Dog Walker and Cat Sitter

Working with Zen Pet Care

What is Zen Pet Care LLC?

Zen Pet Care LLC is a dog walking and cat sitting company. The pet care professionals employed by Zen Pet Care travel to our clients' homes to perform the duties outlined by our customers.

This job is ideal for working professionals with flexible schedules and other sources of income; retirees and stay-at-home parents who don't need to work; and college students who still live at home.

We provide two types of services:

Dog walking: one visit per day, Monday through Friday, to visit and walk dogs while their owners are at work;

Cat sitting: while clients are away we visit their home one to two times per day to feed and care for their pet(s).

What is essential to work with Zen Pet Care?

You must:

• Have a valid driver's license and access to a reliable, insured vehicle.
• Have daily access to the Internet and the ability to communicate effectively by returning emails and phone calls promptly.
• Live within and be familiar with the service area.
• Commit to at least six months.
• Be able to provide professional references.
• Be willing to submit to a background check.
• Complete Pet First Aid Training. This is an online course. The link will be provided to you.
• You must have a smartphone and be able to access our mobile phone application while performing duties.

Positions with Zen Pet Care

Midday Dog Walkers must be available to walk dogs, Monday through Friday between the hours of 10AM & 3PM. The number of dogs you'll walk on any given day will vary based upon the clients' schedules and when they need pet care. You must be available all of these days and all of these hours. We will not be able to consider those who are only available a few days per week or for only certain hours of the 10-3 time block.

Cat Sitters must be available to work at least two weekends per month and either Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year's Day AND either Memorial Day, Independence Day or Labor Day.

Summary

Those employed by Zen Pet Care can be classified as either a Midday Dog Walker, a Cat Sitter or both. This is based on your availability and what services you're interested in offering to our clients.

The Zen Pet Care service area is broken into towns. Each Sitter/Walker is assigned to a specific area or areas. To start, we will plug you in where we can until you build up your client base in your area.

We keep our sitters' assignments as close to their "home base" as possible to increase their profits. The usual travel distance is 2.5 to 8 miles with a max distance of 10 miles, unless they have agreed to travel further.

Midday Walkers build their regular schedules by either inheriting the walks of another sitter who is no longer able to offer their services to Zen Pet Care or by adding on new clients that sign up for service. Our regular midday clients retain the same "walker" until their relationship with Zen Pet Care ends or until the walker is no longer employed by Zen Pet Care. Our walkers visit their same clients in their route Monday through Friday based on the clients' booking schedule.

Cat Sitters are chosen as the "primary sitter" for a client by the service areas that they cover and by their availability submitted to the Zen Pet Care database. After a sitter is assigned as the "primary sitter," Zen Pet Care will make every attempt to book that same sitter for the client for subsequent bookings. If the primary sitter is unavailable, then Zen Pet Care will assign a secondary sitter to the assignment using the same protocol as explained above. A client may choose to meet with any back-up / secondary sitter, they may choose to have a phone conversation or they may just ask that Zen Pet Care send the sitter without introduction.

While Zen Pet Care sitters do their best to cover in cases of emergencies, this is not a job where "calling in sick" is tolerated. The pets in your care depend on you to complete your assignments and ONE no-call / no-show is cause for immediate termination of assignments.

Working as an Employee

Zen Pet Care chooses to work with employees to perform the pet care duties outlined by our customers.

As an employee you’re paid an hourly rate, $17 - $18, plus tips and bonuses.

Long-Term Relationship

Zen Pet Care is interested in working with employees who want to build a long-term relationship with our company and our clients. It's not a good position for those trying to find interim work while in between jobs or trying to "figure out" what their next step is. Our clients come to trust their assigned Zen Pet Care pet caregiver and appreciate it when they’re able to grow a trusted relationship with that person.

Compensation

• Your hourly rate is $17 - $18.
• You receive 100% of tips.
• Your compensation for meetings with new clients is a $15 flat rate.
• You’re paid every other Friday (every two weeks) by direct deposit into your bank account. Each pay period covers 14 days from Sunday through the following Saturday. Ongoing pet sitting jobs that straddle two or more pay periods will be paid out over two or more pay checks.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $17.00 - $18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Work Location: In person