Pet sitting and dog walking in The Colony since 2003

Looking for a Trusted Pet Sitter in The Colony?

The Colony has transformed from a quiet lakeside suburb into one of the most exciting communities in North DFW. With 23 miles of Lake Lewisville shoreline, the massive Grandscape entertainment district, master-planned communities like The Tribute and Austin Waters, and a population that’s grown past 44,000 residents, The Colony is attracting pet-loving families from across the metroplex. But growth comes with a gap: most pet sitting apps still treat The Colony as an extension of Lewisville or Frisco, sending sitters who may not know the difference between Stewart Peninsula and Austin Ranch.

DFW Pet Sitting has had sitters in The Colony since our clients first started relocating here — and we followed them because the relationships we build with families and their pets are too important to lose. Every pet sitter and dog walker we assign is a W-2 employee of our company, not an independent contractor or gig worker. They live in and around The Colony, usually within five miles of your home, so they know your lakeside community, your trails, and your neighborhood rhythms. Our 250+ sitters are W-2 employees across DFW, not gig workers.

Why The Colony Pet Owners Choose DFW Pet Sitting

We’re Not an App — We’re an Employer. Every pet sitter you’ll meet from DFW Pet Sitting is a W-2 employee. That means we handle hiring, screening, background checks, training, insurance, bonding, and ongoing management. You’re not trusting a stranger’s self-written profile — you’re trusting a company that has completed over one million pet care visits since 2003 and carries full commercial liability coverage on every single one. Our 250+ sitters are W-2 employees across DFW, not gig workers.

Your Sitter Lives in The Colony. We assign pet sitters who live within a five-mile radius of your home. If you’re in The Tribute on the peninsula, Austin Ranch near Grandscape, Austin Waters off SH-121, Stewart Peninsula along the lake, the Legends neighborhood, or one of the newer Castle Hills communities, your sitter is local. Less drive time means more time with your pets — and faster response if anything changes.

One sitter, one key, one relationship. The person you meet at the free consultation is the person who keeps coming, and she is the only one holding your key. We do not rotate staff through a house or pass access around the office.

Every visit is entered in our software, and the phones are staffed 6:00am–11:00pm Central. Should your sitter be unable to attend, a manager reassigns the visit the same day from a payroll of 250-plus employees rather than leaving you to chase it from wherever you are.

Pet Sitting & Dog Walking Services in The Colony

Daily Dog Walking — The Colony is a commuter city — SH-121, the Dallas North Tollway, and the Sam Rayburn Tollway connect residents to jobs across the metroplex. If your workday leaves your dog home alone for eight-plus hours, our midday dog walking service fills the gap. We visit on your schedule, provide a walk and bathroom break, refresh water, and give your dog the exercise and companionship they need. The Colony’s lakeside trails and neighborhood paths make dog walking here some of the most scenic in North DFW. Same walker, same window. Visits are 25 minutes. Walking plans start at $23.

Vacation & Travel Pet Sitting — While you are away your animals stay in the house they know, on the schedule they know, with a sitter they have already met. Feeding, medication, playtime, mail and packages all get handled. The whole city shares 75056, which it splits with Frisco, so we schedule off your street rather than the ZIP.

Cat Sitting — Cats thrive in their own territory — no carriers, no car rides, no unfamiliar smells. Your sitter visits on your schedule to feed, clean the litter box, provide fresh water, and spend quality one-on-one time. The Colony’s growing apartment and townhome communities near Grandscape and Austin Ranch have brought a surge of cat owners who love this service. A visit is 25 minutes, and you get a photo.

Puppy & Senior Pet Care — The Colony’s newer communities are full of young families with brand-new puppies who need extra visits for housebreaking, socialization, and energy management. Senior pets may need medication administration, gentle mobility support, or more frequent check-ins. We customize every care plan to match your pet’s life stage.

Multiple Pet Households — Many Colony families have dogs, cats, and sometimes birds or small animals. We handle multi-pet households in a single visit with no surprise upcharges. Extra pet is $3.

What Sets DFW Pet Sitting Apart from Apps Like Rover

A Tribute address on the peninsula, an Austin Ranch townhome near Grandscape, a Stewart Peninsula lake house, and a Castle Hills gate on the Colony/Lewisville line are not a job for a stranger with a profile. You are hiring a managed W-2 employee of a company that has sat pets in The Colony since 2003. Side by side:

	DFW Pet Sitting	Rover / Wag / Apps
Staff Type	W-2 employees	Independent contractors
Background Checks	Company-verified	Self-reported
Insurance	Full commercial liability	Limited or none
Management	24/7 on-call manager	No oversight
Sitter Assignment	Local, within 5 miles	Whoever accepts the job
Visit Monitoring	GPS-tracked, time-verified	Honor system
Meet-and-Greet	Always free, in-person	Optional
Emergency Protocol	Published, company-managed	You’re on your own

The Colony Neighborhoods We Serve

Our Colony sitters cover the full city, including:

The Tribute — A master-planned community set on a peninsula jutting into Lake Lewisville. Two golf courses, hiking and biking trails, pools, playgrounds, and homes ranging from townhomes to $2M+ lakefront estates. One of the most desirable addresses in The Colony.

Austin Ranch — A large, mixed-use neighborhood near Grandscape and SH-121. Contemporary Craftsman and Colonial Revival homes, townhomes, condos, and apartment communities. Close to The Shacks, dining, and entertainment. High pet ownership and growing fast.

Austin Waters — A popular master-planned community with single-family homes, community pools, walking trails, and strong value for the area. Families with dogs love the neighborhood feel.

Stewart Peninsula — Where The Colony meets Lake Lewisville. Waterfront and water-view properties, ranch-style homes, and newer construction with lake access. A unique lakeside lifestyle that’s hard to find this close to Dallas.

Legends — An established neighborhood with mature trees, larger lots, and a quiet suburban feel. Homes in the $400K-$500K range with loyal, long-term residents.

Castle Hills — A newer master-planned community spanning The Colony and Lewisville with luxury homes, community amenities, and proximity to Grandscape. Growing rapidly with young families. Castle Hills also appears on our Lewisville page because the community sits on the city line — we match you with the closest sitter, not a map pin.

We also serve the surrounding communities of Lewisville, Frisco, Plano, Carrollton, Little Elm, Hebron, and Farmers Branch. Coverage follows your address. Sitters travel to clients’ homes. Neighborhood lists for those cities live on their own pages. Call (214) 574-7387 or text (214) 360-7367 and we’ll match you with the closest sitter.

Where Our Sitters Walk in The Colony

The Colony sits on the eastern shore of Lewisville Lake, and that single fact shapes almost everything about walking a dog here. The city is long and narrow, the water is never far, and the wind off the lake makes a summer evening walk noticeably more bearable than it is a few miles inland.

Stewart Creek Park, 3700 Sparks Road — the city’s lakefront park, with a beach, boat ramp, marina and shoreline trail. This is the one out-of-town visitors never expect. For dogs it means water, waterfowl and a great deal of interesting information at nose height. Leashed, always, and we keep well clear of the boat ramp.

Pawsome Playground Dog Park, 4800 East Lake Highlands Drive — The Colony’s dedicated dog park. Worth knowing for your own weekends. We will say plainly what we say on every page: we do not take client dogs off leash while we are working. A dog who has known your sitter two weeks has no reason to recall to them past a squirrel, and we will not gamble with your animal to save ourselves a walk.

Bill Allen Memorial Park, 5900 Carroll Drive — an eighteen-hole disc golf course, an amphitheater and basketball courts. Wide open, good sight lines, and quiet on weekday mornings, which makes it a sensible choice for a dog who would rather not meet anyone.

Austin Ranch, 6170 Arbor Hills Way — a walking trail and soccer field serving one of the densest parts of the city. A large share of our Austin Ranch clients are in apartments and townhomes, and this is where their dogs actually get walked.

Perryman Park, 4930 South Colony Boulevard, and Ridgepointe Park, 4401 Standridge Drive — smaller neighborhood parks with pavilions and grills. Useful for a short midday loop when the weather is against a longer one.

Bridges Park, 6600 Miller Drive, and the Aquatic Park on North Colony Boulevard round out the list, along with Stewart Peninsula Golf Course on Cottonwood Springs Circle. The whole city shares one ZIP code, 75056, so wherever you are, your sitter is genuinely nearby.

How It Works — Three Steps

Step 1: Start with a phone call. Call (214) 574-7387, text (214) 360-7367, or book online. Tell us about your animals, your dates and your street — the whole city shares 75056 with part of Lewisville, so your address tells us more than the ZIP code does.

Step 2: Free Meet-and-Greet — Somebody who already works The Colony comes to your door at no cost, before you commit to anything. You run her through the feeding, the medication, the leash and the alarm code, and she takes it all down in writing. Hand over a key at the end if you are satisfied, and nothing at all if you are not.

Step 3: We Take Care of the Rest — Your sitter follows the care plan you set. Our management team monitors every visit in real time. You get photos after every visit, so you can see how the day actually went.

Meet Our Pet Sitters in The Colony

You meet your assigned Colony-area sitter in your home before the first paid visit. They are a W-2 employee, not a rotating contractor. Ashley and Laura handle scheduling. A manager on duty can hand a visit to any of our 250-plus sitters — the practical difference between a company and an app. No photos on this page — you meet them in person.

Our Colony sitters work only within a 5-mile radius of where they live, covering The Tribute, Austin Ranch, Austin Waters, Stewart Peninsula, Legends, Castle Hills, and the apartment and townhome communities near Grandscape. The person you meet is the only person entering your home.

Kaye I:

Kaye joined The Colony team at DFW Pet Sitting in the summer of 2016. She now has an excellent established client base in the area and takes pride in being a professional pet sitter. Every client she meets becomes like an extended family to her. She loves animals and treats each pet she cares for as if he/she were her baby. As an employee of DFW Pet Sitting, Kaye is professional, reliable, and thorough. Your babies will be in great hands with her!

And yes, she does have a furry baby of her own! She adopted a 4-week-old rescue puppy on a Sunday, and they named her Sundae. She’s a lab-chow mix and is 12 years old now. She’s got some gray hair now but still acts like a puppy.

Kaye’s favorite thing to do with Sundae is lovely long walks. She even knows tricks too. Laying around and lounging in bed is another incredible thing they enjoy together. Life is good when you have your best friend next to you!!

What The Colony Clients Say

The Colony families review us on the same Google listing as the rest of DFW — 4.9 stars from 500+ reviews. Read the reviews, then meet your sitter in person.

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Ready to meet your pet sitter here in The Colony? 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.

Lake Life, and What It Means for Your Pets

Living beside Lewisville Lake is lovely and it comes with a short list of things we watch for, because we have been doing this in The Colony long enough to have seen all of them.

Blue-green algae. In hot, still weather North Texas lakes can bloom, and the water can become genuinely dangerous for a dog who drinks it. Our sitters do not let client dogs drink from or swim in the lake. We carry water.

Waterfowl and what they leave behind. The shoreline is busy with geese and ducks. It is a wonderful smell if you are a labrador and a bad idea if you are the person cleaning up afterwards. We keep dogs on a short lead near the water’s edge.

Storms come across the water fast. The Colony gets weather off the lake with very little warning. If a storm is closing in during a scheduled walk, your sitter will cut the walk short, get your dog inside, and text you what happened rather than pretending the visit went to plan. A thunder-phobic dog gets the blinds drawn and the television on, and we note in your file what actually helps.

Fireworks. Lakeside neighborhoods hear more of them, over a longer season, than the rest of the metroplex. If your dog is noise-sensitive, tell us at the meet-and-greet and we will schedule visits around the worst of it and make sure your dog is not alone at dusk on the fourth of July if we can help it.

Cat sitting in The Colony

Cats are covered on the same 25-minute visit: fresh water, food portioned your way, a scooped litter box, medication if it is needed, and time with your cat rather than a rushed food drop. More on how it works is on our cat sitting page.

Frequently Asked Questions About Pet Sitting in The Colony

Does The Colony really have just one ZIP code?

Yes — the whole city shares 75056, which it also shares with part of Lewisville. So the ZIP tells us the general area but not much else, and we assign sitters from the street address instead. The city is long and narrow along the eastern shore of Lewisville Lake, so where you sit along that length matters more than the ZIP does.

What are the rates in The Colony?

$25 for a 25-minute drop-in with one pet, $3 for each additional pet, and dog walking plans starting at $23. Whether you are in an Austin Ranch apartment or a house near the lake makes no difference to the price, and nothing is added at the end. The rates page lists every service.

Does being on the lake actually change the walking?

More than people expect. The water is never far, and the wind coming off the lake makes a summer evening walk noticeably more bearable here than it is a few miles inland. In July and August that is a real advantage, and it is why a good share of our Colony walks get scheduled toward the end of the day.

What is the best walk in the city?

Stewart Creek Park at 3700 Sparks Road — the city’s lakefront park, with a beach, a boat ramp, a marina and a shoreline trail. It is the one out-of-town visitors never expect to find here. For a dog it means water, waterfowl and a great deal of interesting information at nose height. Leashed always, and we keep well clear of the boat ramp.

I live in an apartment at Austin Ranch. Where does my dog get walked?

At Austin Ranch itself, 6170 Arbor Hills Way, which has a walking trail and a soccer field serving one of the densest parts of the city. A large share of our Austin Ranch clients are in apartments and townhomes, and that trail is where their dogs actually get walked — no drive required, which matters when a dog needs three short visits rather than one long one.

My dog would rather not meet anyone. Where should he go?

Bill Allen Memorial Park at 5900 Carroll Drive. It has an eighteen-hole disc golf course, an amphitheater and basketball courts, but the useful part is that it is wide open with good sight lines and quiet on weekday mornings — you can see who is coming and give your dog room well before he has to make a decision about it.

Is there anywhere for a quick midday loop?

Perryman Park at 4930 South Colony Boulevard and Ridgepointe Park at 4401 Standridge Drive are the two smaller neighborhood parks, both with pavilions and grills, and they are useful when the weather is against something longer. Bridges Park at 6600 Miller Drive and the Aquatic Park on North Colony Boulevard round out the list, along with Stewart Peninsula Golf Course on Cottonwood Springs Circle.

Will my sitter use Pawsome Playground?

Not off leash. Pawsome Playground Dog Park at 4800 East Lake Highlands Drive is The Colony’s dedicated dog park and it is worth knowing about for your own weekends, but we will say plainly what we say on every page: we do not take client dogs off leash while we are working. A dog who has known your sitter two weeks has no reason to recall to her past a squirrel, and we will not gamble with your animal to save ourselves a walk.

Is anything about this a boarding arrangement?

No. Every visit is in your home — food, water, litter, medication, a leashed walk from your own door, genuine attention, and a look over the place before the sitter locks up. Nothing is boarded and nothing is transported anywhere.

Is there a cost to meet the sitter?

None. The in-home consultation is free and there is no obligation to book. She meets your animals, learns the gate or the building entry, checks the alarm, and writes your routine down as you describe it — and you decide afterwards whether she is right for your household.

Are your sitters employees, and who carries the insurance?

They are W-2 employees, background-checked before hire and bonded, and the commercial liability insurance is ours. No contractors, no freelancers. With a marketplace, the screening is whatever the platform decided on and the insurance question lands back on you.

Can your sitter handle a medication schedule?

Yes — oral doses, insulin injections, sub-q fluids, eye drops and inhalers are all part of the routine. The drug, the dose, the timing and your vet’s contact details are recorded in writing in your file, and if a dose has to hold to a specific hour the visit windows get set around it.

If my sitter cannot make a visit, what happens?

Another trained employee covers it and we tell you rather than letting you find out. The Colony sits among Lewisville, Frisco, Little Elm and Plano, all of which we staff, so there is plenty of coverage within a short drive, and your care notes are held centrally so the substitute is not starting from scratch.

What do you offer that the apps do not?

Because those platforms connect you to one individual and leave you carrying the risk. We are a company with employees, supervision, monitored visits, documented instructions, backup staff and our own insurance, operating since 2003. Our 4.9-star average from more than 500+ Google reviews is one business’s record built over two decades.

Pet Sitting and Dog Walking Jobs in The Colony

DFW Pet Sitting Services is hiring W-2 pet sitters and dog walkers in The Colony. We’re looking for pet lovers with flexible schedules who can accommodate occasional mid-day visits within 5 miles of their home. For more details, visit our jobs page.

Contact Us

Email: info@dfwpetsitting.com
Phone: (214) 574-7387
Text: (214) 360-7367

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We’re Hiring Pet Sitters in The Colony

DFW Pet Sitting Services is hiring W-2 pet sitters and dog walkers in The Colony. We are looking for reliable pet people with flexible mid-days who want to work within about five miles of home. You would be an employee, not a contractor — we carry the insurance and the bond, you get an assigned backup, and there is a manager on call. Pay, schedule and requirements are on our pet sitting jobs page.