If a client wants you to watch multiple dogs and/or cats are they charged PER pet?

That would be up to you. http://Rover.Com simply takes 15% of YOUR total charge to the client. Remember, you do not work for http://Rover.Com. You are an independent contractor. So, you have to decide what to charge for whatever you are doing! It will be a little "trial and error" to see what your market will bare. Hope this helps.

The travelling sitters I know have their base rate for one pet, no extra duties, but then determine what the needs of the client are, then come up with a custom rate for their situation. Also make sure the owners have all their dogs profiled on Rover and request service covering all of them, so they are all covered by Rover's insurance and support.

Since you're staying in the owner's house, they may expect you to get the mail, water plants (which could run from a couple house plants to a full garden, depending on the house), run some errands, etc etc, while you're there, so in addition to the number and variety of pets it's important to discuss the entire scope of the job so you can make sure you're getting appropriately paid for your services. You may want to message some of the travelling sitters in your area to ask how they handle it, since you don't want to end up charging way more or way less than your competition and either ending up swamped and underpaid or not booking any stays at all because everyone else is cheaper.

Yes normally it is per dog. For me if there are any cats I would only charge for one because they are so much easier.

There is a setting for charging additional at a lower rate. Like 30 for the first dog and 15 for each additional dog. Then you can set a cat rate etc. if you don't do that it charges the 30 (or your set rate) per dog.

If it is just for a drop in service, I charge for time. Will you be able to get everything done in the allotted time?

Staying in the owners home overnight? Couldn't be only $20-that's way to low of a service charge. If so, you need to up your rate.

Over night in your home? I charge per pet, but give a discounted rate after the first animal.

I only board dogs and don't do traveling sitting, but I would think the premise is the same, i.e., you should charge according to the work load involved. If Rover doesn't have appropriate categories for additional charges under the Services & Rates button, you should probably make reference to that, without being too specific, in your profile. Set a $ figure as your base rate, a discounted $ number for each additional pet, & reference the fact that you supply other house services (or duties) at a negotiated rate. You can't set a flat rate since you don't know what they might ask of you in addition to caring for their pets. I might add that it seems harder to find a sitter willing to stay at the client's house than to find someone who boards dog's, so I would think a slight premium for that service, compared to the boarders in your area, is appropriate. A piece of unsolicited advice if you're new: discount your prices a little to the established sitters in your area, and when you've got some good references, then you can charge accordingly...just don't price yourself too low since the average person, including me, always has the thought "you get what you pay for" and you don't want to appear not qualified. There's a fine line there, and you'll probably have to go through some trial and error at first, but it DOES get easier, and Rover has good support people. Good luck to you and your new endeavor.

You have options to fix your rates accordingly. For example, you can charge 40$ a night for regular sits, and then choose to charge the same 40$ if the owner has two or more dogs. I personally charge a little less for an additional dog, I find it gets me more business and is the right thing to do. You can set all of these prices however you want through http://rover.com or your rover app. Go to your rates section and click Edit up at the top, then set your prices accordingly. Good luck!