Dog Walking Jobs in Biel/Bienne

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CHF 18 to CHF 35 per 30 to 60 minute walk in Biel/Bienne. Choose your own routes, set your own schedule, and keep up to 90% of every booking.

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CHF 18 to CHF 35
per 30 to 60 minute walk in Biel/Bienne
Up to 90%
of every walk kept by the walker
CHF 20,000
Protection Plan for eligible vet costs
4.9 / 5
average sitter rating on Petme
A local edge

Local know-how pays off in Biel/Bienne

Biel/Bienne dogs walk in every season, rain or snow, and Swiss owners expect that. Walkers who know the river paths, parks, and quiet residential routes book the most repeat work.

When demand peaks

Weekday mornings and late afternoons are the busiest walk windows, with extra demand during commuter hours and around public holidays.

Know your Biel/Bienne routes

The town is small enough to cover on foot once you pick a side. Altstadt, Madretsch and Mett sit together through the centre and south, Bözingen and Bühl face the gorge and the hill, and Vingelz runs west along the water toward the vineyards. Nidau, Port and Brügg lie across the canal and are easy to add if you already live there. Write the quarters you cover in both languages and twice as many owners can read it.

Breeds you will meet in Biel/Bienne

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.

Bilingual owners book faster

Biel/Bienne is officially bilingual, sitting on the German-French language line. Sitters who speak both serve households from both communities.

Walking in Biel/Bienne

Two languages and a lake shore in Biel/Bienne

Biel/Bienne runs along the northeast end of its lake with the Jura rising immediately behind, so a walker has a flat shore route and a climb within the same half hour. The path west through Vingelz toward the vineyards stays at lake level, the Taubenloch gorge behind Bözingen is the shaded option, and the Bözingenberg is the long one. Madretsch and Mett are flat residential quarters that suit a compact weekday round. The bilingual split shapes the work more than the geography does: an owner may open a chat in German and switch to French, or the other way round, and walkers who handle both simply see more requests than those who do not.

Rates in Biel/Bienne

Choose your services, set your own rates

Typical Petme rates in Biel/Bienne. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.

Dog walking

CHF 18 to CHF 35 per 30 to 60 minute walk

Drop-in visits

CHF 18 to CHF 30 per 20 to 30 minute visit

Doggy daycare

CHF 40 to CHF 70 per day

Dog boarding

CHF 40 to CHF 75 per night

Where demand is strongest

Biel/Bienne areas that book the most

Petme bookings in Biel/Bienne come from neighborhoods like Old Town, Madretsch, Vingelz, with daily walks and recurring schedules the most requested.

Biel/Bienne sits in Canton Bern. Canton Bern SKN required for first-time dog owners. No specific sitter permit for occasional care. For small and medium dogs, no sitter permit is generally required.

Old TownMadretschChampagneVingelzBözingenBühlGeyisriedMettPortLengnauPieterlenMeinisberg
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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.

Protection Plan for eligible vet costs

Owners booking through Petme have the Protection Plan, up to CHF 20,000 for eligible vet costs, subject to its terms.

Common questions

Dog Walking Jobs in Biel/Bienne

What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Biel/Bienne.

How much do dog walkers earn per walk in Biel/Bienne?
Dog walking on Petme in Biel/Bienne runs CHF 18 to CHF 35 per 30 to 60 minute walk. You set your own rate, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
Is dog walking on Petme a good side income in Biel/Bienne?
It works as flexible income alongside a job or studies. You pick your availability and scale bookings up or down, and a compact route around Old Town keeps travel time low between walks.
What protection do I get on walks?
The Petme Protection Plan offers up to CHF 20,000 for eligible vet costs for the dog in your care, subject to its terms. The same terms apply whether you walk in Old Town or Madretsch.
Where is dog walking demand strongest in Biel/Bienne?
Petme bookings in Biel/Bienne come from neighborhoods like Old Town, Madretsch, Vingelz, with daily walks and recurring schedules the most requested. You walk where you already know the parks, the quiet routes, and the local leash rules.
Do I choose my own routes and schedule in Biel/Bienne?
Yes. You decide where to walk, when, and for how long. No assigned routes, no minimum hours, no shift rosters. Many Biel/Bienne walkers build a regular loop through Old Town and Madretsch and accept or decline requests as they come in.
How do I keep walking dogs through the Biel/Bienne winter?
Winter is one of the busiest stretches, not a pause. In Biel/Bienne that means gripped soles on icy pavements, keeping to cleared and lit paths through the short daylight, shortening the route for small or short-coated dogs on the coldest days, and wiping grit off paws before handover. Owners travelling over the ski season rebook the walkers who still turn up in the cold.
Do I have to be bilingual to walk dogs in Biel/Bienne?
No, but it changes how much work you see. Biel/Bienne is officially German and French and households are mixed street by street, so one language reaches part of the market and both reach all of it. English is a useful third with newer arrivals. Put every language you work in on your profile.
Are there walking routes in Biel/Bienne that suit older dogs?
Yes. The lake shore toward Vingelz and the canal paths near Nidau are flat, surfaced and shaded in stretches, which suits older or short-coated dogs that cannot manage the climb to the Bözingenberg. Agree at the first meeting which of the two kinds of route the owner wants, because the difference here is a couple of hundred metres of height.
Are there weekend dog walking jobs in Biel/Bienne?
Yes. Weekends bring longer outings along the lake and up toward the Jura, and they suit anyone whose weekdays are already committed. Say on your profile which days you actually cover, because owners here book the walker whose schedule matches theirs.
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Doggy daycare jobs in Biel/Bienne

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