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Find a Trusted Pet Sitter in San Antonio
Leaving town next week and still need someone to walk in the door for your dog or cat? This directory lists 39 pet sitters and dog walkers working across the San Antonio area. Most of them travel well beyond their own street, so the list runs as one set rather than being split by neighborhood. Browse in-home visits, overnight stays, vacation care, and drop-in check-ins below, then decide who to call.
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39 San Antonio pet sitters, each with a published phone number
39 Pet Sitters Serving San Antonio
Most sitters here travel across the metro rather than working one neighborhood, so the list isn't split by area. Check a listing's own service area before you rule anyone out. Order is not a ranking.
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Throw Me A Bone Pet Sitting & Dog Walking
Handles insulin and medication administration, cage cleaning, and pet taxi runs alongside standard sitting and walking visits.
Just Fur A While Pet Services
Paw Time Favorite Pet Sitting & Dog Walking
Cat and dog first aid and CPR certified team, with a published 10-mile service radius and an upfront travel fee for requests outside it.
Homey Hounds Pet Sitters
FurBaby Care Plus
Spoiled Rotten Pet Care
Puparazzi Pet Care, LLC
NE San Antonio's pet sitting & dog walking business since 2014.
Happy Paws Fit & Sit
Diggs Dogs
Paw Pee Chulo Sits
4 Luv N Care Pet Sitting LLC
Metro Pup SA Dog Walking & Pet Sitting
Alamo Heights Pet Club
Good Life Pet Sitting (Stress-Free In-Home Care)
San Antonio Dog Walking Services
All Our Friends Pet Care
Pet Solutions Texas
PurrWaggles Pet Sitting Service
Ridges & Paws LLC
Abigail's Pet Sitting
Bark At Us Dog Walking & Pet Sitting
Angels Pet Care Services
Happy At Home Pet Sitting
Paws for Success
Purrever Yappy Pet Services LLC
RunPaws Mobile Fitness
Differentiated fitness-focused walking angle rather than a generalist sitting service.
Sascha's Dog Walking Services
Happy Tails N Trails Dog Walking
Fidos & Felines Pet Services
Paws N' Claws
Karla's Pawsitive Pet Services
Texas OutPaws
Premier Pet Services
Tails on Texas Trails LLC
To The Rescue SA Pet Services
Buckaroo Buddies Pet Care, LLC
Atlas Pet Care & Company LLC
The Comforted Kitty
39Local pet sitters listed
Pet Sitters San Antonio is a directory listing 39 pet sitters and dog walkers serving the greater San Antonio area, and it does not sit pets itself. Sitters listed here offer in-home visits, overnight stays, vacation care, and drop-in check-ins for dogs, cats, and other pets, with dog sitting and cat sitting each covered as their own service category. The list runs as one set rather than being split by neighborhood, because the address on a listing is where a sitter starts the day and most of them travel across the metro. Order is not a ranking or an endorsement of one sitter over another. Every listing here carries a published phone number and a website, which is what it takes to be included, though how much each sitter says about services and credentials varies quite a bit. Bonded, insured, and background-checked status varies from sitter to sitter too, so check each listing’s own description before you hand over a house key, rather than assuming every one of the 39 carries the same credentials.
In-Home Pet Sitting Visits
In-home pet sitting means a sitter comes to your house rather than the other way around. A typical visit covers feeding, fresh water, a litter box scoop or a yard check, some playtime, and a few minutes of company, all inside the home your pet already knows. That familiarity is a big part of the appeal: a cat that hides from strangers or an older dog with a set routine often does better staying put than adjusting to a boarding facility’s schedule and unfamiliar animals.
For a closer look at how in-home care works for dogs versus cats specifically, dog sitting, cat sitting, dog walking, house sitting, and pet taxi services each get their own page with more detail. Cost varies by sitter and how many visits a day you book. See how much a pet sitter costs in San Antonio for a fuller breakdown before you start calling around.
Overnight Pet Sitting
Overnight pet sitting means the sitter stays through the night instead of leaving after a daytime visit, which matters most for pets with separation anxiety, a medication schedule, or needs that a single drop-in can’t cover. It’s a distinct service from a quick check-in, and searches for overnight pet sitters in San Antonio show up often enough that it deserves its own mention here rather than getting folded into a general listing.
Overnight arrangements vary from sitter to sitter. Where exactly a sitter sleeps during an overnight stay is answered in the FAQ below rather than repeated twice on this page. What matters going in is confirming the specifics directly with whichever sitter you’re considering, since not every overnight sitter structures the stay the same way.
Vacation Pet Sitting
Vacation pet sitting is care built around a specific travel window rather than an ongoing weekly routine, and it’s the category most San Antonio pet owners are actually searching for once a trip is on the calendar. Before booking, most sitters will want your exact travel dates, your pet’s regular feeding and medication schedule, and a way into your home, whether that’s a lockbox, a hidden key, or a garage code.
Getting those three things settled before your trip, not the night before you leave, is what separates a smooth vacation sitting arrangement from a stressful one. A short meet-and-greet beforehand also lets you confirm a sitter actually understands your pet’s routine before you hand over a key.
Drop-In Visits
A drop-in visit is a shorter, scheduled check-in rather than a full overnight stay, typically once or twice a day depending on what your pet needs. It suits cats and other low-maintenance pets well, since a cat left with food, water, and a clean litter box can often go a full day between visits. It also works for dogs during a short single-day absence when a full overnight stay would be more than necessary.
Because drop-ins are shorter and more frequent than an overnight booking, scheduling patterns differ from sitter to sitter. Check each listing below for how they structure drop-in visits specifically before assuming one sitter’s pattern applies to another.
What These Listings Do and Don’t Tell You
Position here is not an endorsement, and no sitter is presented as a top pick or a featured choice over any other. It’s also worth being upfront about what this directory actually has: all 39 listings include a phone number and a website. This is compiled public information, not a vetting service, so each listing shows exactly what’s available and nothing invented on a sitter’s behalf.
What the listings don’t all include is a street address, and that isn’t a mark against anyone. Plenty of established sitters work out of their own home and see no reason to publish where they live. Ratings are patchy for the same reason: a sitter with no reviews showing here may simply not have collected any, which is a gap in the public record rather than a verdict on their work.
The specialty filters above the list, cat specialist, farm and exotic animals, GPS-tracked visits, overnight stays, and fitness-focused walks, narrow things down by what your pet actually needs rather than scrolling all 39 at once. Before you call anyone, what to check before hiring a pet sitter covers vetting questions worth asking no matter which sitter you’re considering. For more on how these 39 listings were put together, see how this directory is put together.
Pet Sitters Across the San Antonio Service Area
This directory covers San Antonio and the pet sitters based in nearby communities like Schertz, Converse, and Universal City who serve San Antonio owners directly. A sitter’s address says where they start the day, not where they will travel, and plenty of them cross the metro daily. See which areas and nearby communities are covered for the fuller picture, then confirm your own address with the sitter before booking.
For pricing, vetting, and boarding-comparison questions this page only touches on briefly, our San Antonio pet sitting guides go into more depth on each one.
Frequently Asked Questions
A few questions come up again and again from San Antonio pet owners weighing a sitter for the first time.
Where do overnight pet sitters sleep?
For overnight pet sitting, the sitter typically stays in the pet owner’s home overnight rather than taking the pet elsewhere, so the pet stays in its own familiar environment. Some sitters instead offer in-home boarding at their own house. Check each listing’s service description, since this varies by sitter.
What does a pet sitter do?
A pet sitter provides in-home care for pets while their owner is away, which can include feeding, walks, playtime, medication administration, and companionship, delivered as drop-in visits, daily in-home visits, or overnight stays depending on what’s booked. The specific services offered vary by sitter; see each listing for details.
Do these sitters cover my part of San Antonio?
Usually, yes. The address on a listing is where a sitter is based, not the limit of where they will drive, and most cover a wide slice of the metro. That is why this directory runs as one list rather than splitting sitters by neighborhood. The reliable way to find out is to ask: give the sitter your cross streets or ZIP code when you call, since a few charge extra for longer drives or cap how far they travel on a same-day booking.
How far ahead should I book a pet sitter?
For ordinary weeks, a few days is usually enough to find someone with room. Holidays are the exception. Thanksgiving, Christmas, spring break, and the weeks either side of them are when sitters fill up first, and the good ones are often booked months out. If your trip lands on a holiday, ask early and expect a deposit. Last-minute help does exist, but you are choosing from whoever happens to be free rather than from the whole list.
What does pet sitting cost in San Antonio?
There is no single number, because two quotes can describe very different jobs. Price moves with how long each visit runs, how many visits a day, how many pets are in the house, whether medication or an overnight stay is involved, and whether the dates fall on a holiday. Ask each sitter what a visit includes rather than comparing headline figures, since a fifteen-minute feed and a full evening walk can carry similar prices for very different work. What a pet sitter costs walks through the questions that make two quotes comparable.
Are the sitters listed here insured or bonded?
Some are, and a few say so in their own listing, but this directory does not verify insurance, bonding, or background checks for anyone on it. Treat that as a question to ask directly. A sitter carrying coverage will usually tell you who insures them and what it covers without hesitating, and being handed a house key is a reasonable moment to ask. How to choose a pet sitter covers what else is worth asking before you book.
Browse the full directory above, or narrow it with the specialty filters, whichever gets you to the right sitter faster.