Pet sitting agreement

• You are a sitter or dog walker taking on a new client and want the dates and the fee confirmed in writing before you get a house key.
• You are leaving town and a neighbor, a friend’s teenager or a sitter you found online will feed and walk your pet while you are gone.
• The care happens away from home: the pet is boarding at the sitter’s place, and both of you want the drop-off and pick-up dates on record.
• You book the same sitter again and again. Each trip gets its own short record instead of one vague “whenever you need me” arrangement.

Priya is flying to her sister’s wedding and books Jordan, a dog walker from her building, to stay overnight with her beagle Waffles for five nights. They agree on $375 for the whole stay, sent by Venmo before Priya leaves.

The app asks for 10 details in 3 short steps: “Who's involved?”, “Pet & care details”, “Payment”. The ones worth a moment’s thought:

Type of Care

Drop-in visits, an overnight stay at the owner’s home, boarding at the sitter’s home, dog walking and daycare are very different jobs at very different prices. Picking one makes it clear whether the sitter is sleeping at your place or popping in twice a day.

Common mistake: Choosing “Drop-in visits” and then expecting someone to be there overnight. If you need a mix — say, walks on weekdays and an overnight on Saturday — pick the main one and spell out the rest in the notes.

Care End Date

The last day of care is when the owner is back and the sitter’s responsibility stops. The app will not accept an end date that is not after the start date.

Common mistake: Setting it to the day your flight lands without a margin. If a delay means one more night, say in the notes what an extra day costs, so nobody has to negotiate it from an airport.

Total Fee

The fee for the whole booking, not a per-day rate. The agreement says it is due before or on the first day of care, which suits both sides: the sitter is not chasing money after the owner is back, and the owner pays once.

Type of Pet

Dog, cat, bird, rabbit, fish or other. With several animals, list each one by name and species in the notes — the pet’s name field holds one name, and a sitter should never discover a second cat on arrival.

Before you can save, the app checks: Care start date must be on or after the agreement date. Care end date must be after the start date.

• You run pet care as a business with employees or a staff of walkers. Licensing, insurance and bonding requirements for pet care differ by state and by city, and a one-page record between two people does not cover them. Check with your city or county before taking on clients.
• The pet has a serious medical condition that needs injections, fluids or close monitoring. Write the instructions down in full, separately, and give the sitter your vet’s contact details. The agreement records that care instructions were provided; it is not the instructions themselves.
• The sitter will stay in your home for weeks and you are also asking them to look after the house: mail, plants, a security system, a car. Add those duties to the notes, or keep a separate list, so the fee is clearly for all of it.

1. You fill in the template in the Agreely app and sign it first.
2. You send the other person one link — by text, WhatsApp, email, anything.
3. They read the same document in their browser, type or draw their signature, and both of you get the identical signed PDF.

Signatures are captured under the U.S. ESIGN Act and UETA, with a certificate page recording who signed, when, and from which device.

• Cleaning service contract

  For a recurring service at someone’s home — weekly or monthly visits instead of a set stay — with a per-visit fee and a cancellation notice built in.