Your dog sitting side gig in Shreveport
Host dogs in your own home across Shreveport, or cover walks and drop-ins near Highland and South Highlands. Dog boarding in Shreveport runs $30 to $52 per night, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Shreveport
Shreveport has a humid subtropical climate with long, hot summers that top 90 degrees on around 91 days a year, plus heavy rain and high humidity. Walkers head out at dawn or after sunset from June through September to keep dogs off scorching pavement, and shift to midday outings on the roughly 35 freeze days each winter.
When demand peaks
Demand climbs when Barksdale Air Force Base families move or deploy and over the winter holidays, with the college calendars at LSU Health Shreveport, Centenary, and LSU Shreveport keeping walking and drop-in visits steady. Boarding and house sitting lead during summer travel and casino-weekend trips.
Know your Shreveport areas
Most bookings cluster Downtown to South Highlands. Owners look for sitters who know the area and can reach them without a long trip.
Breeds you will meet in Shreveport
Owners here mostly keep Labrador Retriever, German Shepherd, Pit Bull mix, Beagle. Knowing how those breeds behave, and saying so on your profile, is what turns a first booking into a repeat client.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Shreveport. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Dog boarding
$30 to $52 per night
Doggy daycare
$22 to $38 per day
Dog walking
$14 to $25 per 30 to 60 minute walk
Drop-in visits
$16 to $28 per 20 to 30 minute visit
House sitting
$30 to $52 per night
Shreveport areas that book the most
Petme bookings in Shreveport come from neighborhoods like Highland, South Highlands, Broadmoor, across walks, drop-in visits, daycare, and boarding.
Louisiana does not license pet sitters or dog walkers. Operating in Shreveport means paying the city Occupational License Tax through the Department of Finance, and Caddo Parish and city ordinances require dogs to be leashed and under control in public, with off-leash use only inside the fenced Shreveport Dog Park; there is no set walker dog-count cap. Report self-employment income on Schedule C against the platform's 1099.
Built for sitters in Shreveport
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
$22,000 in Protection Plan comes with every confirmed booking, so you are never on the hook alone if something goes wrong.
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Start earning in Shreveport
Set your own rate. $22,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.
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