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What they need →Websites for dog walkers & pet sitters
Websites for dog walkers & pet sitters that win the work.
Websites for dog walkers and pet sitters that answer the two questions every owner has - can I trust you with my keys, and do you cover my street - before the first message. From £99 a month, live in 3 working days.
Your customers
How people actually choose a dog walker.
An owner hiring a dog walker is giving a near-stranger their house keys, their alarm code and their dog, often while they are at work and cannot check. That makes the decision far more about trust than price. They want to know who will actually walk the dog, whether it will be the same person each time, how many dogs go out together, whether it is on-lead or off-lead, and what happens if something goes wrong. Most find a walker through word of mouth, a local Facebook group or a quick search, then check the walker looks established: insured, checked, with a proper meet-and-greet process. Demand is driven by life changes - a return to the office, a new puppy, a new job - so owners are often searching in a hurry for a start date weeks away. Once a walker is in place, owners are extremely loyal; changing means handing keys to someone new, and nobody wants to do that twice.
When demand peaks. Enquiries spike around returns to the office, the new-puppy season in spring, and before summer and Christmas holidays when owners need sitting cover.
The problem
What most dog walkers & pet sitters websites get wrong.
Most walkers run their business from a Facebook page and a WhatsApp group, which works for existing clients and does nothing for the owner searching for a walker in their postcode. The postcode is the whole problem: walking is hyper-local, rounds are built around a few villages or estates, and an unclear coverage area produces enquiries you cannot take. The other gap is the trust detail - insurance, key handling, group sizes, pick-up windows, what happens in bad weather or if a dog is ill - which owners want in writing and which rarely appears anywhere. A walker's website should read like a clear, calm service agreement with a friendly face on it, and it should say plainly whether you have space right now or are running a waiting list.
What it has to do
The jobs a dog walker website is built for.
Meet-and-greet request
Nobody signs up without meeting you and letting you meet the dog, so this is the real conversion.
Coverage check by postcode or village
Filters out enquiries you cannot serve and reassures the ones you can.
Waiting-list sign-up when full
Walkers fill up; a waiting list turns a lost enquiry into a future client.
The pages we build for you
- Home
- Who walks the dogs, where you cover, and how to arrange a meet-and-greet.
- Services and prices
- Solo walks, group walks, puppy visits, pet sitting - each with a clear price basis.
- Areas covered
- The villages or postcodes on your round, listed honestly.
- How it works
- Meet-and-greet, key handling, pick-up windows, updates and photos.
- About
- The real people walking, their experience, insurance and checks.
- Policies
- Cancellations, bad weather, illness, holidays - the practical terms owners want in writing.
What moves the needle
- Coverage area as a list of real places, not a radius claim
- Walking rounds are built street by street, and honest coverage stops wasted enquiries.
- Key handling and home-security policy
- The biggest unspoken worry for an owner handing over house keys.
- Group size and on-lead/off-lead approach stated
- Owners care deeply, and some councils cap how many dogs one walker can take in public spaces.
- Meet-and-greet booking form
- The first step for every new client, and it captures the dog's details before you visit.
- Availability or waiting-list status
- Saying you are full is better than going quiet; a waiting list keeps the lead.
Trust signals we put on every page: Public liability and care, custody and control insurance · DBS check · Pet first aid certificate · Key-holding and security procedures · Local-authority licence where you also offer home boarding or day care
Concept build
What a dog walker website could look like.
Dog owners want to know two things: what it costs for their breed, and whether a nervous dog will be all right. The page answers both with the energy of a sticker book. A sunflower-yellow card with ink outlines and hard shadows sits on a tomato-red page, and the hero is the joke everyone gets: "Muddy in.
The market, in real numbers
24,310
other personal service businesses, a category that includes pet grooming, pet boarding and tattooing registered across 377 UK local authorities.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, SIC 96090, 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Local authority | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Westminster | 475 |
| Buckinghamshire | 355 |
| Camden | 315 |
| Birmingham | 280 |
| North Yorkshire | 255 |
| Islington | 250 |
| Cheshire East | 235 |
| Wiltshire | 220 |
| Leeds | 210 |
| West Northamptonshire | 210 |
£299to set up
£99a month
3working days to launch
You approve it before anything goes live.
Designed from scratch, every word written for you, hosting and Google setup included. Or pay £1,795 once and £49 a month with no minimum term.
Questions
Dog Walkers & Pet Sitters: what people ask us
How should I show the area I cover as a dog walker?
List the villages, estates or postcodes on your round by name rather than claiming a radius. Walking is built street by street around your routes and pick-up times, and a named list is both more honest and more useful for local search than "within 10 miles". If you have a waiting list for an area, say so.
Do I need a licence to advertise home boarding or day care on my website?
In England, boarding dogs in your home or running dog day care for payment is a licensable activity, so you need a local-authority licence before you offer it. Dog walking on its own is not licensed nationally, though some councils limit how many dogs one walker can take in public spaces. Check with your council, and show your licence on the site if you have one.
I already have a busy social page. Do I need a website?
A social profile cannot be found by someone searching for a barber near them, cannot show a current price list clearly, cannot take a booking without a conversation, and belongs to the platform rather than to you. It works well alongside a website and badly instead of one.
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