Find a locum.
Fast.
Without the agency fees.
Post a shift on Lapdog and reach a verified network of vets, vet nurses and animal care professionals across Australia. Free to post. No commission. No contracts.
Finding cover shouldn't
mean paying through the nose.
Locum agencies take a hefty cut. Word-of-mouth is slow. Posting on Facebook gets you ten messages from people who aren't qualified. Lapdog gives you a dedicated, verified pool of veterinary professionals — and you pay nothing to use it.
From sign-up to filled shift
in three steps.
Create Your Clinic Profile
Sign up in minutes, tell us about your practice and add your locations. We'll review and approve your account so you can start posting.
Post a Shift
Date, time, rate, requirements, perks — done. Choose whether the shift is visible only to Lapdog providers or also listed publicly for wider reach.
Review & Accept
Browse applicant profiles, check their compliance documents and prior history, then accept the right one with a single click.
A locum platform built
around real clinics.
Keep your locum budget where it belongs.
Locum agencies routinely charge clinics 20-40% on top of the locum's hourly rate. Lapdog charges nothing. You pay your locum directly — we don't take a cut.
No listing fees. No matching fees. No contracts. Cancel any time.
Sarah K.
VerifiedVet Nurse · 6+ years experience
No more vetting strangers.
Every Lapdog provider creates a verified profile with their qualifications, document expiry tracking and history of shifts completed. Police checks and insurance certificates are kept current — automatically.
Review their full profile before you accept. See exactly who's walking into your clinic.
Public when you need wider reach. Private when you don't.
Every shift you post can be visible only to logged-in Lapdog providers, or also listed on the public Lapdog website where any vet can discover it through search.
Need to fill an emergency cover for tomorrow? Make it public. Reserving overnight shifts for trusted regulars? Keep it private.
Private
Only visible to logged-in Lapdog providers.
Public
Listed on lapdogpets.com.au for any vet to discover.
A dashboard, not a spreadsheet.
Track every shift, every applicant and every preferred provider in one place. Build your own private network of regulars you can call on first.
Multiple locations? Manage them all from a single clinic profile.
Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.
Compliance Tracking
Police checks, insurance and qualifications expire automatically — providers get notified, and expired credentials block applications.
Fast Posting
Post a shift in under two minutes. Pre-filled defaults and 15-minute time slots speed things up.
Preferred Providers
Build a private network of trusted regulars. Reserve shifts for them, or open them up to everyone.
Real Support
A real human is always one email away. We'll help you set up your first shift if you need a hand.
Common questions.
Posting shifts on the Lapdog locum board is free. There are no listing fees, no commission on locum payments, and no contracts. We may introduce premium features in future, but core posting will always be free.
Lapdog providers are qualified veterinary professionals — vets, vet nurses, animal behaviourists and dog trainers — who have created a verified profile and uploaded compliance documents like police checks and insurance certificates.
Yes. When you post a shift you can choose to list it publicly on lapdogpets.com.au/clinics/shifts/ so non-Lapdog vets can discover it through search engines too. Otherwise, it's only visible to logged-in Lapdog providers.
Yes. Each shift can specify required provider types (Vet, Vet Nurse, Animal Behaviourist, Dog Trainer), a minimum number of years of experience, and any specific clinical requirements like surgical experience or exotic animal handling.
When a provider applies you can review their full profile, qualifications, document expiry status and any prior shifts they've completed with your clinic. Accept the right one with a single click.
Stop paying agency fees.
Start filling shifts.
Create your free clinic account and post your first shift today.
Already have a clinic account? Log in here.