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Pet Sitting Safety & Animal Instincts
What happens when a pet’s traumatic history is kept secret? Discover the realities of pet sitting safety and why total transparency—and secure housesitting platforms—are vital when animal instinct takes over. Read one seasoned sitter’s harrowing but inspiring true story. The…
The Ultimate Housesitting Kitchen Checklist – Top Tips for Successful Housesits
Master the art of the perfect housesit handover. From the “Great Food Debate” to our essential housesitting kitchen checklist, learn how to prep the home and kitchen for a 5-star return. This is your top housesitter guide. The Ultimate Housesitting…
Housesitting Expectations: Top Tips on What a Fair Exchange Actually Looks Like
What does a fair exchange actually look like? Discover the essential guidelines for balancing housesitting expectations. From daily pet care duties and the 2–4 hour rule to home preparation and fridge restocking, here is how homeowners and housesitters can create…
Best House Sitting in Richmond: Ted Lasso’s Richmond
Many of our regular housesitters gravitate towards particular locations. House sitting in Richmond has long been one of Kelly Hayes-Raitt’s favourite things to do, for all kinds of reasons. In this article she reviews her most recent exploration of that…
The Ultimate Housesitting Safety Guide
To the uninitiated, ‘housesitting’ is a world of unknown protocols and new people. Whether you are a homeowner or a housesitter, this ultimate housesitting safety guide will help you get confident on how to begin your wonderful new adventure in…
How Pet Owners Can Improve Air Quality Indoors – Top Tips
As pet owners we can get used to the fur and dander pets leave on furniture and carpets. Yet pet owners can improve the environment in their homes by following a few simple steps on a routine basis. In this…
Top House Sitter Interview Questions: The Ultimate Homeowner Checklist
Finding the right sitter is about more than reviewing profiles and references. If you prep house sitter interview questions for your meeting it helps you to assess whether a candidate is the right fit for your home, pets, and lifestyle.…
Separation Anxiety in Dogs Best Tips
Many pet owners, especially of rescue dogs, experience some challenges. Separation anxiety in dogs is fairly common and will need training to help the pet acclimatise and settle in their new home with new owners. Read on to learn some…
See Behavioral Changes in Dogs Top Tip
Some pet owners are better than others at noticing change in their pets. But behavioral changes in dogs can be hard to identify. In this article we review some of the more detectable changes in behaviour your pet might exhibit…