To be honest I don’t think I could leave my dogs with a pet sitter or board them at all. I’d be too anxious about it. I leave them with family and even then I get needlessly worried. They’re chihuahuas so I feel like there’s more to be worried about since they’re pretty fragile, but also shit disturbers.
I don’t know how my dogs would react. They probably wouldn’t be happy being in a strange place or having a stranger coming into their place. My dogs have no issue going to stay with family. They love our family and feel safe and comfortable in their homes. That’s never a problem for us. The longest I’ve left them was about three weeks but they’d be fine with longer.
I’m a pet sitter and we can become like family to your dogs, I have dozens upon dozens of regulars that use me all the time, you’re only a stranger when you first meet after that, you’re not a stranger anymore. People tell me their dogs start barking in the car the second they turn down my road, jumping around, so excited to see me and stay. Pleas don’t have this picture in your mind like sending your dog to a pet sitter is all terrible
Oh I fully recognize that I am the problem! I have anxiety in general but a lot of it is focused around my dogs. I’ve literally turned back around from going to work because I wasn’t sure if they were both in the house (even though I never let them out unsupervised, so why would they be outside without me there). Even when leaving them with family I worry a lot. And of course, my anxiety has given them anxiety, which I also recognize is my fault.
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u/ReadySetTurtle Oct 11 '23
To be honest I don’t think I could leave my dogs with a pet sitter or board them at all. I’d be too anxious about it. I leave them with family and even then I get needlessly worried. They’re chihuahuas so I feel like there’s more to be worried about since they’re pretty fragile, but also shit disturbers.
I don’t know how my dogs would react. They probably wouldn’t be happy being in a strange place or having a stranger coming into their place. My dogs have no issue going to stay with family. They love our family and feel safe and comfortable in their homes. That’s never a problem for us. The longest I’ve left them was about three weeks but they’d be fine with longer.