Dog daycare work in New Orleans without breaking a city rule

The jobs come to you rather than the other way round. List the New Orleans areas you can cover, and owners inside them send requests you are free to turn down.

This is self-employed work rather than an employer role. Owners in New Orleans send booking requests and you accept the ones you want, at the rate you publish for each service. Petme is the platform, not the employer.

No. New Orleans does not allow the day-care side of dog care to happen at the sitter's own home, under 21.6.R. Walk dogs, drop in on cats and dogs, and house sit in New Orleans. All of it happens away from your own address.

Yes. Petme recruits sitters across New Orleans year-round, from Marigny to Bywater, and owners send booking requests directly to sitters in their area. There is no vacancy list to wait on: you create a profile, set the areas you cover, and accept the requests you want.

No. Petme sitters must be 18 or over, so under-18s cannot take bookings yet. From 18 you can start without formal experience: you need a smartphone with the Petme app, to pass ID verification, and a profile that describes the pets you have cared for, including your own.

It fits part-time schedules well because you are self-employed: no assigned shifts, no minimum hours, and you set your own rate. Many New Orleans sitters take a few bookings a week around a job or studies and scale up or down as their calendar allows.

Dog walking runs $16 to $32 per 30 to 60 minute walk and drop-in visits run $18 to $36 per 20 to 30 minute visit. House sitting pays $40 to $82 per night. You set your own rate for each service, and with sitter cashback you keep up to 90% of every booking.

Because of where the work happens. A walk or a drop-in takes place on the street or inside the owner's home, so it is not a business run out of your residence. 21.6.R is aimed at the home occupation, not at the service.

Yes. You review each request, arrange a meet first if you want, and accept or decline it. There are no assigned shifts and no minimum hours, and you set your rate and your availability per service across New Orleans.

Every confirmed Petme booking, including walks, drop-in visits and house sitting, includes $22,000 in Protection Plan for the pet in your care, at no cost to you or the owner.

Mardi Gras, French Quarter Fest, and Jazz Fest fill the city with travel and drive boarding and house-sitting demand, on top of the winter-holiday peak. That pattern shapes dog walking bookings in New Orleans across the year. New Orleans is humid and subtropical, with a June-to-November hurricane season that can force an evacuation on short notice.

No formal qualification is required. You need to be 18 or over, have a smartphone with the Petme app, and pass ID verification. Experience helps you win your first dog walking bookings in New Orleans, so it is worth describing the pets you have looked after, including your own, on your profile.

Owners in New Orleans mostly keep Labrador, Catahoula Leopard Dog, French Bulldog, Pit Bull mixes, rescue mixes. Saying on your profile which of those you have walked helps owners choose you, because most are looking for someone already comfortable with their dog's size and energy.