Pick up pet sitting work across Boulder
Grow from a couple of bookings near Downtown Boulder and Mapleton Hill to a full weekly round. Set your own rates and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Petme is live in Boulder. Get verified and start accepting requests in your neighborhood.
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Local know-how pays off in Boulder
Boulder sits at the foot of the Rockies with a semi-arid climate, roughly 300 sunny days a year, warm July afternoons in the 80s with frequent thunderstorms, and cold, snowy winters. Sitters watch the altitude and dry air on trail walks, shorten midday outings during summer storms, and salt paw pads and shorten routes when chinook winds have left ice on shaded sidewalks.
When demand peaks
Demand climbs in summer when owners head to the mountains and on winter holidays, plus move-in and move-out weeks tied to the University of Colorado calendar. Boarding and house sitting lead during travel stretches, while dog walking and drop-in visits carry the workweek for the tech, aerospace, and research workers who fill Boulder's offices and labs.
Know your Boulder areas
Most bookings cluster Downtown to Table Mesa. Owners look for sitters who know the area and can reach them without a long trip.
Breeds you will meet in Boulder
Owners here mostly keep Golden Retriever, Labrador Retriever, Australian Shepherd, Bernese Mountain Dog. 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 Boulder. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Dog walking
$17 to $28 per 30 to 60 minute walk
Drop-in visits
$20 to $34 per 20 to 30 minute visit
House sitting
$45 to $75 per night
Boulder areas that book the most
Petme bookings in Boulder come from neighborhoods like Downtown Boulder, Mapleton Hill, Whittier, across walks, drop-in visits and house sitting.
A home occupation in Boulder may not be an animal boarding operation. That is 9-6-1. You work at the owner's home in Boulder: walks, drop-ins, and staying over. Colorado does not license pet sitters or dog walkers. Boulder is a home-rule city, so operating here means registering for a City of Boulder business and sales/use tax license in addition to the state registration. Dogs must be leashed within city limits except in designated dog parks; the city's Open Space Voice and Sight tag program allows off-leash access on certain trails for handlers who complete the required course. Report pet-care earnings as self-employment income on Schedule C against the platform's 1099.
Built for sitters in Boulder
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.
Pet Sitting Jobs in Boulder
What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Boulder.
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Pet sitting jobs near Boulder
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Boulder
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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