Pet Sitters in Frisco, TX
An independent comparison of real, vetted pet sitters confirmed to serve Frisco. Not a marketing page for any single company on it.
10 real, vetted Frisco pet sitters, compared side by side.
Built From Each Business's Own Data
Every listing was checked against its own published service area and public business profile, not pulled from a generic aggregator. This is an independent comparison built from each business's own data: real coverage areas, real credentials, real ratings you can verify.
No listing pays for position, no business is excluded for not paying, and no single company gets the spotlight. The featured listing at #1 gets a dofollow link; every other listing gets the same detail and format.
What In-Home Pet Care Covers
Pets stay in their own home, their own routine, their own yard. A sitter steps into that schedule rather than asking the pet to adjust to a facility's. That's the core of in-home care, and it's what every service type below is built around.
Dogs and cats aren't the whole list either: several providers here cover birds, fish, reptiles, and small mammals too.
Why Credentials Replace a License Here
Texas issues no state license for pet sitters. That gap is exactly why insurance, bonding, a background check, and named certifications (PSI, NAPPS, TXPSA) function as the closest thing this industry has to a credential: standards a business chooses to meet, not ones the state requires.
The practical red flag is what a sitter can't show you before you've paid: proof of insurance, a verifiable review, or a straight answer on whether their people are W2 employees or 1099 contractors.
What a Typical Visit Runs
Pricing depends on visit count, length, pet count, and whether it's a daytime drop-in or overnight stay. Texas sets no fixed rate for pet sitting, so it varies business to business.
Paws in Stride, one of the ten providers listed, publishes rates starting at $15 per visit, a real local data point. Overnight and live-in stays typically run higher since the sitter is on-site through the night.
| Visit Type | Frisco Market Context |
|---|---|
| Single daytime visit | Starting at $15 (published local rate) |
| Overnight stay | Higher per night, sitter present overnight |
| Multi-day / vacation | Per-visit rate × visits needed |
| Multiple pets | Some providers add per-pet fees |
Frisco Neighborhoods We Cover
Frisco's north and west growth corridors (75033, 75034, 75035) have brought a wave of new pet-owning households. New construction means new families, and new families usually mean a first pet-sitter search happening before anyone's had a chance to ask a neighbor.
Maybe there’s a flight booked for next month, or a workday that runs later than your dog can wait for a walk. Maybe it’s a new puppy who needs a mid-day break, or an older cat who does better staying in her own house than riding to a boarding kennel. Whatever brought you here, the question underneath it is usually the same: who actually covers Frisco, and can you trust them with a key to your home?
Frisco has been adding pet-owning households faster than any single trusted local resource has kept pace. This page exists to close that gap with a straight comparison of the pet sitters who genuinely serve Frisco, built from each business’s own published service area and public listings rather than a guess.
Before you hand over that key, you probably want the same handful of things confirmed: is this sitter insured, bonded, and background-checked, does anyone offer overnight stays or cat sitting specifically, and what does a single visit actually cost. The sections below answer all three. If you’d rather skip ahead, browse the directory below.
Pet Sitters Serving Frisco, TX
Every listing below was checked against its own published service area or a verified local listing, not pulled from a generic business directory that’s never confirmed who actually drives to Frisco.
Fur Services Fur Pets, based in Aubrey and covering Frisco’s north and west neighborhoods (zips 75033, 75034, 75035), can be reached at (214) 240-5269 or furservicesfurpets.com. The company carries a 4.9-star rating across 99 reviews, handles dog walking, in-home pet sitting, overnight stays, and cat sitting, and has operated since 2013 with a staff of W2 employees rather than independent contractors. PSI named owner Jessica Milam its 2025 Pet Sitter of the Year.
Paws in Stride sits at 4545 Mission Ave in Frisco itself (75034), the only listing here with a Frisco street address, and also covers Prosper, Celina, and Little Elm. Call (214) 736-7923 or visit pawsinstride.com for dog walking, pet sitting, and dog boarding. Rates start at $15 per visit, with real-time GPS tracking and photo updates on every stop, and Yelp named it one of Frisco’s Top 10 Dog Walkers. Rating: 4.9 stars, 15 reviews.
Frisco Pet Nanny, at 8108 Bay St in Frisco (75035), has run under owner Diana since 2001, a 25-year stretch in the same market. Reach the business at (469) 569-8508 or friscopetnanny.com for litter box cleaning, cat boarding and sitting, dog boarding, and dog daycare. Nextdoor named it a Neighborhood Favorite in both 2021 and 2022. Rating: 4.5 stars, 15 reviews.
Woofie’s of Frisco-McKinney operates as a mobile, service-area business with no fixed storefront, covering Frisco and McKinney. Call (469) 242-0892 or check woofies.com/frisco-mckinney for GPS-tracked pet sitting, dog walking, and mobile dog grooming; every sitter is bonded and insured. As a location of the national Woofie’s franchise, it carries no independently listed star rating.
Michelle At Your Service, headquartered at 5100 Eldorado Pkwy #102 in McKinney, has served McKinney, Frisco, and Allen since 2007. Reach the business at (678) 699-2205 or michelleatyourservice.com for in-home care covering dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, and small mammals. Some clients cite a decade of continuous service and daily photo updates. Rating: 5.0 stars, 78 reviews.
NannyD / Nanny D’s Pawsitive Pet Care, based in Allen and serving the Allen-Plano-Frisco-McKinney corridor, handles daily, weekly, vacation, and holiday pet care visits. No phone number is publicly confirmed; find the business through its Facebook page at facebook.com/NDPawsPetCare. Rating: 4.8 stars, 44 reviews.
Bark and Roll Pet Services, LLC, run by owner Kim Reynolds out of McKinney, covers pet sitting and dog walking across the surrounding North Texas communities, Frisco included. Call (972) 544-7706 or visit barkandroll.com. Rating: 5.0 stars, 8 reviews.
Paws N Claws Pet Sitters, a husband-and-wife team at 8501 Desert Dunes Trail in McKinney, stands out for medication administration for pets managing health conditions and for senior animals. Reach the business at (214) 310-2814 or pawsnclawstx.com. Rating: 5.0 stars, 28 reviews.
VIPs Very Important Pups, at 7324 Chadwick Dr in McKinney, is licensed and insured for dog walking, in-home sitting, and house visits, with daily walks customizable to a pet’s own routine. Call (612) 759-1099 or visit vipstexas.com. Rating: 5.0 stars, 12 reviews.
Millbro Critter & Home Sitters, at 4917 N Colony Blvd in The Colony, positions its pet and critter sitting service across the Frisco, Little Elm, and The Colony tri-city area. Call (214) 454-0699 or visit millbro-critter-home-sitters.ueniweb.com. Rating: 5.0 stars, 12 reviews.
For a fuller, side-by-side breakdown of ratings, services, and coverage than these short entries allow, see the full directory with ratings and reviews. If you’re weighing more than one name from the list above, it’s worth reading the FAQ near the bottom of this page before you start making calls.
Pet Sitting Services in Frisco, TX
The ten providers above don’t all offer the same things, so here’s what each type of visit actually covers before you start calling around.
Dog walking is a scheduled walk of a set length, usually once or twice a day, for a dog who needs exercise and a bathroom break more than company through the afternoon. It’s one of the easiest services to compare directly, since most providers publish a per-walk rate.
Cat sitting works differently. Cats generally do better staying in their own house than riding somewhere else, so a dedicated visit covers litter box cleaning, feeding, and a calm check-in rather than the higher-energy routine built around dogs. If your cat gets anxious around change, this is usually the gentler option.
Beyond those two, the list rounds out with mid-day visits (a shorter, once-a-day check-in for pets home alone during a workday), in-home pet sitting (a broader visit-based option covering feeding, play, and company), overnight stays (a sitter present through the night rather than a single visit), vacation care (an extended, multi-day version of in-home sitting built for trips), and exotic and small animal care (birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians, a specialty a few providers on this list actually cover). For more detail on any one of these, see the full range of pet sitting services.
Why Insured, Bonded, and Background-Checked Matter
Texas issues no state license for pet sitters, so there’s no single credential that guarantees a sitter is safe to hand a house key to. That gap is exactly why insurance, bonding, a background check, and named third-party certifications, things like Pet Sitters International, NAPPS, or a state pet-sitting association, function as the closest thing this industry has to a license: standards a business chooses to meet on its own, not ones the state requires.
The difference between a W2 employee and a 1099 contractor matters more than it might sound. A W2 employee has been through that company’s own hiring process, background check, and training before ever walking into a client’s home. A 1099 contractor may have gone through none of that, since a business isn’t required to vet an independent contractor the same way. Neither structure is illegal, but only one tells you who actually did the vetting.
The practical red flags follow the same logic: a sitter who can’t produce proof of insurance, whose reviews you can’t verify anywhere, or who won’t give you a real name and phone number before you’ve paid anything is a sitter you don’t have enough information about yet. For more on how to check a credential yourself, see why bonded and background-checked coverage matters.
What Pet Sitting Costs in Frisco, TX
What a visit costs depends less on the city and more on the specifics: how many visits a day, how long each one runs, how many pets are involved, and whether it’s a daytime drop-in or an overnight stay. Texas sets no fixed rate for pet sitting, so pricing is set business to business, which is exactly why it’s worth getting more than one quote before you commit.
Paws in Stride, one of the ten providers listed above, publishes rates starting at $15 per visit, a real, current Frisco-area data point rather than an industry average. If you’re estimating a longer stay, the simplest approach is the per-visit rate multiplied by the number of visits you’d actually need, not a flat weekly number, since most providers in this market don’t publish one.
Overnight and live-in stays typically run higher than a single daytime visit, since the sitter is on-site through the night rather than stopping by for twenty minutes. For a broader look at choosing between quotes and what to ask before you hire anyone, see the Resources section.
Frisco Neighborhoods and Growth Corridors
Frisco’s north and west growth corridors, zip codes 75033, 75034, and 75035, have brought a wave of new pet-owning households into neighborhoods like Phillips Creek Ranch, Newman Village, and Panther Creek. New construction means new families, and new families usually mean a first pet-sitter search happening before anyone’s had the chance to ask a neighbor who they use.
If your zip code is 75033, 75034, or 75035, that’s part of what makes a comparison like this one useful right now: you’re choosing between a handful of local operators, a few national franchises, and businesses based just over the line in McKinney or The Colony, without one place that pulls the options together for you. Frisco’s parks and trails add to the picture too, since several of these neighborhoods sit a short drive from the city’s larger dog-friendly spaces. For neighborhood-level detail on what’s nearby, see the Frisco local guide.
Questions Frisco Pet Owners Ask
Is $100 a day good pay for a dog sitter?
That figure usually reflects an overnight or extended-hours stay rather than a quick daytime visit. A fair rate depends on the provider, the length of the stay, and how many pets are involved.
Is $50 a day good pay for pet sitting?
$50 lines up more with daytime or drop-in visit pricing than an overnight stay, though it depends on how many visits that figure covers and how many pets are included.
What are the red flags in a pet sitter?
The practical test is what a sitter is willing to show you before you pay anything: a real service area, a phone number that gets answered, and proof of insurance on request. See the vetting guide for what else to ask.
How much do dog sitters usually charge for a week?
Most providers in this market price by the visit or by the day, not by the week. A week-long booking is typically that per-visit rate multiplied by however many visits you need. Ask directly about multi-day discounts.
How much should I expect to pay for 3 days?
Same math as a full week over a shorter stretch: multiply the per-visit or per-night rate by the number of visits or stays you need. Three overnight stays and three quick daytime drop-ins add up very differently.
Where do overnight pet sitters sleep?
In your own home, through the night. Your pet stays in a familiar space, and the sitter is present rather than checking in for a single visit and leaving.
How much does a housesitter typically cost?
Housesitting overlaps with overnight pet care: pricing follows the same variables (visit length, number of pets, single night vs. extended stay) rather than a separate rate structure.
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