Dog walking jobs in Laval, on your terms
Dog walking in Laval is a flexible way to earn between other commitments. Walks in Laval run CAD 20 to CAD 35 per 30 to 60 minute walk, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Laval
January runs a daily high of -5.0 and a low of -13.5, with 6.7 nights under -20 and 1.3 days of freezing rain. Laval starts pushing snow off a roadway once 1.5 cm is down, and it favours abrasives on sidewalks until they are safe, so grit comes off the paws at the door. July brings 4.0 days above 30, which moves walks before 8am.
When demand peaks
Collège Montmorency teaches August 24 to December 15, 2026, and took in 10,166 students in its regular programs at the 2026 rentrée. The campus sits in Laval-des-Rapides across the street from the metro, so those blocks keep a term rhythm. Walks thin over the holidays and rebuild when classes restart January 25, 2027.
Know your Laval routes
Chomedey is the most populated quartier and holds the apartment blocks, so a route there runs door to door. Pont-Viau and Laval-des-Rapides sit beside it along the Rivière des Prairies. Laval-Ouest and Saint-François are house streets at opposite ends of the island, where one call means one dog and a drive.
Breeds you will meet in Laval
Owners here mostly keep Labrador Retriever, Golden Retriever, German Shepherd, French Bulldog. Knowing how those breeds behave, and saying so on your profile, is what turns a first booking into a repeat client.
Bilingual owners book faster
Write your listing in French and keep your visit notes that way. The 2021 census counts 226,675 Laval residents with French as their only mother tongue against 34,175 for English, and 262,055 who can hold a conversation in both.
What a dog walking job in Laval actually involves
Article 49 of by-law L-12430 bars a handler from being in a park with more than two dogs, so a Laval route runs paired rather than grouped. Off leash happens only inside a fenced aire d'exercice pour chiens the city has laid out and marked. Everywhere else the leash stays at 1.85 metres or under. Bois Papineau carries the long walks on 6.9 km of trail.
Before the first walk
You meet the owner and the dog, agree the pickup time and the route, and check the harness, the leash and whether the dog pulls or reacts to other dogs. In Laval that meet-and-greet is where most repeat clients are won.
During the walk
Leash on, waste bagged, water offered on longer loops, and a check of the pavement before you head out on a hot afternoon. Owners want to know the dog was walked, not driven around a parking lot for twenty minutes.
After the walk
Paws wiped, water topped up, the dog settled inside and the door locked as you found it. Then a photo and a line about how it went. That message is what turns one booking into a standing weekly slot.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Laval. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Dog walking
CAD 20 to CAD 35 per 30 to 60 minute walk
Drop-in visits
CAD 20 to CAD 35 per 20 to 30 minute visit
Doggy daycare
CAD 30 to CAD 55 per day
Dog boarding
CAD 45 to CAD 75 per night
House sitting
CAD 45 to CAD 75 per night
Take the middle of the band. Three regular clients in Laval at four walks a week, at CAD 28 a walk, is 12 walks and CAD 336. You keep up to 90% of that, and the walks sit in two blocks either side of the working day rather than across it.
Laval areas that book the most
Dog walking bookings in Laval come from the Chomedey and Pont-Viau apartment blocks and from commuters who leave the island by metro each morning.
Quebec licenses no dog walkers or pet sitters. Laval by-law L-12430 requires a leash of 1.85 metres or less in public (article 48). Article 10 requires a permit and a city tag for each dog and cat within 30 days. Article 22 caps a dwelling at four animals and two dogs. Pet-care income is self-employment income, reported on form T2125 with your T1 return. GST/HST registration is required once taxable revenue passes the CAD 30,000 small-supplier threshold in four consecutive quarters. In Quebec the same threshold applies to QST.
Built for sitters in Laval
Keep up to 90%
You set your rate. Petme keeps a low service fee, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
Full schedule control
No assigned shifts and no minimum hours. Accept or decline each request and pause your profile whenever you need to.
Protected on every booking
CAD 32,000 in Protection Plan comes with every confirmed booking, so you are never on the hook alone if something goes wrong.
What Laval owners look for in a walker
Owners read profiles the way they read reviews of a daycare. Four things get you the first booking.
Named neighborhoods
A profile that says which Laval neighborhoods you cover beats one that says "anywhere". Owners search for someone close, and a short travel time is what makes a recurring walk work.
A regular slot
Owners want the same walker at the same time each day. Say which weekday windows you can hold, and you will be chosen over a walker with a wider but vaguer calendar.
Dog experience, stated
Which breeds you have walked, whether you are fine with a strong puller or a reactive dog, and what you do when one dog will not walk. Specifics win. So does a photo of you with a dog.
How to start earning in Laval
1. Download Petme
Download the Petme app from the App Store or Google Play.
2. Build your profile
Add photos, a short bio, and the Laval neighborhoods you cover.
3. Verify your ID
Complete identity verification so owners can trust your profile before they book.
4. Set your rates and accept bookings
Set your own rates per service, choose your schedule, and accept the bookings you want.
Dog walking jobs in Laval
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Dog walking jobs near Laval
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Laval
Set your own rate. CAD 32,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.