Are you passionate about animals and love spending time with them? Playful Paws Pet Care is looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic, part-time, pet care professional to join our growing team of sub-contractors. If you’re someone who enjoys the outdoors, has a knack for understanding pets, and is committed to providing exceptional care, we want to hear from you.

Playful Paws Pet Care is a trusted name in delivering professional pet care services in Wheathampstead, Harpenden, St Albans and surrounding villages. We pride ourselves on treating every pet as if they were our own, ensuring they receive the love, attention, and exercise they need. We currently provide drop in visits, pet sitting, dog walking and pet transportation and are looking to add home boarding.

It’s in the name. We want pets to truly enjoy themselves when in our care and if you are an animal lover, what can be better than delivering that.

As a part-time sub-contractor, you can determine what type of work you do, how many hours you work per week and when you work. That of course is subject to demand and requirements from clients. There isn’t a minimum guaranteed number of hours. 

Pay rates will depend on the particular job you fulfil but contractors receive 80% of the client charge – see our client rate card here:

https://playfulpawspetcare.co.uk/prices.

Please note that you will be self-employed and not an employee of Playful Paws Pet Care and as such you will be responsible for your own taxes and insurance.

As a part-time sub-contractor to Playful Paws Pet Care, you will choose to represent the company in providing one or more of the services listed below:

• Dog walking
• Drop in visits
• Pet sitting
• Home boarding
• Pet transportation

Dog Walking

• Provide safe and engaging walks for dogs of all breeds, sizes, and temperaments in all types of weather.
• Able to handle multiple dogs at one time
• Maintain a clean environment by picking up after dogs
• Transport dogs to different locations for varied walks
• Clean down dogs after muddy walks before return

Drop in visits and pet sitting

• Attend short drop in visits or longer overnight pet sitting services, to provide feeding, playtime, walking, companionship and medication as necessary.
• Ensure the pets’ environment is clean and comfortable.
• Undertake small household jobs such as collecting the mail, watering plants and putting bins out

Home boarding

• Only available if you have a home boarding licence
• Provide home boarding for dogs either during the day or for extended periods 
• Provide feeding, playtime, walking, companionship and medication as necessary.
• Transport pets as necessary

Pet transportation

• Take pets and owners to the vets and back home
• Transport pets to kennels/ catteries or pick up from kennels/ catteries

General

• Communicate with pet owners to provide updates about their pets’ activities and well-being, including photos/ videos.
• Monitor the behaviour and health of pets in your care and report any health or behavioural concerns promptly to pet owners.
• Be prepared to take pets to vets if unwell

• A genuine love for animals and experience in handling pets.
• Physical fitness to walk and play with active pets.
• Reliable transportation, driving licence and flexibility in scheduling.
• Excellent communication skills, trustworthy, punctual and honest.
• Must attend a pet first aid course and undergo a DBS check (shared cost).

Sound like you? Get in touch:

contact@playfulpawspetcare.co.uk