Make money caring for pets in Austin

You decide what near me means. The Austin areas on your profile are the only places owners can request you from, so distance stays a setting rather than a surprise.

Nothing limits you to one service. Add dog walking to your profile next to pet sitting, price each separately, and owners in Austin will request whichever they need. You still accept or decline every booking.

On Petme in Austin, dog walking at $17 to $30 per 30 to 60 minute walk, drop-in visits at $18 to $28 per 20 to 30 minute visit, doggy daycare at $32 to $55 per day, dog boarding at $42 to $78 per night, house sitting at $42 to $78 per night. With sitter cashback you keep up to 90% of every booking.

Yes. You set a rate for each service and your own available hours, and you accept or decline each request, whether the booking is in South Congress or East Austin. No assigned shifts, no minimum hours.

Every Petme booking includes $22,000 in Protection Plan for the pet in your care, at no cost to you or the owner. The same cover applies whether you sit in South Congress or East Austin.

Yes. Petme recruits sitters across Austin year-round, from South Congress to East Austin, and owners send booking requests directly to sitters in their area. There is no vacancy list to wait on: you create a profile, set the areas you cover, and accept the requests you want.

No. Petme sitters must be 18 or over, so under-18s cannot take bookings yet. From 18 you can start without formal experience: you need a smartphone with the Petme app, to pass ID verification, and a profile that describes the pets you have cared for, including your own.

It fits part-time schedules well because you are self-employed: no assigned shifts, no minimum hours, and you set your own rate. Many Austin sitters take a few bookings a week around a job or studies and scale up or down as their calendar allows.

Most new sitters start with dog walking and drop-in visits, then add boarding or daycare once they have a few five-star reviews and know their schedule.

Petme bookings in Austin come from neighborhoods like South Congress, East Austin, Hyde Park, across walks, drop-in visits, daycare, and boarding.

Festival weeks (SXSW in March, Austin City Limits in October) and tech-sector travel drive sharp short-notice boarding spikes, with summer and winter-holiday peaks on top. That pattern shapes pet sitting bookings in Austin across the year. Austin summers are long and hot, regularly past 100°F from June into September, and the limestone Greenbelt trails radiate heat.

No formal qualification is required. You need to be 18 or over, have a smartphone with the Petme app, and pass ID verification. Experience helps you win your first pet sitting bookings in Austin, so it is worth describing the pets you have looked after, including your own, on your profile.

Owners in Austin mostly keep Australian Shepherd, Labrador, Goldendoodle, Blue Heeler, rescue mixes. Saying on your profile which of those you have looked after helps owners choose you, because most are looking for someone already comfortable with their dog's size and energy.