If you love your favorite pet, but you always leave them with a friend or a neighbor whenever you travel or go on vacation, you can choose to hire a pet sitter, instead of owing your friends and neighbors favors. The sitting business has plenty of pet sitting services developed and you can choose the best one for your cat dog or any other pet you own. Pet Sitters are a great alternative to traditional but impersonal kennel environments.

- Where can you find a pet sitter

Just like any other sitter job, you can search or post ads in newspapers, pet magazines but also use online resources to search for pet sitters and pet sitting services. There are a few online pet sitter services where you can search for a pet sitter within a certain mile radius around your zip code. Type pet sitter services in any search engine and you will be surprised with how many resources you can find.

- Pet sitter services

Pet sitters will take care of your favorite pet by making sure they follow their proper meal routine, get enough outdoor activity (in the case of dogs more specifically), play with them and also in case of certain medical conditions, make sure they are treated according to the veterinarian’s advice.

Professional pet sitters, will most of the time have you sign a pet sitter contract, where the terms and obligations are clearly established. They will also require of you to share the medical history of your pet, in order for the pet sitting service to match your pet’s needs. Most of the time professional pet sitter will be insured and bonded.




- Evaluating what type of pet services you need

If you just need somebody to walk your dogs, you probably do not need a professional pet sitter, but if you are away for a few days or even weeks or your pet has a special medical condition, professional pet sitters are your safest bet. You should review their past experience, specific expertise with your type of pet, and also make sure they have proof of their pet sitter insurance and other certifications.

- Pet sitter rates

The pay rate for pet sitter varies from $5 an hour up to even $20 dollars an hour, depending on how many pets the sitter supervises, what services are provided and for what amount of time.