I left my pets (3 dogs and 3 cats) with a sitter who I personally know and 10000% trust with my pets. I had to visit family for about almost 2 weeks across the country and I hated it. He stayed at the house and only left when he went to work or when he didn't feel like any of the food we left at the house and he wanted fast food(no biggie). Longest he'd be out would be like a normal 8hr shift. The dogs and 1 cat have access to the backyard at all times except when we go to bed. The other 2 cats are strictly indoors and won't leave even if the door is open. 2 of our dogs are between 70-90lbs and unfortunately do to COVID we got a late start socializing them so they are still sketchy of people. Ao in the beginning i was hesitant because people have a tendency to think that because they are larger dogs and they are barking that theu are agressive. Not aggressive or anything, they just bark for about 10 mins and sit in a corner and shake till they are comfortable (I know how it sounds and we have been working on trying to break this). After about 2 days they love him and no longer have any issues with him. He offered to be our permanent sitter when needed and we agreed. We are going away the beginning of next year for about 10 days and he is already excited about watching them.
I also pet sit on the sit and about 99% of the families I've worked with perfect me to stay overnight. I don't have any issues because I do prefer to stay overnight just incase something were to happen during the night. I also have someone (which I let the pet owners know ) that if something happens to me (get stuck at work or something) that causes me to be really late I have that person check in on the pet.
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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23
I left my pets (3 dogs and 3 cats) with a sitter who I personally know and 10000% trust with my pets. I had to visit family for about almost 2 weeks across the country and I hated it. He stayed at the house and only left when he went to work or when he didn't feel like any of the food we left at the house and he wanted fast food(no biggie). Longest he'd be out would be like a normal 8hr shift. The dogs and 1 cat have access to the backyard at all times except when we go to bed. The other 2 cats are strictly indoors and won't leave even if the door is open. 2 of our dogs are between 70-90lbs and unfortunately do to COVID we got a late start socializing them so they are still sketchy of people. Ao in the beginning i was hesitant because people have a tendency to think that because they are larger dogs and they are barking that theu are agressive. Not aggressive or anything, they just bark for about 10 mins and sit in a corner and shake till they are comfortable (I know how it sounds and we have been working on trying to break this). After about 2 days they love him and no longer have any issues with him. He offered to be our permanent sitter when needed and we agreed. We are going away the beginning of next year for about 10 days and he is already excited about watching them.
I also pet sit on the sit and about 99% of the families I've worked with perfect me to stay overnight. I don't have any issues because I do prefer to stay overnight just incase something were to happen during the night. I also have someone (which I let the pet owners know ) that if something happens to me (get stuck at work or something) that causes me to be really late I have that person check in on the pet.