Get paid to look after dogs in Zurich
Board dogs overnight, run a doggy daycare, or cover walks and drop-ins across Zurich. Boarding runs CHF 55 to CHF 95 per night, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Zurich
Zurich 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 Zurich areas
Handovers decide who gets booked. An owner in Oerlikon or Schwamendingen will take the S-Bahn across town with a dog on a lead without thinking about it, while an owner in Witikon with a car and a crate is working to a different map. Name the tram or S-Bahn stop nearest your door and the areas you will collect from, and requests stop arriving from the wrong side of the lake.
Breeds you will meet in Zurich
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 an overnight stay looks like in a Zurich flat
Zurich housing is mostly flats, so the dogs that get boarded here usually belong to owners with nobody upstairs to ask. Households in Seefeld, Enge and Hottingen hand the dog over the evening before an early flight and collect on a Sunday. What they ask about first is your space and your routine: how many stairs, whether there is a lift, where the dog sleeps, and where you go at seven in the morning. If you live near the Zürichberg woods, the Allmend Brunau or the Limmat path through Wipkingen, put it in writing, because a boarded dog needs two or three real walks a day and the owner wants to picture them. The February ski week and the summer break are when the requests stack up.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Zurich. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Dog boarding
CHF 55 to CHF 95 per night
Doggy daycare
CHF 60 to CHF 90 per day
Dog walking
CHF 25 to CHF 45 per 30 to 60 minute walk
Drop-in visits
CHF 25 to CHF 40 per 20 to 30 minute visit
Zurich areas that book the most
Petme bookings in Zurich come from neighborhoods like Seefeld, Enge, Wipkingen, across boarding, daycare, walks, and drop-in visits.
Zurich sits in Canton Zurich. SKN (Sachkundenachweis) required for walking large-breed dogs in Canton Zurich. For small and medium dogs, no sitter permit is generally required.
Built for sitters in Zurich
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 Zurich
What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Zurich.
What other pet services can I offer alongside dog sitting in Zurich?
You control the mix. Turn dog walking on next to dog sitting, set what each is worth to you, and let Zurich owners pick. Declining a request never affects the other service.
How much can I earn dog sitting in Zurich?
Dog boarding on Petme in Zurich runs CHF 55 to CHF 95 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 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 Zurich?
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 Seefeld or Enge. You set your rates and availability per service.
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 Seefeld and Enge.
Can I board dogs in an apartment in Zurich?
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 Zurich sitters board small and medium dogs from a flat near a park in Seefeld or Enge.
When does overnight dog sitting peak in Zurich?
Around the weeks owners are away: the summer holidays, Christmas and New Year, and the ski season and February sports week. Zurich 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.
Can dog sitting in Zurich work as a part time job?
It fits around other work because boarding is booked in blocks rather than shifts: a long weekend, a week over the school holidays, the four nights around a business trip. Most Zurich sitters host one dog at a time and block out the weeks they are away themselves. You set the nightly rate and accept or decline every request yourself.
Do I need to speak German to dog sit in Zurich?
Zurich is German-speaking and most owners write in German, with Swiss German once you are talking. Plenty of households in the city work in English, so listing English on your profile brings in requests you would otherwise never see. Say which languages you genuinely handle, because the handover about feeding and medication matters more than the first message.
Dog sitting jobs near Zurich
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Zurich
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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