Earn hosting dogs by day in Bern
Take only the Bern days that suit you and pause your daycare profile anytime. Doggy daycare in Bern runs CHF 40 to CHF 70 per day, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Bern
Bern 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 Bern pickup areas
Requests cluster in Kirchenfeld, Länggasse, Breitenrain and Mattenhof, where flats sit close to the offices and the tram. Further out in Bümpliz, Bethlehem and Ostermundigen the rooms are bigger and bookings tilt towards larger dogs. Either way the owner is choosing a door they can reach on the way in.
Breeds you will meet in Bern
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.
Hosting dogs while Bern is at work
Bern works to a predictable clock. The federal offices, the cantonal administration and the university fill the weekday, and daycare requests follow that window almost exactly. Owners in Kirchenfeld, Länggasse and Breitenrain tend to want the same two or three days each week rather than one-off cover, which makes a hosted schedule easy to plan. The Aare loop is the local dog route, and a host who can reach the riverside paths or the Bremgartenwald has an easy answer to what happens at midday. Out in Bümpliz, Bethlehem and towards Ostermundigen, homes more often have a garden, so larger dogs and longer rest periods are more common there than in the arcaded old town.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Bern. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Doggy daycare
CHF 40 to CHF 70 per day
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
Overnight boarding
CHF 40 to CHF 75 per night
Bern areas that book the most
Petme daycare bookings in Bern come from neighborhoods like Altstadt, Kirchenfeld, Breitenrain, where commuting owners book recurring weekday days and add boarding around business travel.
Bern sits in Canton Bern. Canton Bern requires an SKN for first-time dog owners. No specific sitter license required. For small and medium dogs, no sitter permit is generally required.
Built for sitters in Bern
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.
Doggy Daycare Jobs in Bern
What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Bern.
How much do doggy daycare hosts earn per day in Bern?
Doggy daycare on Petme in Bern runs CHF 40 to CHF 70 per day. You set your own day rate and headcount, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
What protection comes with daycare bookings?
Every confirmed Petme booking, including doggy 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 Altstadt and Kirchenfeld.
What does a doggy daycare day involve?
Owners drop off in the morning and pick up after work. You provide a safe space, supervised play, water, rest time, and photo updates through the day. Most Bern hosts take a small group they can manage comfortably.
Do I need a yard or a commercial space for daycare in Bern?
No. Many Petme hosts run daycare from a home or an apartment with regular walk breaks, from Altstadt to Kirchenfeld. You set how many dogs you accept at once and whether your space suits high-energy or large breeds.
Can I set my own daycare schedule and headcount in Bern?
Yes. You choose your days, your hours, and how many dogs you host at a time, and you accept or decline each request. No assigned shifts and no minimum hours, whether owners come from Altstadt or Kirchenfeld.
What does a winter daycare day look like in Bern?
Mostly indoors, in shorter bursts. A Bern winter day runs on indoor play and rest with brief outdoor breaks inside the daylight window, towels by the door, and grit wiped off paws after every trip out. Daycare follows the working week, so it holds steady all year and picks back up each January once commuters are back at their desks.
Are there jobs with animals in Bern that fit around another commitment?
Daycare is one, because you decide which weekdays you open. Bern owners mostly book fixed days, so once two or three regulars are in place the week is predictable. You set the day rate and the number of dogs you host, and you can close your calendar whenever studies or another job take over.
Do I need to speak German to host daycare in Bern?
It helps, and most Bern owners will write to you in German, though the handover itself is short and practical. If you also work in English or French, list that on your profile. Embassy and university households around Kirchenfeld and Länggasse regularly look for a host they can message in another language.
Doggy daycare jobs near Bern
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Bern
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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