Stay in and care for pets across Los Angeles

Start by narrowing your Los Angeles coverage rather than widening it. A tight area means the requests that reach you are genuinely nearby, and you can always extend it once your week has room.

There is no single-service rule. Sitters in Los Angeles commonly run house sitting on weekdays and take dog walking requests around it, each priced on its own terms.

This page is for people who want to work. If you are looking to book house sitting in Los Angeles instead, you want the owner side of Petme, where you search by address and see the sitters covering your streets. Sitters land here to publish rates and take requests.

House sitting on Petme in Los Angeles runs $55 to $95 per night. You set your own nightly rate, and with sitter cashback you keep up to 90% of every booking.

With house sitting you go to the owner's home; with boarding the pet comes to you. House sitting suits pets that do better in their own space, and it is billed per night the same way.

Yes. You review each home and pet, arrange a meet first if you want, and accept or decline. You set your nightly rate and your available dates, whether the home is in Silver Lake or Echo Park. No assigned bookings and no minimum nights.

Every confirmed Petme booking, including house sitting, includes $22,000 in Protection Plan for the pet in your care, at no cost to you or the owner. The same cover applies whether you stay in Silver Lake or Echo Park.

Yes. Petme recruits sitters across Los Angeles year-round, from Silver Lake to Echo Park, 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 Los Angeles sitters take a few bookings a week around a job or studies and scale up or down as their calendar allows.

You stay in the owner's home and keep their pet's routine: feeding, walks, play, and company overnight, plus basics like mail and plants if asked. Owners book it so their pet stays in familiar surroundings while they travel.

Boarding spikes around film-industry hiatus weeks (mid-December to early January, July), pilot-season travel (January to March), and major awards weekends. That pattern shapes house sitting bookings in Los Angeles across the year. LA splits into a Westside (cool, marine-layer mornings) and Eastside (10 to 15 degrees hotter inland) within the same metro.

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 house sitting bookings in Los Angeles, so it is worth describing the pets you have looked after, including your own, on your profile.

Owners in Los Angeles mostly keep Goldendoodle, French Bulldog, German Shepherd, rescue mixes, Italian Greyhound. Saying on your profile which of those you have stayed with helps owners choose you, because most are looking for someone already comfortable with their dog's size and energy.