Spare room, steady bookings: dog boarding jobs in Plymouth
The Roscoff ferry and Devonport work both take Plymouth households away for a week or more at a time. A host in Mannamead or Plymstock can take the whole stay from home, with no early shift at a kennel. Home dog boarding in Plymouth runs £24 to £38 per night, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Plymouth
Plymouth has a wet maritime climate with rain spread across the year, frosty spells in winter, and short winter days that leave a narrow window of daylight. Walkers who carry a raincoat and a towel, plan sheltered routes on the wettest days, and hold their slots through the drizzle keep the regulars that fair-weather walkers lose.
When demand peaks
Demand peaks over the summer holidays and across Christmas and New Year, with a second wave on the February, May and October half-terms and the bank-holiday weekends. Boarding and house sitting lead when owners travel; walking, daycare and drop-in visits carry the commuting week.
Know your Plymouth areas
Most bookings cluster Mannamead to Stoke. Owners look for sitters who know the area and can reach them without a long trip.
Breeds you will meet in Plymouth
Owners here mostly keep Labrador Retriever, Cocker Spaniel, French Bulldog, Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Knowing how those breeds behave, and saying so on your profile, is what turns a first booking into a repeat client.
Long trips out of a port city
Plymouth has two kinds of long trip. The ferry to Roscoff makes a week or more in France an easy trip to start from home, and Devonport work takes households out of the city for stretches that do not line up with school terms. Both patterns need a full overnight stay rather than daytime cover. Dartmoor and the South Hams are close for weekends away too, so hosts in Mutley, Hartley and Stoke can take short two and three night stays as well as longer ones.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Plymouth. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Home dog boarding
£24 to £38 per night
Doggy daycare
£18 to £28 per day
Drop-in visits
£11 to £17 per 20 to 30 minute visit
Dog walking
£11 to £17 per 30 to 60 minute walk
Plymouth areas that book the most
Plymouth is home to HMNB Devonport, one of the largest naval bases in Western Europe, and sits between Dartmoor and the sea. Mannamead and Mutley are just north of the city centre.
Built for sitters in Plymouth
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 £20,000 for eligible vet costs, subject to its terms.
Dog Boarding Jobs in Plymouth
What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Plymouth.
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