Correct, good job. Yes, the pet industry generally handles economic changes pretty well. Right now though...
...across the board dog walking companies are turning away business because they cannot find employees.
Which goes back to our original discussion on small employers not wanting to increase wages so their employees can keep up with inflation. Where I have seen dog walking jobs advertised, which is NYC, they certainly appear to be very low-paying jobs. That is presumably because they had a steady enough supply of students or whomever willing to make the tradeoff to hang out with dogs for the day.