Pet care you can
actually see.
Dog walkers, sitters, groomers, trainers, pet taxis and in-home medical care — in one place. GPS-tracked walks, AI visit reports, backup caregivers if your main cancels, and caregivers who keep 100% of what they earn.
Every walk. Every minute. Every wag.
Walks, naps, zoomies and bath days — with caregivers near you.
Walkers, sitters, groomers, trainers — and more.
Book local caregivers for any of these. Each caregiver sets their own price for every service they offer.
Drop-ins, overnight boarding, daycare and house sitting, for dogs, cats, small animals, exotics and farm animals.
Medication, insulin and fluids, post-op home care, vet-visit escorts and hydrotherapy.
Thirty seconds each. Press play.
Short films for pet owners and caregivers — sound on.
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Your sitter just cancelled. What do you mean, you can't make it? Your flight didn't. PetHour dispatches your request to trusted sitters nearby, instantly. Real sitters reply in minutes. You pick, and a backup sitter is on standby, so you're never left stranded. Live GPS. Photo updates. A movie of every visit. PetHour. Every walk. Every minute. Every wag.
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Every walk takes work, so why give away a part of the rate you set? On PetHour, you keep 100% of your service rate and pay one flat monthly plan instead of commission. Set your prices your way, build your pet care business, and keep more control over what you earn. Free to list. Your first month is charged only when you accept your first job. PetHour. Keep all of your rate.
Know exactly where your pet is — and how they're doing.
From the moment a walk starts to the final AI-generated visit report, PetHour keeps you in the loop. No more wondering. No more "trust me" updates.
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GPS-tracked walks — real-time route, distance, duration, and speed. You get a push notification when the walk starts and a summary card when it ends.
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AI visit reports — the visit's checklist, notes and voice-note transcripts written up into a polished summary, alongside the photos and GPS route, delivered to your inbox after every visit.
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Backup caregiver network — add up to 3 backup caregivers to every booking. If your main caregiver cancels, your backups are alerted at once, and the first to accept within 15 minutes steps in.
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Transparent 10% service fee — itemized at checkout. No commissions buried in the caregiver's price, and no fee you don't see before you pay.
Keep 100% of your service rate. Always.
Other platforms take 20% of every booking — forever. On PetHour, you pay a flat monthly subscription and keep every dollar you earn.
Walker, sitter, groomer, trainer, pet-taxi driver, vet tech or hydrotherapist — one profile holds every service you offer, each with its own price.
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Last Minute dispatch — urgent requests reach caregivers in quick batches ordered by plan, so higher plans see them first.
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Insights — demand heatmaps, price benchmarks, backup earnings potential, and an AI business summary every week.
How PetHour works
Create your account
Sign up free. Add your pets — their personality, health notes, and emergency contacts — so every caregiver is fully prepared before day one.
Find & book your caregiver
Browse identity-verified local walkers, sitters, groomers and trainers by service, availability, and reliability score. Add backup caregivers to your Care Team — they're paid just for being on standby.
Watch the visit unfold
Live GPS route during walks. Photo and voice updates from your caregiver during the visit. An AI-generated visit report lands in your inbox when it's done.
Everything pet care should be — and usually isn't.
GPS Route Tracking
Strava-style route maps with distance, duration, speed, and pause time. Live tracking during the walk — watch it unfold from your phone.
AI Visit Reports
Photos, 15-second clips, and voice notes auto-composed into a polished report after every visit. No extra work for caregivers — it just happens.
Backup Caregiver Network
Add up to 3 backup caregivers per booking. If your main cancels, all backups are notified at once — the first to accept within 15 minutes steps in.
Reliability Scores from real bookings
Scores calculated from cancellation rate, response time, repeat clients, and reviews of paid, completed bookings. Hard to game — every scored booking is a real, paid booking.
E-Gift Certificates
Send pet care credit to anyone — even people without a PetHour account. Share a Gift Link and let grandma chip in for Bella's boarding.
Insights
For caregivers: see what caregivers near you charge, when local demand peaks and the urgent jobs you missed — from real activity in your area. Basic on Pro, the full suite on Growth, predictive on Elite.
Need someone in the next hour?
Tap ⚡ Last Minute and PetHour dispatches your request to available background-checked caregivers in quick batches ordered by plan — you can choose to include caregivers on the free trial too. Caregivers respond by text and in-app within minutes, not hours.
Sending a request is free right now — any dispatch fee is shown before you send. You watch caregiver cards appear in real time and pick the one you want within 10 minutes of the first reply.
Start free. Earn before you pay.
Explorer is a free trial — up to 3 jobs worth up to $150 in 30 days, no card, and you keep what you earn. Then choose Pro or Growth: every caregiver on a paid plan is background-checked ($32, every 2 years).
- ✓ Free trial: 3 jobs · $150 · 30 dayskeep what you earn
- ✓ 7 core serviceswalks, drop-ins, boarding, daycare, cats & small animals
- ✓ AI visit reports
- ✓ In-app messaging with owners
- ✓ Meet & greet before the first jobsafe meet & greet
- ✓ Optional background check ($32)
- ✓ Public caregiver profile
- ✓ Reliability score
- ✓ Lowest search ranking + Trial badge
- ✓ Everything in Explorer
- ✓ 14 services+ house sitting, puppy & senior care, medication, pet taxi, farm animals
- ✓ Background check required$32, every 2 years
- ✓ Unlimited active bookings
- ✓ Standard search placement + Pro badge
- ✓ Client CRM & pet profiles
- ✓ Calendar sync
- ✓ Referral & credit program
- ✓ Income tracking & tax export
- ✓ Insights (basic)
- ✓ Care Bundles (up to 3)
- ✓ Everything in Pro
- ✓ 23 services+ grooming, private training, exotic pets, injections & fluids
- ✓ Featured search placement + Growth badge
- ✓ Backup network priority
- ✓ Email marketing & automated follow-ups
- ✓ AI message assistant
- ✓ Up to 3 service areas
- ✓ Full Insights suite
- ✓ Earlier Last Minute alerts
- ✓ Care Bundles (up to 10)
- ✓ Everything in Growth
- ✓ 29–34 services+ professional training & grooming, vet-tech escort, hydrotherapy, post-op care
- ✓ Top search placement + Elite badge
- ✓ Custom services (up to 5)
- ✓ Team member accounts
- ✓ Custom booking website + domain
- ✓ White-label branding
- ✓ API access
- ✓ Priority support
- ✓ Predictive Insights
- ✓ Churn prediction & intervention alerts
- ✓ Care Bundles (unlimited)
🪴 Growing together: your plan only moves up when your 3-month earnings do — one step at a time, never mid-cycle. How growing together works →
Pet owners pay a transparent 10% service fee, shown on its own line at checkout (in California, Colorado and Massachusetts it's already in the prices you see) — no subscriptions, no hidden charges. Full pricing details →
