rates for medication administration?

I don't think it's appropriate to charge extra for medicine administration. You're already being paid to care for that dog, that should mean doing everything that needs to do be done to care for the dog.

I don't charge a separate fee for administering meds, including injections. Though I agree, depending on your market and competition, it would be great if Rover would offer that to sitters as a optional charge. I do only drop in visits and dog walking, and my regular rate is a couple dollars higher than other sitters. And I'm #1 in search results. I've gotten several repeat clients who book me because I do meds at no additional charge. It's been a great marketing tool for me. In my area, kennels charge $2-3 per injection or oral med administration. If you want to charge extra, put that info in your profile and adjust the stay price as needed at booking time. Good luck!

Hi Angela:

I don't think there is an additional rate like how you can add bathing and grooming. You can always add a rate for injections, for example, while you are booking the stay. I have no training in administering injections, and I haven't had a client that needed oral medication, so I haven't run into that myself. You might want to call Rover Support with this question. 1-[Edit: Rover’s contact options have changed. Visit the Rover Help Center at https://support.rover.com/ to find the phone number, help articles, or chat with the team].

I use the cost adjustment under edit stay price to add extras that are not on my profile. I wish there was a medication box and price list.
Hope that helps, Amber G

I don't charge anything for injections. I haven't had to do any yet, but I do kind of feel like it should be part of the nightly charge. If you wind up doing a lot of them, you might consider just raising your nightly/visit rate a dollar or two. You'll be compensated, but the owner will view the injections as free. Part of the psychological game.

I don't charge for administering oral medication. The majority of the dogs who have stayed with me take their meds so easily (either broken up in their food or just placed in their mouth with or without some peanut butter) that I would be embarrassed to charge anything additional for this service. I do not administer injections and believe that it requires a special skill to do so, for which an additional charge would be warranted. I don't believe a sitter should raise his/her rate to include that service however. Why should everyone in essence pay for what only a few may need. Therefore, a charge for injections at whatever is your local market rate seems the right way to go.