It's Time To List Your Services!

Congratulations on getting approved as a Pet Sitter with the CruizinK9 Connect community. We are thrilled to have you here! Now it's time to start building your business. To begin, you need to create your first listing to let pet guardians know about the service(s) you provide. If you offer multiple service types, feel free to repeat the steps and create a listing for each of the services you would like to list.

Listing Types

There are 3 types of service listing that you can create and you can use the buttons below to navigate directly to the listing forms, but we recommend that you take a quick read through the notes below, so you know what to expect and can set yourself up for success.

Dog Walking (booked & charged per hour)

Daily Sitting (booked & charged per hour)

Overnight Sitting (charged per night)

Looking to offer something that doesn't quite fit these listing types? Please reach out to us to let us know.

Questions? Click for help

Location

We recommend putting only your neighbourhood (NOT your actual street address) for the listing location for your privacy and saftey.

On the public listing your location will be displayed on a Google Map underneath your service details.

The address input bar DOES allow you to just enter a neighbourhood (e.g. Sun Rivers, Kamloops, BC).

You are welcome to simply list as a Kamloops, but we know that generally pet guardians will tend to search for sitters closest to their area first.

Listing Title & Description

The title is important to immediately catch attention and tell people what you do.

Example Titles:

Experienced Vet Tech Happy to Sit At Your Home!
15yr BC SPCA Volunteer Offering Daily Pet Sitting!
Westsyde Student Can Walk Your Dog!

The description is also very important as it is the only area where you can really describe yourself and your service in your own words. Use it to give people a real sense of who you are and why they want your service.

NOTE: Be aware of your own privacy and safety. We do NOT recommend sharing sensitive personal information, such as Date of Birth or Workplace.

Example Descriptions:

As a vet tech who has been working in Kamloops for over 10 years, I a very comfortable around dogs of all sizes, behaviours, and needs. I have 1 dog of my own, and 2 cats. I will make sure that your dog has top quality care for those times you need it.
Dedicated animal lover who is flexible to help out during the week for regular or ad hoc daytime pet sitting. I need you to be able to drop your dog to me, but once here, am happy walk and feed as needed.
Dog walker available for daily, weekly, or ad hoc dog walking in the Westsyde area. I don't have a car, but have access to rides, or can bus/walk. Just love dogs and would love to help walk yours.

Templated Listing Fields

To make the listing creation as quick and simple as possible, our listing template allows you to answer questions and check boxes to collect the key information we know pet guardians want.

Many fields are mandatory because they are primary search fields that pet guardians can use to ensure common needs are met.

Others are optional, and many of those are multi-optional, so that you can quickly check off lots of factors in one go. For example, for temperament, you can choose whether to promote that you can accommodate:

Anxious pets
Reactive pets
Separation anxiety
High energy

Price Your Services

Set your price. Please note that our marketplace allows variable prices so that you can set different price rates based on the criteria that you need. For further infomation on variable pricing, check out our user guide:

Variable Pricing User Guide

Set Your Availability

There are two ways in which you can set and manage your availability:

1 - Default Availability
This allows you to set a typical weekly availability such as Mon - Fri 8am- 11am and 1-4pm or Sat & Sun 9am-9pm. It also allows you to set the number of spaces you have available for each time slot.

Once your default availability is set the calendar will show this availability every week going forward. If you anticipate your availability to vary a lot, it is recommended to set your default to all days, and longest hours expected. You can then use the calendar exemptions below to customize your availability each week.

2 - Calendar Exemptions
This allows you to block out dates, times or adjust the spaces available as needed. So if your default availability is Mon-Fri, but one week you are not available on the Wednesday, you can click into the exemptions to adjust your schedule.

📷 A Picture Tells a Thousand Words

We all know this saying, and it certainly applies to how people perceive service listings. You are required to add at least one photo before you can publish a listing and we recommend 2-3 to help bring your listing to life.

Top Photo Tips:

Crop your image before you upload it to ensure that the area you want displayed is in centre of your photo. Unfortunately, the image currently cannot be repositioned within the image frame within the listing.
Consider showing yourself interacting with a dog to illustrate your care and compassion for animals
If you are looking to host at your home, consider showing a picture of your fenced yard, or your living room to give a sense of the environment that you provide.
Have a testimonial from services before you joined this site? Consider saving a short testimonial as an image and uploading it to your photos to help speak to your credibility before your reviews and ratings here start to speak for themselves.