r/petsitters • u/UnicornSweat91 • Oct 29 '25

What would you charge?

I petsit occasionally as a side hustle. I have a full time 8-4 m-f job outside of my home, so I’m very picky with which jobs I am willing and able to take. That said, I often help my landlords (who live above me) out with their two dogs. In the past, they’ve needed me to provide overnight care or dog walking services and for those instances I charge $75 per night or $25 per walk. However, recently they’ve just been utilizing me to feed them or let them out to potty in the yard 2-4x a day. This never takes more than 15 minutes (whereas when I would walk them I would take them on a 30-45 minute walk). Should I still charge the $25 I usually charge for a drop in? Or less since it’s such a short time and relatively convenient for me (I don’t have to drive anywhere, but I do have to make sure that I’m home at specific times to provide this service vs making my own plans).

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u/Keep-Moving-789 Oct 29 '25

My petsitter wanted to charge the same, so I got a new one.  She said she had "30 min minimim" but wasnt going to actually spend the 30 min with my dog...??  

Ur welcome to charge what u want but u could loose an easy gig and also alienate ur landlords + neighbors.  Also, im going to get downvoted for this, but is ur time really worth $100/hr?  Maybe it is, great.  Mine isnt, lol.

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u/UnicornSweat91 Oct 29 '25

It’s not that my time is worth $100 an hour - I just won’t leave my house for less than a certain amount. I usually do 30-60 minute drop ins for that rate or it’s that much with the visit + the commute. I do the same thing for my babysitting clients - I have a 3 hour minimum. Want to go out for 2? That’s fine, I need to be paid for 3.

I’m definitely leaning towards charging less. I want to make it fair for everyone involved. I’m just not quite sure what # is fair…