Dog walking jobs in Regina, on your schedule
Pick up regular walks near Cathedral and Lakeview and build a client base that keeps rebooking. Walks in Regina 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 Regina
A Regina January holds a -9.3C high and a -20.0C low, so a walk runs short and lands near midday. Snow totals 104.6 cm in a normal year, and a property owner has 48 hours after a snow event to clear the sidewalk, so footing changes block by block. July highs near 25.6C push walks before 8am.
When demand peaks
Fall classes at the University of Regina run September 1 to December 7, and midday requests around Hillsdale climb with them. Fall Break, November 9 to 15, 2026, thins campus-side routes for a week. Winter term opens January 6 and classes hold to April 12, 2027.
Know your Regina routes
Downtown and Cathedral sit close enough that one route covers several addresses on foot, and Cathedral's 235 hectares west of downtown are largely residential on an old grid. Harbour Landing sits out in the South Zone, so a booking there covers one dog and more driving.
Breeds you will meet in Regina
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
Canada is officially bilingual, and in Quebec, parts of New Brunswick and the Ottawa region owners search and message in French. A sitter who says in their profile that they work in French as well as English books faster in those neighbourhoods.
What a dog walking job in Regina actually involves
Regina's Clean Property Bylaw gives a property owner 48 hours after a snow event to clear the sidewalk, and 24 hours for properties in Schedule B, which covers the downtown core. A route follows that: downtown walks stay dependable in the days after a storm while residential blocks in Eastview and Normanview run patchy. Paws get wiped at the door.
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 Regina 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 Regina. 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
Here is the arithmetic for Regina: three clients, four walks each a week, CAD 28 a walk. That is 12 walks and CAD 336 in a week, from two short windows a day. You keep up to 90% of it.
Regina areas that book the most
Dog walking bookings in Regina come from Downtown and Cathedral, the older central blocks closest to the Wascana Centre pathways.
Saskatchewan licenses neither dog walkers nor pet sitters. Regina's Animal Bylaw 2009-44 requires an annual licence and a tag for every dog and cat (sections 6 and 8), and section 12 bans an animal at large, so a dog is on leash outside the Schedule B off-leash parks. The bylaw sets no cap on dogs per dwelling. A home business needs a Residential Business Licence and stays inside 25% of the dwelling's floor area. 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.
Built for sitters in Regina
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 Regina 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 Regina 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 Regina
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 Regina 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.
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Start earning in Regina
Set your own rate. CAD 32,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.