Pet sitting jobs in Colchester, from Lexden out to the Mersea causeway
Colchester spreads a long way for its size, from Lexden and Highwoods out to Wivenhoe and the water at West Mersea. A garrison, a university and the London commute all run on different calendars, so a sitter offering one service only leaves most of the city out. Set your own rates and keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Colchester
Colchester 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 Colchester areas
Most bookings cluster Lexden to Stanway. Owners look for sitters who know the area and can reach them without a long trip.
Breeds you will meet in Colchester
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.
Working a corner of Colchester rather than all of it
Lexden is the older, larger housing west of the centre, Victorian and Edwardian villas set back behind hedges, the sort of house someone stays in rather than visits. Highwoods and Mile End are estates built from the 1980s on, close to the hospital and to Highwoods Country Park. Stanway is still being built out along the Tollgate side, all new streets and wide verges. Wivenhoe sits by the river on the Clacton branch line and runs on the University of Essex calendar, and West Mersea is out on the island, reached by a causeway that floods on a big tide. Offering every service is what lets you follow that spread through the year instead of losing half of it.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Colchester. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Dog walking
£11 to £17 per 30 to 60 minute walk
Drop-in visits
£11 to £17 per 20 to 30 minute visit
Doggy daycare
£18 to £28 per day
Dog boarding
£24 to £38 per night
House sitting
£30 to £48 per night
Built for sitters in Colchester
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.
Pet Sitting Jobs in Colchester
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Pet sitting jobs near Colchester
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Colchester
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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