Freelance dog grooming in Lakeland that starts with your photos
When a Lakeland groom needs more work than planned, send a custom offer before the owner pays. When it is done, post it for owners near Dixieland.
Grooming on Petme in Lakeland starts with an approved sitter profile, then a separate grooming application in the app.
Owners near you in Lakeland can follow your work
The easiest way to get noticed as a groomer in Lakeland is to show the work. Post each before-and-after on Petme, and owners from Lakeshore to Oakbridge who scroll the home feed see posts from nearby first.
Post your grooms
Share before-and-after photos and short videos of the pets you groom in Lakeland. Owners can like and comment on each one.
The home feed starts local
Petme loads nearby posts first. A groom you post in Lakeland reaches people around you before people farther away.
One tap to your profile
From any post, an owner near Downtown Lakeland reaches your profile and can send you a message in the app.
How grooming works on Petme in Lakeland
You decide where each session happens in Lakeland. Groom at your own place, travel to owners' homes around Downtown Lakeland, Dixieland and South Lake Morton, or offer both and let the owner pick on each request.
At your place
Owners bring the pet to you. The address is not part of the request: it is shared in chat, the same way it works for drop-in visits in Lakeland.
At the owner's home
Travel to the pet with your kit. You set a home-visit radius of 3, 5, 10 or 20 km, whether you work the stretch from Lakeshore to Oakbridge or stay near Downtown Lakeland.
Dogs you will meet in Lakeland
Owners in Lakeland often keep French Bulldog, Golden Retriever and Poodle. Price your full groom for each dog size, and send a custom offer before payment when a coat needs more work than the request suggested.
Choose your sessions, set every price
Petme sets no grooming rate in Lakeland. You switch on the sessions you offer, price each one per dog size, add a price for cats if you groom them, and choose your extras.
Full groom
Your price per session, set for each dog size and for cats
Bath and brush
A lighter session, priced by you for each dog size
Nails only
A short nail session at the price you choose
De-shedding (extra)
Priced per pet, or included at no extra charge
Teeth brushing (extra)
Priced per pet, or offered as part of the session
What owners pay for grooming in Lakeland
Typical prices at grooming salons in the US, from the sources below. Prices in Lakeland can sit a little above or below them. On Petme you set your own prices, so treat these as a reference point, not a promise of earnings.
Full groom, medium dog
$125 to $175
Bath and brush, medium dog
$50 to $75
Typical salon visit for a full groom
3 to 4 hours
Sources: MoeGo 2026 grooming cost guide, PetSmart grooming FAQ, checked in October 2026.
Lakeland areas you can cover
List the parts of Lakeland you cover, from Downtown Lakeland and Dixieland to South Lake Morton. Your profile shows whether you groom at your place, at the owner's home, or both, and how far you travel for home visits.
Built for professional groomers in Lakeland
You set every price
Each session carries your own price per dog size. If a pet needs more work than the request suggested, you send a custom offer before the owner pays.
Your hours, your days
There are no shifts. Owners pick from the start times you open, so grooming fits around a salon job, studies or your other Petme bookings.
A reviewed bar
Every Petme groomer is an approved sitter who also passed a grooming review: paid experience, proof and before-and-after work.
How to start grooming on Petme in Lakeland
1. Become a Petme sitter
Download the Petme app, build your sitter profile with the Lakeland areas you cover, and pass ID verification. You need to be 18 or over.
2. Open the grooming application
Tap Apply on the grooming tile in your dashboard. Add your paid grooming experience, where you worked, and at least one proof: a certificate, an employer reference or a website or social link.
3. Show your work
Upload 3 to 6 before-and-after pairs of pets you groomed, same pet and a similar angle, then confirm the 3 declarations and send the application.
4. Set up grooming
Once approved, choose where you groom, your home-visit radius, the pets you accept, your menu prices and the start times you open.
Dog grooming jobs in Lakeland
What sitters ask before they apply to groom on Petme in Lakeland.
Are dog grooming jobs hiring near me in Lakeland?
How do I get more dog grooming clients in Lakeland?
Do I need experience to get a dog grooming job in Lakeland?
How much do dog groomers make on Petme in Lakeland?
Can I work as a mobile dog groomer in Lakeland?
Can I do dog grooming part time in Lakeland?
How do I become a dog groomer on Petme in Lakeland?
What does a Petme groomer do in Lakeland?
Dog grooming jobs beyond Lakeland
Each city page lists the areas you can cover there.
Start grooming on Petme in Lakeland
Become a Petme sitter, then send your grooming application from the app with your proof and before-and-after work.
