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Children fire and pet safety top tips
If you have children or pets at home you will have deep awareness of the need for fire safety on your property and elsewhere. Pet owners especially need to be mindful of seasonal fire risks especially when you are out…
Rabbit sitter or rabbit owner – Rabbit care essentials
If you are a pet owner who loves and owns rabbits, or a rabbit sitter who prefers rabbits as petsitting charges, read on. In this blog we offer some essential notes on rabbit care that you need to know. Rabbits…
How to handle pet sickness – Top Tips
Whether you are a petowner or a pet sitter it is really important to know how to handle pet sickness. In this article we offer you some vital information and some top tips to ensure you can act quickly and…
How to care for a dog – Key facts
Pet owners everywhere will try to care for their pets as best as they can. If you are a new dog owner you want to learn how to care for a dog as quickly as you can. Read on to…
Treat a sick dog at home – Here’s how
Whether you are a petowner or a pet sitter you need to be mindful of the state of health of the dogs in your care. Here are some top tips on how to assess the health of the dog in…
How to keep a dog healthy – 5 Tips
Every pet owner takes on that responsibility because they love the pet. dogs in particular take a great deal of care and they need attention in many ways. In this article we offer 5 top tips on how to keep…
Housesitting Ile de France and losing myself in the country
It’s long been an ambition of mine to find the right housesitting opportunity and lose myself in the French countryside. This September I escaped home obligations for a short while and tried housesitting Ile de France. This peaceful rich agricultural landscape…
House-Sitting – To Pay or Not To Pay
In house sitting circles to pay or not to pay for house sitters is a hotly debated issue. At HouseSit Match we promote free housesitting, as an exchange of services, free pet and housesitting for free accommodation. Read on to…
How to manage pet illness on a housesit
Through Lamia Walker, the owner and passionate founder of HouseSitMatch, we happily accepted a pet sitting assignment from a pet owner in Budapest, Hungary. This is the story of how we were faced with a difficult situation – how to…