Pet Care Professional (Dog Walker & Pet Sitter)

Company Description

Elliott’s Pet Care was founded by Ryan Elliott, who transitioned from a long career in real estate to full-time pet care in 2019. With over two decades of experience in pet care alongside other professional pursuits, the business has grown into a trusted local service. Elliott’s Pet Care supports families with the care of their pets and homes across multiple North Shore communities. The service area includes Deerfield, Riverwoods, Bannockburn, Highland Park, Highwood, Northbrook, Glencoe, Glenview, Lake Forest, and Lake Bluff. Applicants join a small, community-focused team dedicated to reliable, compassionate care. What is Elliott’s Pet Care? Elliott’s Pet Care provides premier, full-service in-home pet sitting and dog walking. Our professional pet care providers travel to our clients homes, delivering customized care right in the comfort of the pet's own home. We provide pet parents with peace of mind that their homes and pets are in good hands while they are at work or on vacation. Our clients are located primarily in The North Shore Suburbs. Zip Codes & Towns Serviced: 60015: Deerfield, Bannockburn, Riverwoods (Quadrant 1) 60022: Glencoe (Quadrant 3) 60025/60026: Glenview (Quadrant 2) 60035: Highland Park (Quadrant 3) 60040: Highwood, Town of Fort Sheridan (Quadrant 3) 60044: Lake Bluff (Quadrant 4) 60045: Lake Forest (Quadrant 4) 60062: Northbrook (Quadrant 2) 60069: Lincolnshire (Quadrant 1) What is essential to work with Elliott’s Pet Care? You must:

• Be at least 21-years of age.
• 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 within 12-hours.
• Be familiar with the service area.
• Commit to at least 1 year.
• You are a knowledgeable, dedicated animal lover committed to providing top-tier care for North Shore pet parents. While working with animals is incredibly rewarding, please note that this is not just an "easy" job—it requires true professionalism, reliability, and a serious commitment to the safety and well-being of the pets in our care.
• Be able to provide 2 professional references.
• Submit a current background check to Elliott’s Pet Care.
• Complete Pet First Aid Training (Before offered first pet sitting assignment)
• This is an online course. The link will be provided to you.
• You must be able to access our mobile phone application while performing duties. (Smartphone.)

Pet Care Professional Positions with Elliott’s Pet Care Mid Day Dog Walkers must be available to walk dogs, Monday through Friday between the hours of 10 AM & 3:00 PM. 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 AM 3 PM time block. Pet Sitters must be available to work at least (2) weekends per month and either Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Easter AND either Memorial Day or Labor Day. Pet Sitters visit our client’s home multiple times per day, therefore need to be available for AM, EVENING (4-6 PM) & LATE NIGHT (7-9 PM) visits. House Sitting/Overnight Care - You spend the evening in our clients’ home from 11pm to 7am ensuring the pet maintains their daily routine. This also includes 3 visits throughout the day, which include breakfast, dinner, and bedtime. A midday visit might be added by the client.

Summary

Pet Care Professionals contracted by Elliott’s Pet Care can either be classified as a Mid Day Dog Walker, a Pet Sitter, a House Sitter or any combination of the three positions. This is based on your availability and what services you’re interested in offering to our Elliott’s Pet Care clients’. Elliott’s Pet Care service area is broken down into 4 quadrants. Each Pet Care Provider is assigned to a specific area or areas. To start, we will plug you in where we can until you build up your book of business in your area. We try to 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. Note: For house sitting assignments, sitters can travel further because their “home base” is the client’s home. Mid-Day Walkers build their regular schedules by either inheriting the walks of another sitter who is no longer able to offer their services to Elliott’s Pet Care, or by adding on new clients that sign-up for service. Our regular mid-day clients retain the same “walker” until their relationship with Elliott’s Pet Care ends or until the walker is no longer contracted by Elliott’s Pet Care. Our walkers visit their same clients in their route Monday through Friday based on the clients booking schedule. Pet Sitters are chosen as the “primary sitter” for a client by the service areas that they cover and by their availability submitted to the Elliott’s Pet Care database. After a sitter is assigned as the “primary sitter,” Elliott’s Pet Care will make every attempt to book that same sitter for the client for subsequent bookings. If the primary sitter is unavailable then Elliott’s Pet Care will assign a secondary sitter to the assignment using the same protocol as explained above. The same protocol is followed for assigning House Sitters as the “primary sitter.” While Elliott’s Pet Care Pet Care Providers 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 (1) no-call; no-show is cause for immediate termination. Working as an Independent Contractor Elliott’s Pet Care chooses to work with independent contractors (IC’s) as their Pet Care Providers to perform the pet care duties outlined by our clients. An independent contractor is someone who runs his or her own business. IC’s are able to work for many companies at the same time. As an independent contractor you’re paid a percentage rather than an hourly rate. For a complete list of Services and Rates go to https://www.elliottspetcareservices.com/ Long-Term Relationship Elliott’s Pet Care is interested in working with IC’s who want to build a long-term relationship with our company and it’s 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 Pet Care Professional with Elliott’s Pet Care and appreciate it when they’re able to grow a trusted relationship with that person.

Compensation

Your percentage is 48% of every daily visit service you provide. Your percentage is 60% for each overnight stay. You’re paid biweekly after submitting your invoice through our pet sitting software, Time To Pet by direct deposit into your bank account via Gusto.