Join Lapdog as a Vet Nurse in Australia

Earn flexible income
doing what you trained for.

Lapdog connects qualified vets and vet nurses with pet owners who need clinical-grade care at home. You set your rates, choose your bookings, and work when it suits you.

Looking for pet care instead?

Vet nurse smiling while caring for a pet

Choose the services that suit you.

Pick one, pick a few, or offer them all. Every service is backed by your qualifications, and you set the rates for each.

Telehealth

Offer remote consultations using Lapdog's built-in telehealth system. Set your own availability and take calls any time, anywhere — desktop or mobile.

Per session

Home & Pet Sitting

Stay in a pet owner's home while they're away, providing care in a familiar environment. Overnight stays on your schedule, with the animals you love.

Per night

Visits

Offer walks, feeding check-ins, daycare, enrichment sessions, medication visits, post-op checks, puppy and kitten visits, senior and special needs care, or house calls — pick the visit types that match your skills.

Per session

From sign-up to first booking in three steps.

1

Create Your Profile

Sign up, verify your qualifications, tell us about your experience and the services you'd like to offer.

2

Get Matched

Lapdog connects you with pet owners in your area based on your skills, availability, and the care their pets need.

3

Do What You Love

Show up, be brilliant, get paid. We handle the bookings, payments, and admin so you can focus on the animals.

You're probably thinking…

Good news: there's no minimum. Take a telehealth call from your couch on a Tuesday night, or fit in a home visit on your day off. You set your availability, and Lapdog only shows you to pet owners when you're free.

Pet sitting is what your neighbour's teenager does. You're a qualified professional delivering medication management, post-op monitoring, and behavioural assessment. Lapdog exists specifically because that's not the same thing — and pet owners are willing to pay for the difference.

Nothing to sign up — creating your profile is free. Lapdog charges a 25% service fee on completed bookings, and that's it. No monthly subscription, no listing fees. You only pay when you earn.

Every booking comes with the pet owner's emergency vet details and care instructions up front. All providers are required to hold public liability insurance, and the Lapdog support team is here if you need us. Your clinical training is the best safety net a pet can have — that's the whole point.

Lapdog is designed around your expertise.

Use every skill you have.

Post-op recovery, medication schedules, behavioural observation — the same standard of care they'd get at a clinic, without ever leaving home.

Lapdog exists because we'd rather have someone who can spot early signs of distress and give incredible belly rubs.

Vet nurse washing a dog
Vet nurse reading with dogs on the couch

Earn on your terms.

You pick the jobs, set the hours and name your rates. We handle the bookings, payments and finding clients — you focus on the animals. Lapdog charges a 25% service fee on completed bookings — no sign-up costs, no monthly fees.

Remember why you became a vet nurse? That feeling when an anxious pet finally relaxes in your hands. Lapdog is just you, a pet who needs your expertise, and the deep satisfaction of doing what you're brilliant at.

Your skills deserve better.
So do you.

Join Lapdog and start earning flexible income doing what you trained for.

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