Job Description
To be considered, apply on our website. Search "DFW Pet Sitting" and go to the Jobs page. Applications sent through this site are not reviewed.
DFW Pet Sitting Services has been caring for North Texas pets since 2003. Today we're about 200 sitters and 8,000 client families, and we're adding sitters across Collin County: Plano, Frisco, Allen, McKinney, Prosper, and the neighborhoods in between. Wherever you live in the area, we have clients near you.
What the job actually is
Pet sitting and dog walking, in the client's home. You visit pets while their people are at work or traveling. Dogs and cats, roughly half and half, so this is more than a walking route. A visit is 25 to 30 minutes: feed, refresh water, scoop the litter or take the dog out, give meds if the pet is on them, walk if the plan calls for it, and then spend the rest of the time being good company. Most of our sitters say the hanging-out part is the best part.
This is mostly single-family homes with yards, from West Plano and Frisco's newer subdivisions to the established neighborhoods in Allen and East Plano, with some apartments and townhomes around Legacy West and The Star. Plenty of quiet streets for walks. Your assignments match where you live.
How scheduling works
We ask one question: are you available mornings, middays, and evenings? Available, not committed. You will not be working all three windows every day. Every assignment is offered to you individually and you say yes or no. Nothing goes on your calendar unless you accept it.
If you can do middays, tell us. Midday is where we're thinnest across Plano, Frisco, and Allen, and it's the visit clients care about most, because they want the same sitter walking in at the same hour every workday. That consistency is what they're paying for.
How pay works
You're paid per visit, not by the clock. Each 25-minute visit pays $12.50, which works out to $25 an hour of visit time. Because your assignments are kept within about 5 miles of your home, the drive between visits is usually 5 to 10 minutes, so a string of midday visits runs close to that $25 rate for the block. Drive time itself is not paid separately.
The details
W-2 employee, not a contractor. We've hired this way since 2003 and handle payroll taxes for you.
Assignments within about 5 miles of your home, so a Frisco sitter stays in Frisco and a Plano sitter stays in Plano, not crossing the whole county
Application takes under a minute, no account needed
How to apply
To be considered, apply on our website. Search "DFW Pet Sitting" and go to the Jobs page. Applications sent through this site are not reviewed.