Pet sitting jobs near you in Oshawa, and what you can take
Oshawa has walks and drop-ins going out every weekday. Dog walking pays 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 Oshawa
Freezing rain is what you plan for. Oshawa gets close to three days of it in a normal year, and January carries the most. That means salt on the client's steps before the first walk and a flashlight in the bag when the power drops. Summer is the milder half. July nights cool to 15.8, so the last outing of an August stay goes after dark.
When demand peaks
Two things set the calendar. Lakeridge Health runs its emergency departments 24 hours a day, so Oshawa night rotations put work on the books all year. Labour Day on September 7, 2026 and Thanksgiving on October 12 both fall on a Monday, so a house booked over either one is a three-night stay.
Know your Oshawa areas
McLaughlin sits west of the city centre, so a booking there is its own trip rather than a second stop on an east side loop. Eastdale is on the far side, and Harmony Valley Park sits on its northern edge, so an evening walk from a client's door has somewhere to go.
Breeds you will meet in Oshawa
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.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Oshawa. 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
House sitting
CAD 45 to CAD 75 per night
Oshawa areas that book the most
Pet sitting in Oshawa runs as drop-in visits and overnight stays at the owner's own address, booked by shift workers and families away for a week.
Oshawa does not license residences for paid animal stays: 60-94 puts that use outside a home occupation. Nothing stops you walking dogs, dropping in on them or house sitting across Oshawa. Oshawa also caps animals at one address at 3, and your own pets count toward it. No Ontario licence covers dog walking or pet sitting. Oshawa's Animal Care and Control By-law 14-2010 calls a dog off a leash longer than two metres running at large (section 1.29). Section 5 licenses every cat and dog over twelve weeks, and section 24.8 caps dogs at three per premises. 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 Oshawa
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.
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Pet sitting jobs near Oshawa
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Set your own rate. CAD 32,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.