Get paid to look after dogs in Basel
Board dogs overnight, run a doggy daycare, or cover walks and drop-ins across Basel. Boarding runs CHF 45 to CHF 85 per night, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Basel
Basel owners book overnight boarding and daytime daycare around work trips and holidays. Sitters who can host from a home or apartment near a park stay busy through the year.
When demand peaks
Boarding fills up around school holidays and business-travel periods, while daycare runs steadily through the working week.
Know your Basel areas
Basel handovers cross more borders than most Swiss cities. Owners in Riehen, Allschwil, Binningen and Birsfelden are a short tram or car ride out, and many of them commute into the centre anyway, so dropping the dog on the way in is natural. Say whether you are Grossbasel or Kleinbasel side and which tram passes your street. A cross-river trip with a suitcase and a dog is what loses the booking.
Breeds you will meet in Basel
Owners here mostly keep Bernese Mountain Dogs, Labradors, Border Collies, French Bulldogs. Knowing how those breeds behave, and saying so on your profile, is what turns a first booking into a repeat client.
What a Basel boarding week actually looks like
Basel runs on a corporate travel rhythm. Households in St. Johann and Gundeldingen near the Novartis and Roche sites book overnight care around conference weeks, and the same names come back the next quarter. The city itself is compact: the Rhine cuts it in two, the Lange Erlen on the Kleinbasel side gives you woods and water in a single walk, and Bruderholz is a long climb for a dog with energy to burn. One local point worth putting in your house rules is Fasnacht, which fills the centre with drums and piccolos for three days, and a noise-shy dog should not spend that week in a flat off the Marktplatz. In summer the other commotion is the river itself, when the banks fill with swimmers drifting down on the current, so keep the first walks of a new stay away from the water.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Basel. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Dog boarding
CHF 45 to CHF 85 per night
Doggy daycare
CHF 50 to CHF 80 per day
Dog walking
CHF 20 to CHF 40 per 30 to 60 minute walk
Drop-in visits
CHF 20 to CHF 35 per 20 to 30 minute visit
Basel areas that book the most
Petme bookings in Basel come from neighborhoods like Grossbasel, Kleinbasel, St. Johann, across boarding, daycare, walks, and drop-in visits.
Basel sits in Canton Basel-Stadt. Canton Basel-Stadt requires a dog license (Hundebewilligung) for all dog owners. No specific sitter license required for occasional pet care. For small and medium dogs, no sitter permit is generally required.
Built for sitters in Basel
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
CHF 20,000 in Protection Plan comes with every confirmed booking, so you are never on the hook alone if something goes wrong.
Dog Sitting Jobs in Basel
What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Basel.
How much can I earn dog sitting in Basel?
Dog boarding on Petme in Basel runs CHF 45 to CHF 85 per night, with daycare and walks adding daytime income. You set your own rate per service, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
What protection do I get on dog sitting bookings?
Every confirmed Petme booking, including boarding and daycare, includes CHF 20,000 in Protection Plan for the dog in your care, at no cost to you or the owner. The same cover applies across Grossbasel and Kleinbasel.
Can I board dogs in an apartment in Basel?
Yes. You set your own house rules: the dog sizes you accept, how many dogs at once, and whether your home suits high-energy breeds. Many Basel sitters board small and medium dogs from a flat near a park in Grossbasel or Kleinbasel.
What is the difference between dog boarding and doggy daycare?
Boarding is overnight, billed per night, while the owner travels. Daycare is daytime only, billed per day, for owners at work. You can offer either or both and set a separate rate for each.
Do I choose which dogs and bookings I accept in Basel?
Yes. You review each request, arrange a meet first if you want, and accept or decline. No assigned bookings and no minimum hours, whether the owner is in Grossbasel or Kleinbasel. You set your rates and availability per service.
When does overnight dog sitting peak in Basel?
Around the weeks owners are away: the summer holidays, Christmas and New Year, and the ski season and February sports week. Basel owners book those dates well ahead, so opening your calendar for them early is what fills a new host's first season. Winter stays mean more indoor time and grittier walks, so agree the walk and drying routine at the meet and greet.
Is dog sitting a realistic side job in Basel?
It works as one because boarding is priced per night and happens where you already live. A single week over the school holidays, or the four nights around a conference, can be most of the month. You set the nightly rate, choose the dogs and the headcount, and block the dates you need for yourself.
Do I need German to dog sit in Basel?
German is the language of the city and most first messages arrive in it. Basel also has a large international workforce around the pharma companies, so English-speaking owners are common and listing English brings those requests to you. What matters at the door is that owner and sitter agree feeding, medication and walks in a language both read comfortably.
Am I employed by Petme if I board dogs in Basel?
No. You are self-employed and the booking is an arrangement between you and the owner, which is why you set your own nightly rate and decide which dogs to host. Anyone living in Switzerland as a foreign resident or a student should check with the cantonal authority what independent side income their situation allows before taking bookings.
Dog sitting jobs near Basel
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Basel
Set your own rate. CHF 20,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.
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