# Pawshake

> Pawshake connects pet owners with local sitters for boarding, day care, walks, home visits and house sitting. Its website and mobile apps combine sitter profiles, messaging, meet-and-greets, booking, payment and conditional veterinary coverage across multiple international markets.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Portola Valley, United States
- **Founders:** Tanguy Peers (Co-founder and CEO), Dries Coucke (Co-founder; technical background)
- **Products:** Dog boarding, Doggy day care, Dog walking, Home visits and cat sitting, House sitting
- **Notable:** Selected among six scaleups in Qantas’s inaugural AVRO Accelerator cohort in 2017., Pawshake’s current international selector lists 20 country or territory markets., Company reports more than one million booked days and more than 30,000 sitters; undated cumulative claims.

## Products & services

- **Dog boarding** — Overnight care in a sitter’s home.
- **Doggy day care** — Daytime care at a sitter’s home.
- **Dog walking** — Local walks arranged with a selected sitter.
- **Home visits and cat sitting** — Visits to feed and care for pets in their own home.
- **House sitting** — A sitter stays overnight in the owner’s home to look after pets.
- **Pawshake mobile apps** — iOS and Android tools for searching, messaging, booking and managing care.
- **Pawshake Guarantee** — Included booking protection with conditional veterinary reimbursement; terms, exclusions, limits and eligibility vary by market.

## Achievements

- Selected among six scaleups in Qantas’s inaugural AVRO Accelerator cohort in 2017.
- Pawshake’s current international selector lists 20 country or territory markets.
- Company reports more than one million booked days and more than 30,000 sitters; undated cumulative claims.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Published pet-safety guidance for extreme heat on 15 June, updated 18 June.
- **2026-03** — Privacy policy updated on 10 March; identifies Pawshake, Inc. and its Portola Valley headquarters.
- **2025-07** — Published guidance on reducing risk in last-minute pet-sitting bookings, emphasizing a meet-and-greet.
- **2025-05** — Published sitter guidance on rates, add-ons, boundaries and declining unsuitable work.

## Links

- Website: https://www.pawshake.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pawshake/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Pawshake
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PawshakeUK/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/PawshakeUSA/

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Last updated: 2026-10-24