Systems for Pet Sitters & Dog Walkers
Leash in one hand. Bookings handled by the other.
Handing over house keys and a beloved dog is a big step for any owner. They want to know where you walk, how many dogs go out at once, whether you're insured and what happens if a pup slips a harness. We build walkers and sitters a friendly, straightforward site that answers all of that and books the meet-and-greet.
Common challenges
What slows down Pet Sitters & Dog Walkers
"Do you come out to Riverdale?"
You cover a few neighbourhoods tightly so you're not driving across the city between walks. When your area isn't posted, you waste time on inquiries you'd never take.
Holiday sitting chaos
Christmas, spring break and long weekends fill up months ahead, and the requests arrive as texts, DMs and voicemails at once. Something always gets double-booked or forgotten.
The trust gap
A new client wants reassurance: insurance, bonding, a pet first aid course, how keys are handled. When that's written down clearly, nervous owners relax much sooner.
Group walk rules, explained again and again
Max dogs per walk, recall requirements, vaccinations, spay and neuter rules for groups. Explaining it fresh to every new owner eats an evening a week.
Reviews scattered everywhere
Kind words live in your texts and a neighbourhood group online. It would be lovely if they also helped when someone searches 'dog walker near me'.
The solution
The system we'd build for you
A service-area page with a real map
The communities you cover, the hours you walk and what happens if someone's just outside the line, so the wrong inquiries filter themselves out.
Services that read like a menu
Solo walks, group walks, drop-in visits, overnight sitting, puppy lunch breaks, each with what's included and how long you're there.
A trust section owners actually look for
Your insurance and any bonding, first aid training, how you store keys and lockbox codes, what you do in an emergency. Plain, specific, reassuring.
Meet-and-greet booking
Your scheduling app linked or embedded, starting with the free intro visit so new clients don't skip it. We can work alongside tools like Time To Pet or Gingr.
A new-client checklist page
Vaccines, temperament notes, feeding, vet details and key handoff, explained so the first visit is smooth instead of a twenty-question text thread.
Google profile and review links
Service area set correctly, photos of happy dogs (with owners' OK) and an easy way for clients to leave a review.
Recommended package
Website Only
Walkers and sitters run on trust and a tight schedule, not software. A clean site, a clear meet-and-greet path and the scheduling app you already use cover it.
Popular add-ons for Pet Sitters & Dog Walkers
Wherever you are
Just starting, growing or decades in.
Whether you haven't opened yet or you've been at it for decades, here's how we'd help at each stage.
Starting out
Just an idea, or brand new
Walking a few neighbours' dogs and ready to make it official? Start Your Company can give you a friendly name and logo, a simple site and a Google listing for your service area, so you can focus on insurance and your routes.
Growing
Busy and getting busier
When you add a second walker or a van, the site starts doing more explaining: who'll show up, how routes are split by community, and how holiday sitting gets requested.
Established
Years or decades in
Long-time sitters with a full roster often just want fewer texts and a tidy waitlist. We keep it small and familiar, and gather the kind words your clients have shared over the years into one place.
An example
What it could look like in real life
An illustration of how it could work. The business and details are made up for the example.
Say you run a small walking and drop-in business covering a handful of communities on the northwest side of the city. You're turning down inquiries from the deep south and still getting asked whether you take reactive dogs. We build a site with a coverage map, a page on group walk rules, a clear note on which dogs get solo walks only, and a holiday sitting page with your booking cut-off dates. The meet-and-greet button opens your existing scheduling app. Your Google profile lists those communities as your service area, and a review link goes out after each new client's first month.
Questions we get
FAQ
I already have a pet-care scheduling app. Do I need something else?
No. Keep it for scheduling, visit notes and billing. The website's job is to get new clients into it, so we link or embed it where your app allows.
Should I post my home address?
No. We list your service area on Google instead, so you show up locally without broadcasting where you live and where the keys are.
How do I handle holiday demand without a flood of texts?
A holiday page with your dates, cut-off for requests and any holiday rates, plus one booking path. Requests arrive in order instead of all over your phone.
Is this overkill for a one-person business?
Not the way we build it. It's a few pages answering what owners ask before trusting you with their pet.
Free 15-minute call
New to walking or caring for a long list of regulars, we'd love to help owners find you.
Let's chat for 15 minutes, free, about how new clients find you today.
- A service-area page with a real map
- Services that read like a menu
- A trust section owners actually look for