Someone to walk your dog while you are at work.
A walker comes to your home, takes your dog out, and brings them back fed, watered and tired. Book a one-off or the same slot every week.
Free to browse · Meet your sitter before you book · You pay your sitter directly
How dog walking works
The same booking either way: you find each other, you meet, you agree the details between you. Nothing is locked in until both of you say so.
Search walkers near you
Put in your postcode. Walking is the most local of the services — you want somebody a few streets away, not across town.
Message about the slot you need
Say the days, the rough time and how long a walk your dog needs. Ask whether they walk dogs together or one at a time.
Meet and do a walk together
Do the first walk with them. You see how your dog pulls, how the walker handles it, and where they go.
Agree the routine
Settle the days, the times and the price, and sort out how they get in — a key, a lockbox, or you being home. Then it just happens each week.
Offer walking and set your rate
Turn walking on, set your rate per walk and say what sizes you can handle. Be clear whether you walk dogs singly or in a group.
Take the slots that fit
Walking works best as a routine. Take the regular slots you can genuinely make every week rather than filling the diary and letting somebody down.
Do the first walk with the owner
Walk together the first time. You learn how the dog behaves on a lead and near other dogs, and the owner sees you handle it.
Walk, report and get paid
Post a moment from the walk — a photo from the park is the whole product for an owner stuck at a desk. They pay you directly at your agreed rate.
What dog walking usually includes
Sitters set their own terms, so treat this as the shape of the thing rather than a guarantee. What a particular sitter offers is on their profile.
A proper walk, not a lap
Sitters say how long their walks are. Thirty minutes and an hour are the usual options, and the price reflects it.
Water and paws on return
The ordinary courtesies: water topped up, muddy paws dealt with, dog left settled rather than wired.
A photo from the park
One picture, once a day, from somewhere green. It is the thing owners say they miss most while they are at work.
The practical bits
- Where it happens
- From your home, around your neighbourhood
- Usually charged
- Per walk, at a rate the sitter sets and shows on their profile
- Typical reasons
- Workdays, long shifts, an injury that stops you walking them yourself
- Best suited to
- Dogs who need a proper midday walk and owners who cannot get home to do it.
How paying works right now
PetDwelling Care does not process payments yet. A sitter’s rate is shown on their profile so you both know what to expect, but the money never passes through us.
You and your sitter settle up directly — cash, bank transfer, whatever the two of you agree. There is no platform fee and no commission, and a sitter keeps everything they charge.
The trade-off is worth knowing before you book: because we do not hold the money, we cannot issue a refund or settle a payment dispute for you. Agree the amount, the dates and what happens if plans change in your messages, where you both have it in writing.
Questions people ask
Solo or group walks?
Both exist and neither is better — it depends on your dog. Group walks are usually cheaper and good for sociable dogs; solo walks suit reactive dogs, puppies and anyone still learning lead manners. Ask which they do before you book.
How does the walker get in?
Whatever the two of you agree — a key handed over in person, a lockbox, or you being home. Do not post keys and do not leave them under anything.
What if it rains?
Dogs still need walking. Agree what you want in genuinely bad weather — a shorter walk, indoor play, or a skip — so nobody has to guess on the day.
Can I book the same slot every week?
Yes, and most walkers prefer it. Agree the standing arrangement directly with them, and tell them early when a week is off.
Ready when you are
Search sitters near you, or set up a profile and start offering dog walking in your own neighbourhood.
