{"id":2457714,"date":"2020-04-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=324933"},"modified":"2020-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T06:00:00","slug":"business-monday-the-dog-days-of-the-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/business-monday-the-dog-days-of-the-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Monday: The dog days of the coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jerry Blumberg, owner of Aspen Pet Pals, which his wife originally started, hangs out with a group of clients and friends.<\/strong>
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In 2013, Aspen resident Jerry Blumberg eased away from a career in financial management and stockbroking to join his wife\u2019s business of dog walking and pet sitting.<\/p>\n

Neither industry has been unscathed by the global pandemic of 2020 and possibly beyond, something Blumberg would know.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings are very tough for everybody right now,\u201d said Blumberg, owner of Aspen Pet Pals. \u201cI can\u2019t speak for the whole world, but even here in Aspen, things are tough. People are losing jobs, people are filing for employment.\u201d<\/p>\n

As well, people aren\u2019t traveling nearly as much as they were pre-pandemic, which means the demand for dog sitting has dropped.<\/p>\n

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