Get paid to board dogs at home across the UK
Typically £18 to £40 a night for home boarding. Host one or two dogs overnight in your own home, set your own house rules and nightly rate, and keep up to 90% with sitter cashback.
Home boarding is what owners book instead of a kennel: their dog joins your household overnight. A calm, dog-friendly home is the whole job description.
A flexible job you run around your life
This is in-person work, but you control it like your own business: your hours, your clients, your rate. Fit it around a day job, studies, or other gigs across the UK.
Your calendar, your nights
Open your dates for the nights you want guests and close them when you need your home back. Multi-night stays around school holidays and Christmas fill first.
Your home, your house rules
You decide the dog sizes you accept, how many at once, and whether your place suits high-energy breeds. Every stay starts with a meet and greet you arrange.
Stack daycare on top
Many boarding hosts fill weekdays with daytime daycare and the odd drop-in visit between stays, turning the same dog-friendly home into two income streams.
Earn on your terms, keep up to 90%
No shift rosters, no platform-set pricing, no minimum hours. You control the rate, the work, and the schedule, and every booking carries £17,000 Protection Plan.
£18 to £40 a night
Typical home boarding rates across the UK, with London and the south-east at the top of the band. A single week-long holiday stay at £30 a night is £210 from one booking. With cashback, you keep up to 90%.
No premises, no commute
The work comes to your door: owners drop off and collect. No kennel block to rent and no travel between bookings, just your own home, a routine, and walks you already take.
£17,000 Protection Plan
Every confirmed booking on Petme includes up to £17,000 through the Protection Plan for the dog in your care, at no extra cost to you or the owner. 0% for owners.
Built for UK sitters and walkers
Owner cashback keeps your clients rebooking, your social profile gets you found, and fast 2-day payouts mean you are paid soon after each booking, all with £17,000 Protection Plan built in.
Per-night earnings
Boarding bills per night, not per task, and most stays run several nights. You set the rate, and sitter cashback pushes your take-home toward 90% of every booking.
Guests that come back
Owners rebook the home their dog already knows for every trip. A handful of regulars around the holiday calendar can keep a host fully booked through peak season.
A profile that gets you found
Petme is social, not just a directory. Post your stays to a feed UK pet parents follow, so owners see the real home their dog would stay in before they book.
Dog Boarding Jobs UK in your city
Petme covers cities across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Each rate below is what sitters in that city typically charge a night. Open your city for the full breakdown and the neighbourhoods owners book most.
Dog Boarding Jobs UK, answered
What new UK sitters and walkers ask before signing up on Petme.
How much do dog boarding hosts earn per night in the UK?
Home dog boarding on Petme in the UK typically pays £18 to £40 a night, with London and the south-east at the top of the band. You set your own nightly rate and keep up to 90% of every booking with sitter cashback.
How is home boarding different from working in a kennel?
You host the dog in your own home as part of the household rather than caring for runs of dogs on a rota. There is no commute and no shift pattern: owners drop off at your door, and you keep the dog to its normal routine of walks, meals and company.
Do I need a licence for home dog boarding in the UK?
It depends on your council and how commercially you operate. In England, boarding dogs in your home as a business can need a licence under the 2018 animal-licensing regulations; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run their own schemes. Check with your local council before you scale up.
Can I board dogs in a flat, or do I need a garden?
A garden helps but is not required. What owners look for is a safe, calm space and regular walks. You set your own house rules, so you can accept only small or low-energy dogs if that suits your home, and a park nearby covers the exercise.
How many dogs can I board at once?
You decide. Most hosts start with one dog at a time, which is also what many owners prefer and will pay more for. You can host dogs from the same household together, and your headcount is your call on every request.
Do I need experience to start boarding dogs at home?
No formal qualification is required, just a dog-friendly home and reliability. Describing the dogs you have lived with, including your own, helps win the first booking, and a meet and greet before every stay lets both sides check the fit. You must be 18 or over and based in the UK.
What happens if a dog is injured while boarding with me?
Every confirmed Petme booking includes up to £17,000 through the Protection Plan for the dog in your care. If something goes wrong during a stay, eligible vet costs are covered at no extra cost to you or the owner.
When is dog boarding demand highest in the UK?
Christmas and New Year, then the summer holidays, with the February, May and October half-terms and bank-holiday weekends behind them. Owners book those windows weeks ahead, so opening your calendar early for peak dates fills it fastest. Open your city below for local rates.
Get paid to board dogs at home across the UK
Set your own rate. £17,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast 2-day payouts to your bank.