About This Role
This part-time Pet Sitter role involves driving to clients' homes for scheduled pet-care visits, providing attentive care, and communicating with both management and pet owners. It is ideal for individuals with existing animal care experience, such as veterinary technicians or kennel staff, who are seeking flexible hours.
Responsibilities
- Drive to clients’ homes for scheduled pet-care visits
- Feed, walk, play with, and care for dogs, cats, and other household pets
- Follow each pet’s feeding, medication, exercise, and care instructions
- Administer medications when needed and within your training and experience
- Watch for changes in behavior, appetite, mobility, or overall health
- Communicate any concerns to management and pet owners
- Send clients visit updates and photos
- Clean up after pets and leave their space clean and comfortable
- Safely handle dogs of different sizes, breeds, ages, and temperaments
- Make sure pets are properly secured during walks and visits
- Provide basic grooming such as brushing when requested
- Follow company safety and pet-care procedures
Requirements
- Reliable and punctual
- Comfortable working independently in clients’ homes
- Confident handling dogs and cats
- Good at reading animal body language
- Comfortable with pets that may be nervous, elderly, energetic, or have special care needs
- Professional and friendly when communicating with clients
- Able to follow detailed care instructions
- Comfortable using your phone for scheduling, communication, and client photos
- Reliable transportation
- Valid driver’s license
- Reliable smartphone for scheduling, communication, and client photos
- Availability for weekday and/or weekend morning and afternoon visits
- Comfortable traveling between client homes
- Comfortable working with dogs of different sizes and breeds
- Ability to follow company procedures and client care instructions
- 2 years of animal care experience (Required)
- English language (Required)
- Driver's License (Required)
- Day Shift (Required)
- Night Shift (Required)
Nice to have:
- Previous animal-care experience
- Experience with administering oral or topical medications
- Caring for senior pets
- Recognizing signs of illness or distress
- Dog handling and restraint
- Pet body language and behavior