Pet sitting by the hour.
See the rate before you book.
A local sitter at your home — visits or overnights. Rate shown up front; keep the same sitter.
A local sitter who comes to your home — feeding, walks, company and overnights while you're away. The rate is shown up front, and your pets keep the same sitter.
- Free to look — no account
- £10 credit that lowers hourly service rates when you sign up and download the app
- Visits or overnight stays, your home
Just need the daily walk? Dog walkers by the hour →
How Locufy keeps you safe
ID checked, then deleted
Photo ID checked against the person, then deleted — not stored.
Reviews only from real jobs
Only booked jobs can be rated, by both sides.
Your number stays private
Calls and messages run through Locufy once a booking is confirmed.
Ranked by real distance
Pet sitters ordered by how close they really are — never a county-wide list.
Near you
The pet sitters nearest to you
Pet sitting is local. Tell us where you are and we show who is in your area, their real hourly rate and how far away they are.
Where are you?
Results are ranked by real distance, so we need a place to start from. An Eircode is most accurate; a town or area works too.
Your location is used once to rank results and is not stored.
What is hourly pet sitting on Locufy?
A sitter at your home — or a daily walker
Hourly pet sitting is one local sitter who comes to your home while you're away — a visit to feed and walk, or an overnight stay — at a rate they show up front. Most people book a visit or two a day, or an overnight, and keep the same sitter so their pets know who's coming. If you're home and just need the daily walk, that's a dog walker by the hour.
A pet sitter, by the hour
- Home visits — feeding, litter, walks, company
- Overnight stays in your home
- Cats, dogs, rabbits, fish — say what you have
- Rate per hour, shown before you book
A walker for the daily walk
- One walker, usually a one-hour walk
- Weekdays, once a week or one-off
- Solo or small group — agree it in messages
- Booked by the hour, same checks
The rate you see is the rate you pay
Credit makes it lower
Pet sitters set their own hourly rates. Locufy Credit comes off that rate automatically when you book — no codes, and it doesn't expire. Every referral and every review adds more.
- £10credit that lowers hourly service rates — sign up and download the app
- £10per friend — both of you
- £1for every review
To get your £10: sign up and download the Locufy app.
The credit lands in your account in the app and reduces your hourly rate.
Typically around 10% off the rate; the exact amount depends on the pet sitter.
Example — 2 hours of pet sitting
- Pet sitter's rate
- £20/hr
- With your £10 credit that lowers hourly service rates
- about £18/hr
- You pay for 2 hours
- £36 £40
No subscription fees. Our job is getting your rate down — not adding to it.
How it works
Booked in three steps
- 1
Say where you are
Town or area is enough — pet sitters are ranked by real distance to you.
- 2
Compare sitters
Hourly rate, distance, badges and reviews from booked jobs — side by side.
- 3
Book the hours
One-off or repeating. Instant Book confirms on the spot; others confirm your request. Extend during the job if you need to.
Rather not search? Post the job.
Say what you need, your hours and your budget. Local pet sitters see it and contact you — free, no account, no app needed.
What protects you
The checks behind every booking
What we do before you book, and what happens if something goes wrong.
They prove who they are
Providers prove who they are with photo ID. We check it's really them — then the ID is deleted, not kept. The “ID checked” badge shows who has done it.
Garda vetting & references on request
Badges on the profile show which ones a pet sitter has; the documents themselves are never published. Request them with one tap: if they're on file, they come straight to you.
Reviews with a make-it-right step
Under four stars, you're asked first whether to send it to the pet sitter so they can put it right — and we follow it through. Sorted or not, you then leave whatever review you want.
Your number stays private
Calls and messages open once a booking is confirmed and run through Locufy, so you never have to hand out your number — unless you want to.
No-show protection
If a pet sitter doesn't turn up, it's recorded. Three no-shows and they're suspended from Locufy for six months.
Hours that are real
Pet sitters confirm their available hours every month, or they stop showing — so the people you see are actually taking work.
A pet sitter without the Garda vetting or reference badge hasn't failed anything — they just haven't added it yet. You can always ask them to.
We're new, and we won't pretend otherwise
No invented ratings or “trusted by thousands” here — reviews appear as real customers leave them (see us on Trustpilot). We are growing area by area. None in yours yet? Tell us where you are and our team will go and find someone.
Questions about hourly pet sitting
- Each pet sitter sets their own rate and shows it on their profile, and your credit comes off it automatically.
- A visit is usually an hour; an overnight is booked as the hours you agree. Say in messages what your pets need and the sitter will tell you what works.
- Agree key access or a lockbox in messages once the booking is confirmed; your number stays private unless you share it.
- Yes, between visits — if that doesn't suit, book an overnight stay or more visits.
- Yes — save or follow a sitter and rebook them in a tap, weekly or whenever you need.
- No — boarding kennels and catteries keep your pet at their premises and quote for the stay. Pet sitting is at your home, by the hour.
- Tell us what you need and where. Our team goes looking for sitters in your area, adds them to Locufy and emails you when someone's bookable — we aim to do it within 24–48 hours.
See the pet sitters near you — and what they charge
Free to look. No account needed. Rates shown before you book.
Mind pets by the hour? Set your rate, your areas and your hours, and you appear on this page for every area you cover. Free to join.