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Learn About HouseSit Match Vet’s 24/7 Pet Safety Net for Total Peace of Mind
As a petowner, ensuring your pets receive seamless care while you are away is a top priority. With our Vet’s 24/7 Advice Line if you sign up for HouseSitMatch.com’s Choice Membership, you gain immediate access to a dedicated support from…
Petsitting in Aix-en-Provence: A Magical 3-Week Christmas Housesit
Petsitting in Aix‑en‑Provence gave long‑time HouseSit Match member Kemkem and husband Fede one of their most memorable Christmases — a three‑week stay in the old town caring for a tiny dog named Riley. In her personal account of how as…
A 10-Year Nomadic Lifestyle: How Housesitting Helped 2 Nomads Travel France
What does it really take to live a nomadic lifestyle for 10 years? For Linda and Mark, the answer has included becoming housesitters, remote work, slow travel and a determination to experience life beyond the traditional home base. After years…
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…
Entertain Pets While Housesitting – Tips
New housesitters often struggle knowing how to entertain pets while they are housesitting in a new location. It can take practice to think of the best way to keep pets stimulated and active. Read on to learn our top tips.…
When Housesitting For Cats: How to Bond
If you are housesitting for cats for the first time you will need a few tips on how to bond quickly with your pet charges. Read on to learn our top tips on how to use play and other tactics…
Cat Sitter’s Advice: Rescue Cats 5 Top Tips
Many of our pet sitters often find they are caring for rescue pets, and often these are cats. Read this cat sitter’s advice from a 3am crisis. Learn why honesty with pet owners is the best policy, even when things…
Vet Matthew Bayliss: Tips for rabbit sitters on rabbit care
If you are a pet owner who loves rabbits you may have hired or asked rabbit sitters to care for your pets. We asked Vet Matthew Bayliss to help us prepare a top tips blog for anyone looking after rabbits.…
How to Break Bad News to Petowners: 14 Tips
Anyone who has been petsitting for someone else knows the fear and trepidation of having to break bad news to pet owners. If a pet is old or unexpectedly ill it can be a worry. So how do you break…