Pet sitting and dog walking in Plano since 2003

Looking for a pet sitter in Plano?

Plano is not a small assignment. It is a city of roughly 292,000 people spread across seven ZIP codes, and the drive from Legacy West to the older streets around Haggard Park is a real drive. That is why we do not run visits out of one central pool. The sitter assigned to your home lives near your home, usually inside five miles, and that same person handles your visits.

We have been doing this since 2003 and have completed more than a million pet care visits across Dallas-Fort Worth. Every sitter is a W-2 employee of this company rather than a contractor we found on an app. We hire them, screen them, background-check them and train them, and we carry commercial liability insurance and bonding on the work they do. If that sounds like a lot of process for a twenty-five minute visit, it is. Someone is being handed your keys and your animals.

You will meet your sitter before you pay for anything. The meet-and-greet is free and it happens in your home, where your pets are relaxed and where the details actually live: which cabinet the food is in, which dog guards the water bowl, which cat will hide behind the dryer for the first two days. The person taking those notes on your floor is the person who comes back.

Our Plano pet sitting and dog walking services

Vacation & Travel Pet Sitting — Business travel, a long weekend, or three weeks abroad, your animals keep the same day they already have. Your Plano sitter runs the routine off your notes: feeding hours, medication, walks, and the specific fuss each pet expects. Dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, fish and small caged animals all stay at home rather than in a boarding kennel.

Daily Dog Walking — Perfect for Plano families with puppies, senior dogs, or busy work schedules. Your dog walker commits to a consistent weekly schedule — same person, same times. We’re not “Uber for dog walkers.” Your walker is nearby.

Cat Sitting — Litter, portioned feeding, play, and medication in your cat’s own home. See how our cat visits work.

Short-Notice & Holiday Coverage — Plano is one of the more densely staffed cities we cover, so a request that lands midweek for the weekend is often no trouble at all. Thanksgiving and Christmas are the two exceptions, and they close out well ahead of time.

House Sitting & Home Checks — A smaller part of what we do, but we do offer it: mail and package pickup, alternating lights, trash and recycling bins out and back, plant watering, and a walk-through to confirm nothing has gone wrong while you were away. Most clients add it onto pet visits rather than booking it on its own.

What sets us apart from apps like Rover and Wag

On an app you’re hiring a stranger with a profile. With us you’re hiring a managed employee of a company that has been accountable in Plano since 2003. Side by side:

	Rover / Wag	DFW Pet Sitting
Who enters your home	A different contractor each time you book	One assigned sitter — the same person, every visit
Who they work for	Independent gig contractor	W-2 employee: background-checked, trained, supervised
If something goes wrong	Platform “guarantee” with exclusions	Commercial liability insurance and bonding
If your sitter cancels	You re-book and hope	Manager activates backup from 250+ DFW staff
Oversight	Nothing between you and the sitter	Every visit tracked by a manager in real time
Before your first visit	Optional chat, often skipped	Free in-person meet-and-greet, always

Cat sitting in Plano

Cats do better at home than boarded. A visit is 25 minutes: fresh water, food the way you portion it, a scooped litter box, play, and a look at how your cat is doing. You get a photo.

Sitters handle pills, insulin, sub-q fluids, eye drops, and inhalers. If a cat hides, they sit on the floor and wait. They do not leave without seeing the cat.

One visit a day is the least a healthy adult cat should get. Kittens, elderly cats and cats on medication need two. We are not going to pile up food, leave the box, and pretend a long weekend is handled; you will hear that from us during the consultation rather than afterward.

More on how we look after cats across the Metroplex is on our cat sitting page.

Your Home’s Security Is Our Priority

Our method is deliberately unremarkable — no uniforms, no marked vehicles, no sign in the yard. Plano’s established neighborhoods have long-standing rhythms and observant neighbors, and we would rather blend into that than interrupt it.

To the street, your sitter is simply a visitor. That is intentional: we are not going to turn your absence into free advertising, and a house with somebody arriving twice a day reads as occupied.

Discretion isn’t a perk. It’s standard.

Meet our Plano sitters

These are the actual people who will care for your pets in Plano — long-tenured W-2 employees, not rotating contractors.

Vicky O.

Cares for dogs, cats, reptiles, and birds. Has two dogs, two cats, and a Great Pyrenees of her own.

Courtney B.

Joined in March 2016. Two Rottweilers and a cat at home, plus hands-on experience with special-needs dogs.

Karen D.

With us since August 2016, known for going above and beyond. Shares her home with a Labradoodle, a rescue beagle mix, and two cats.

Cari C.

With us since March 2015. Intelligent, reliable, and trusted by a loyal roster of Plano clients.

Jeff B.

A DFW Pet Sitting client before he joined our team. Experienced with dogs, cats, reptiles, and birds, including medication administration.

What clients say

“We’ve been using DFW Pet Sitting for over 10 years. Vicky has been our sitter since day one. Our dogs literally jump for joy when she walks in. We wouldn’t trust anyone else.” — Michael & Susan R., Willow Bend

“After a nightmare experience with a Rover sitter, we switched to DFW Pet Sitting and the difference is night and day. Same person every time, real insurance, and our cat’s insulin shots are handled perfectly. Total peace of mind.” — Jennifer P., Legacy area

“We travel frequently for work and DFW Pet Sitting has never once let us down. Our sitter lives 3 miles from our house in Deerfield and treats our three dogs like her own family. Over 7 years and zero issues.” — David & Alicia K., Deerfield, Plano

Ready to meet your Plano pet sitter in person? The in-home consultation is free, there is no obligation, and you will know exactly who is caring for your pets before you ever book a visit.

Where our Plano sitters walk

Plano has one of the better trail systems in the metroplex and our sitters use it. Most walks still stay on the sidewalks of your own neighborhood, because a dog on familiar ground is a calmer dog, but when a client wants real distance there are good options.

Arbor Hills Nature Preserve on the west side is the one clients ask about most, with paved and unpaved loops and enough rise and fall to genuinely tire a dog out. Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve on the east side is the largest park in the city. The Bluebonnet Trail Greenbelt, Chisholm Trail, Legacy Trail, Preston Ridge Trail, Santa Fe Trail, Overland Trail, Shady Brook Trail and the Cottonwood Creek Greenbelt thread through much of Plano, so there is usually a shaded stretch within a few blocks of wherever you live.

For ordinary neighborhood walks our sitters are regularly in Russell Creek Park, Windhaven Meadows Park, Jack Carter Park, Bob Woodruff Park, Los Rios Park, Hackberry Park, Suncreek Park, Steeplechase Park, Willowcreek Park, Ridgeview Park, Prairie Meadow Park and Haggard Park downtown.

Plano also has three fenced, double-gated off-leash dog parks: seven acres inside Bob Woodruff Park, five acres at Windhaven Meadows Park, and two acres at Jack Carter Park along Bluebonnet Trail near its intersection with Chisholm Trail. They are good parks and we are happy to hear how much your dog loves them. We do not take client dogs off-leash while we are on the clock, though. A leash is the one piece of equipment that cannot fail, and an off-leash park adds other people’s dogs to a situation we cannot control. That is a trip for you and your dog to make together.

Plano neighborhoods we serve

Coverage follows your address. Our sitters are already working in Willow Bend, Deerfield, Lakeside on Preston, Kings Gate, Kings Ridge, Shoal Creek, Avignon Windhaven, Normandy Estates, Windhaven, Castlemere, Legacy West and Gleneagles, along with the older streets around downtown Plano.

The seven ZIP codes we cover are 75023, 75024, 75025, 75074, 75075, 75093 and 75094. A good deal of Plano sits on a boundary with somewhere else, so if you are not sure, call and ask. Frisco to the north, Allen to the northeast, Wylie to the east and Richardson to the south are covered by the same team and held to the same standards.

How it works, in three steps

First, reach out. Phones are answered 6:00am to 11:00pm Central at (214) 574-7387. If you would rather text, and most people would, the number is (214) 360-7367 and someone watches that line day and night. Tell us your dates, your animals and anything unusual about either.

Second, meet your sitter. We come to your home at no charge before any paid visit. You walk them through feeding, medication, leashes, alarm codes and the one thing you would have forgotten to mention over the phone. You will know exactly who is coming.

Third, book it and get on with your life. Visits are logged in our software and you get notes and photos. If plans change, you call the same number. A manager is on call twenty-four hours a day, and with more than 250 employees across Dallas-Fort Worth there is always a qualified backup who can be briefed on your pets properly.

Frequently asked questions about pet sitting in Plano

Do you reach every Plano ZIP code?

Seven, which is all of them: 75023, 75024, 75025, 75074, 75075, 75093 and 75094. Plano runs from older established streets in the south to newer development up near the Collin County line, and we staff the whole spread. If your address sits right on the boundary with Richardson, Frisco or Allen, the nearest sitter is what matters to us rather than which city page you found us on.

How is a Plano visit priced?

$25 for a 25-minute drop-in with one pet, $3 for each additional pet, and dog walking plans from $23. One price list covers every city we work, so nothing about a Plano address changes it, and there is no fee waiting at the end of the booking. The rates page has each service listed out.

Do you walk my dog around the neighborhood or drive somewhere?

Around your neighborhood, nearly always — a dog on familiar ground is a calmer dog, and the sidewalks outside your own door are the most predictable surface he will ever walk on. Plano makes that easy, since the Bluebonnet Trail Greenbelt, Chisholm Trail, Legacy Trail, Preston Ridge Trail, Santa Fe Trail, Overland Trail, Shady Brook Trail and the Cottonwood Creek Greenbelt thread through so much of the city that there is usually a shaded stretch within a few blocks.

What if my dog needs a serious walk rather than a loop of the block?

Then we go to Arbor Hills Nature Preserve on the west side, which is the one clients ask about most — paved and unpaved loops with enough rise and fall to genuinely tire a dog out. On the east side, Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve is the largest park in the city. Either one is a real outing rather than an errand.

Which everyday parks do your sitters use?

Russell Creek Park, Windhaven Meadows Park, Jack Carter Park, Bob Woodruff Park, Los Rios Park, Hackberry Park, Suncreek Park, Steeplechase Park, Willowcreek Park, Ridgeview Park, Prairie Meadow Park and Haggard Park downtown all come up regularly. With that many in rotation we can usually find something close to you that suits your dog, whether he wants people to look at or wants to avoid them.

Plano has three dog parks. Will my sitter use them?

They are good parks and we are happy to hear how much your dog loves them, but no. We do not take client dogs off leash while we are on the clock. A leash is the one piece of equipment that cannot fail, and an off-leash park adds other people’s dogs to a situation we cannot control. That is a trip for you and your dog to make together.

Where are the off-leash parks, for when I take him myself?

All three are fenced and double-gated: seven acres inside Bob Woodruff Park, five acres at Windhaven Meadows Park, and two acres at Jack Carter Park along the Bluebonnet Trail near its intersection with Chisholm Trail. The Bob Woodruff run is the largest by a good margin, and the Jack Carter one is the easiest to fold into a trail walk you were doing anyway.

Is my dog picked up, or is everything done at home?

No. Everything happens at your house — meals, fresh water, litter, medication, a leashed walk from your own front door, actual attention, and a check of the property before the sitter locks up. We run no kennel and no daycare, and your dog never rides in a vehicle with animals we do not know.

Does the introductory visit cost anything?

It is, and it happens before you commit to anything. The sitter comes to your home, meets your animals, walks the yard and the gate, looks at the alarm keypad, and writes down how you do things in your own words. You get to decide whether she is the right person to have your key. Nobody is obliged to book at the end of it.

Are your Plano sitters employees or contractors?

Employees, on W-2, with background checks completed before hire, bonding, and coverage under our commercial liability insurance. We do not subcontract any visits. That is the practical difference between hiring a company and hiring a person off a platform — the vetting, the supervision and the insurance all belong to us rather than falling to you.

Can a sitter be trusted with my dog’s pills?

Yes. Oral medication, insulin injections, sub-q fluids, eye drops and inhalers are all routine, and the drug, dose, timing and your vet’s contact details go into your file in writing. When a dose has to land at a set hour, tell us at booking and we will anchor the visit schedule to it rather than working the medication around a route.

What happens if my sitter cannot make a visit?

A qualified colleague covers it, and you hear about it from us rather than noticing something is off. North Dallas and Collin County are among the most heavily staffed parts of our coverage, so a substitute is close. Your notes are held centrally, which means whoever steps in already knows the gate, the code and the feeding amounts.

Will the sitter keep the house looking lived in?

If you want it, yes — mail and packages brought in, blinds adjusted, a light moved, the trash bin handled on collection day. We leave nothing on the door and post nothing about where we are. On a quiet Plano street the most useful thing a sitter can do for your house is look completely unremarkable.

What sets you apart from Rover or Wag?

They are marketplaces where you hire a freelancer and carry the risk yourself. We are a company with employees on payroll, managers to call, monitored visits, backup sitters and our own commercial insurance, and we have been at it since 2003. If a visit is about to be missed, that is our problem to fix rather than a message you have to answer from a hotel room.

We are hiring pet sitters in Plano

Looking for pet sitting work in Plano? We’re hiring W-2 pet sitters and dog walkers who live close to the homes they visit. Apply on our jobs page.

Meet a pet sitter who works in Plano

These are real employees of ours, profiled as our Pet Sitter of the Month. They live locally and cover their own neighbourhoods.

• Pet Sitter in Plano Earns Employee of the Month
• A Pet Sitter in Frisco – Plano area Earns Employee of the Month