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 Flower Mound, Highland Village, Lewisville, and the nearby lake-area neighborhoods, including Castle Hills and the streets close to Lake Lewisville.
What the job actually is
You visit pets in their own homes while their people are at work or traveling. Dogs and cats, roughly half and half, so it's broader than dog walking. A visit is 25 to 30 minutes: feed, refresh water, scoop the litter or open the yard, 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.
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 Flower Mound and Highland Village, 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 handle payroll taxes.
Assignments within about 5 miles of your home, so a Flower Mound sitter stays in Flower Mound and a Lewisville sitter stays near Lewisville, not crisscrossing the whole area
Application takes under a minute, no account needed
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.