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With the market in the gutter, job skills alone won't bring home the bacon. If you haven't started looking around for supplemental income, maybe it's time to start. You could sell the couch, downgrade your appliances, and quit your Saturday drinking habit, but that still doesn't amount to steady pennies in the bank.

What if your newest income source lay right at your feet? Panting, say, and begging for a treat? Fido, Snowball, or even Ted the Tarantula could be a potential new income source. Here are five ways people make money off their pets.* One of them may fit you, as well: