Leeds professionals work long days. Their dogs need you
Leeds runs the UK’s largest legal and financial sector outside London, and those long office days leave dogs home alone. Midday walks are the core of the work you’ll find here. Walks in Leeds run £12 to £19 per 30 to 60 minute walk, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Leeds
Leeds 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 Leeds routes
Most bookings cluster Headingley to Chapel Allerton. Owners look for walkers who know the local parks and leash rules, and who can turn up on a regular schedule.
Breeds you will meet in Leeds
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.
From Roundhay Park to Chapel Allerton
Headingley and Roundhay make natural starting points, with Roundhay Park itself, one of the largest city parks in Europe, as the daily route. Chapel Allerton sits between them, full of cafés and professionals whose dogs wait out the workday. Hyde Park and Burley add student-area flexibility, and Horsforth covers families on the north-west edge.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Leeds. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Dog walking
£12 to £19 per 30 to 60 minute walk
Drop-in visits
£12 to £19 per 20 to 30 minute visit
Doggy daycare
£20 to £34 per day
Dog boarding
£28 to £45 per night
House sitting
£35 to £58 per night
Leeds areas that book the most
Headingley and Roundhay make natural starting points, with Roundhay Park itself, one of the largest city parks in Europe, as the daily route.
Built for sitters in Leeds
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
£20,000 in Protection Plan comes with every confirmed booking, so you are never on the hook alone if something goes wrong.
Dog Walking Jobs in Leeds
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Start earning in Leeds
Set your own rate. £20,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.
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