Season. My shifts will be exclusively in the evening, so for most of you this does not effect how services are rendered. For House Sit? Boarding, and Day Care clients, keep an eye out for updates about my Holiday night schedule. This means I will be out of the house from potentially 5pm – 3am ish. Exact hours will be published as they become available to me.

    Thank you all for understanding! Please contact me directly if you have any questions.

    -Lucas

  • Sales Tax

    Oh taxes, how I loathe thee. Unfortunately they are one of the few constants in life. Up until now, the previous platform I operated from handled the sales tax portion of each transaction. One of the few benefits during my time contracting with that company.

    Now with my own platform, this is something I will have to manage on my own. However, I currently have sales tax disabled on invoices. So the price you see, is the price you pay, for now. I will leave sales tax disabled for the remainder or 2026.

    Starting January 1st, 2027 sales WA State Sales Tax will be applied to each booking/invoice. The rate here in West Seattle is uncomfortably high clocking in at 10.55% so please do be prepared for the near year.

    Thank you all for your understanding, have a beautiful Wednesday!

    -Lucas

  • First Scout For Pets booking

    Shout out to Edith (Eh-Deet) for helping with the very first live test run of the app. We had a good time together, and Im looking forward to house-sitting with her over Thanksgiving.

    Have a greet week everyone, and enjoy this picture of Edith gazing at the sunset last night 🥰

  • Frequency Discounts

    Woof! Happy Monday everyone. I was back at it early this morning walking Marley and Rio. Clear skies, brisk air, and happy tails.

    In my last post I introduced Scouts for Pets. I will continue to refine that platform until everything is dialed in just how I want it. Maybe a bit nerdy, but each change that feels significant is something I may make a make a new blog entry about. I want you to be informed, as well, for transparency, I want the journey that Sumo Walks is on to have a recorded history, and accessible information for when it’s needed.

    So, for today’s update. I have implemented discounts for multiple services booked in a week. Currently every service I offer has a set rate, and when you book more than three in the same week reduced rates come into play.

    Why am I doing this instead of just offering the lower rate to everyone? Because my recurring clients take priority when it comes to scheduling, and while I do love the one offs, and helping as many as I can, it’s quite tricky at times to fit everyone in between my regular clients. And my regular clients quickly become family that rely on me showing up.

    The idea is, if you want scheduling priority, try and book a repeating service, or book more than three services weekly (Monday-Sunday)

    Now, this is all subject to change. The basis of this program will remain the same, but the details may go through a series of changes. I will rely heavily on your feedback. As well, I need to evaluate and ensure the numbers are fair all the way around.

    Please contact me with any questions or feedback,

    -Lucas

  • Scout For Pets!

    As I am slowly beginning to migrate from another pet sitting platform, I have been researching new booking tools and software to streamline the process for you and I. Thats where scouts for pets comes into play.

    After looking through many options, Scout For Pets really stood out to me for a lot of reasons. I am super excited to roll this out and start keeping better records and being in full control of my pet care business.

    Some great features I am happy to offer with Scout are:

    1. Report cards for each service, with photos and videos, maps of walking routes, and a section to summarize each visit.
    2. Complete pet, and human profiles to include all need-to-know details about you and your pet(s)
    3. Payment portal built in; cash/venmo/zelle/etc also available
    4. 7-Day billing periods
    5. Detailed invoices

    All new clients moving forward will need to register an account to request any services. Existing clients will have until the end of the year to make the switch. Please contact me directly with any questions.

    Thanks for reading! Have a great week everyone!