Trusted House Sitting Ottawa
reliable house sitter
Trusted House Sitting Ottawa
reliable house sitter

House Sitting Service | Trusted Care While You’re Away

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Whether you’re traveling for a few days or several weeks, leaving your home shouldn’t come with worry. At Loving Paws, we provide trusted house sitting services, so your property stays protected, maintained, and lived-in while you’re gone.

Trusted Home Sitter in Your Neighborhood

Your home deserves professional care, not a quick check. Our trusted house sitters provide consistent, reliable in-home monitoring to keep your property secure and well-maintained.

Reliable Property Maintenance

Each visit includes mail and package collection, plant care, and routine inspections to spot early issues like leaks or power concerns, helping your home stay protected at all times.

Personalized House Sitting Plans

We customize house sitting visits for short trips or extended absences. After every visit, you receive Sitter Diary Notes with documented proof of inspection for complete peace of mind.

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Regular

15 Minutes

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Popular

30 Minutes

Special

45 Minutes

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Ultimate

60 Minutes

What’s Included in Our House Sitting Visit

What’s Included in Our House Sitting Visit

We customize every visit to your home’s needs, but here’s what most homeowners can expect:

  • Security Sweeps: We check all doors, windows, and gates to keep your home safe.
  • Mail & Parcel Management: Letters, newspapers, and packages? We bring them inside so they don’t sit on the porch.
  • Home Maintenance: Water indoor and outdoor plants, and make sure systems like your HVAC are running smoothly.
  • Insurance Documentation: Every visit comes with Sitter Diary Notes, proof of inspection for your insurance provider.
  • Local Presence: Proudly serving Ottawa homeowners with trusted house sitting care since 2005.
Service Description

When you’re away, Loving Paws & House Sitting steps in with professional house sitting services built on trust, consistency, and reliable care. Since 2005, we’ve been protecting homes and caring for pets across Ottawa, Hamilton, and Mississauga, helping families travel with confidence while everything at home stays exactly as it should.

Our experienced, background-checked, insured, and bonded sitters visit your home in person to perform full security inspections. Each visit includes full security checks of doors, windows, lights, and alarms, along with mail and package collection, plant watering, and light household tasks to keep your home secure, tidy, and comfortably lived-in.
What makes our service truly different is how seamlessly we combine house sitting with your pet’s daily routine. While caring for your home, our sitters also follow your pet’s familiar schedule, feeding times, walks, play sessions, companionship, and medication when needed. Your dog or cat stays relaxed in their own environment, and your home stays protected.

After every visit, you receive Sitter Diary Notes, giving you clear, documented proof that your home was checked, which is helpful for insurance requirements and complete transparency.

Flexible House Sitting Options

What House Sitting Visit Fits Your Schedule and Needs?

Flexible durations to match your schedule, needs, and budget, so your home is never left unattended.

  • The Quick Check (15 Minutes) – $16.50. Perfect for basic security. We collect mail, flyers, and inspections.
  • The “Lived-In” Look (30 Minutes) – $22.00 Our most popular choice. Includes the Quick Check plus an added lived-in look.
  • Top-to-Bottom Care (45-60 Minutes) – $30.25 – $38.50 The ultimate peace of mind. Includes all the above plus chores around the home.

Unsure what duration & frequency to choose? We can help.

House Sitting FAQs

What exactly does house sitting include?

House sitting means we look after your home while you’re away, from security checks to mail/package pickup, plant watering, and general upkeep. Every visit also comes with Edairy-Notes for documentation.

How often will someone visit my home?

Visits are fully customizable. You can schedule a quick security check, daily visits, or longer walkthroughs with maintenance tasks, depending on your travel schedule and home needs.

How often can someone visit my home?

Visits are fully customizable. You can schedule a quick security check, daily visits, or longer walkthroughs with maintenance tasks, depending on your travel schedule and home needs.

Can you watch my pets while house sitting?

Yes! Our service can be seamlessly combined with in-home pet care. While monitoring your home, our sitters can follow your pet’s routine feeding, walking, playtime, and basic medication, keeping both your home and pets safe, comfortable, and stress-free.

Can I combine house sitting with other services?

Yes! Many clients combine house sitting with dog walking, in-home cat or small pet care, puppy training, or medication administration. This all-in-one service ensures both your home and pets are cared for without extra stress.

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From daily walks to medical care, we provide trusted, compassionate support for your furry family members

Reasons to join our team and earn a good income

WE WORK HARD TO SUPPORT OUR DOG WALKERS, AND PET & HOUSE SITTERS

  • Work with us as one of our sub-contractors by driving to the homes of our clients to provide dog walking, pet sitting, medical care, and house sitting services.

     
  • The amount of work depends on the number of requests we receive from clients for our services, and that number keeps on growing as more and more pet parents and home owners learn of our services.
     
  • We diligently maintain our website and routinely work to ensure strong Web Search Engine Optimization so that our website appears top-most on web pages for search results.
     
  • Requests for our services come from clients who come to our website and submit quote or reservation requests. We then assign the work directly to you.
     
  • All work is paid, and we pay one of the pet care industry’s best rates for walking dogs, pet sitting, and house sitting.
     
  • No purchase of any “kit” is required to work for us. We do not charge any fee as a condition of working with us. We are not a pyramid-type organization.
     
  • There is much flexibility in terms of where, when, and how work is done, as long as the needs of our clients and their pets are met, and as long as what is paid for is done (we guarantee the duration of each visit, and that the visit will take place). Most clients are easy going about the services they need. Some clients are more specific; e.g. if their pet needs medication.
     
  • Aside from a computer with internet access, cell phone, and a vehicle that you need to work with us, we provide everything else you need to do the work, and for free: our admin software tool, access to our database, personalized email address, your insurance coverage and bonding, all the necessary printed materials, a professional binder for all documents, 4 handbooks covering medical care, procedures, and policies topics, and brochures/posters for networking.
     
  • We generally sponsor one major pet-related event annually; e.g. Pet Expo, and expect you will attend with us.
     
  • We put you in touch with new clients after they accept our quotes or existing clients after they reserve our services. Essentially, we pre-screen each assignment request to ensure it is valid before asking you to decide whether or not you want to take it on.
     
  • You can reduce your taxable income on your annual income tax filing with the Canada Revenue Agency by claiming eligible expenses for working as a sub-contractor, for using space where you live for office / admin work, and for using your vehicle for work.
  • We provide service every day of the year, especially on weekends and holidays when people tend to go away, and we pay 1.5X the normal rate for work done on a holiday.

     
  • You will interact with kind, animal-loving people who will appreciate and welcome the services you will provide, and who will trust you with their homes, belongings and their living pet(s).
     
  • You will have a territory and only be expected to drive to the homes of clients who live within typically 15-km from your home. We pay extra if you need to drive further (unless you agree to a larger territory when you join our team).
     
  • Walking dogs leads to getting exercise and the fresh are is as good for you as it is for the dogs; count on your health improving and not being stuck in a windowless office cubicle.
     
  • You will be pleasantly greeted at front doors by many pets that will be happy to see you and to also give you lots of unconditional love, affection and attention in return for just enough simple food and water, and all the play time and TLC you can afford.
     
  • You will experience improvements to your stress levels … numerous studies show that spending time with animals is relaxing and beneficial to human health.
     
  • You will learn about pet health and what it takes to become one of the region’s most respected, professional pet sitters.
     
  • You will have the opportunity to grow with us … we are increasingly called upon for our dog walking, pet sitting, medical care, and house sitting services. We provided our services to thousands of clients in the greater Ottawa region since 2005 and in Mississauga since 2012. Our goal is to reach more and more communities as we move forward.
     
  • We work on a very personalized level and are always available. We answer questions and solve problems quickly, and we invite suggestions for change and improvement regularly.
     
  • We have clear and concise policies and procedures so you will never have to guess about what you should or should not do.
     
  • We provide 4 detailed Orientation, Emergency, Procedures, and Policies Handbooks. Job shadowing and we continues with on-the-job coaching and accessibility. 
     
  • We provide continuing education opportunities relating to all areas of the pet care industry.

If you love interacting with and giving care to animals …
we and our clients … and their pets … can’t wait to hear from you.