Turn spare hours in Fort Lauderdale into pet care income

You choose the areas of Fort Lauderdale you cover, and owners in those areas send you booking requests. Nothing is assigned to you across town. Set your coverage to the streets you can actually reach, and decline anything outside them.

You pick which services to offer, so dog walking alongside pet sitting is normal. Each carries its own rate that you set, and you can switch one off without touching the other. Most sitters in Fort Lauderdale start with one and add a second once the calendar fills.

If you want the work, this is the right page: you set the rate for pet sitting in Fort Lauderdale and take the requests that suit you. If you want to hire, the owner search by address is where to look.

On Petme in Fort Lauderdale, dog walking at $18 to $38 per 30 to 60 minute walk, drop-in visits at $18 to $42 per 20 to 30 minute visit, doggy daycare at $30 to $62 per day, dog boarding at $42 to $95 per night, house sitting at $42 to $95 per night. With sitter cashback you keep up to 90% of every booking.

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 Fort Lauderdale sitters take a few bookings a week around a job or studies and scale up or down as their calendar allows.

Most new sitters start with dog walking and drop-in visits, then add boarding or daycare once they have a few five-star reviews and know their schedule.

Petme bookings in Fort Lauderdale come from neighborhoods like Las Olas Isles, Victoria Park, Rio Vista, across walks, drop-in visits, daycare, and boarding.

Yes. You set a rate for each service and your own available hours, and you accept or decline each request, whether the booking is in Las Olas Isles or Victoria Park. No assigned shifts, no minimum hours.

Every Petme booking 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 sit in Las Olas Isles or Victoria Park.

Yes. Petme recruits sitters across Fort Lauderdale year-round, from Las Olas Isles to Victoria 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.

Demand spikes in winter (December through March) when snowbirds and tourists fill the beach, and again over the summer holidays, with boarding and drop-in visits leading as owners travel. That pattern shapes pet sitting bookings in Fort Lauderdale across the year.

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 pet sitting bookings in Fort Lauderdale, so it is worth describing the pets you have looked after, including your own, on your profile.

Owners in Fort Lauderdale mostly keep French Bulldog, Labrador Retriever, Goldendoodle, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Yorkshire Terrier. Saying on your profile which of those you have looked after helps owners choose you, because most are looking for someone already comfortable with their dog's size and energy.