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How to be good chicken sitters while housesitting
In this 2022 Housesit Match Competition Runner Up blog by Robert Bull you will learn about the experience of two intrepid chicken sitters. Read on to learn how they cared for a whole chicken coup and saved two chickens who…
Ensure the best pet nutrition – Here’s how
One of the big worries for pet owners is how to choose the best pet nutrition. The world of pet foods is a vast commercial spectrum of foods with varying degrees of good and not so good nutrition. Read this…
Pet security and wellbeing – The ultimate guide
As pet owners we all fear that our animals will fall unwell, will get lost, or be taken when we are not there to protect them. There are ways to manage these risks and to ensure that they are well…
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…
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…
Start training a puppy – How soon?
If you love dogs and are planning to get a new puppy think early on about how to go about training a puppy. In this article we offer petowners some top tips on how and when to start training a…
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…
Caring for a petowners home
If you are a petowner you know you need to manage cleaning and home maintenance. And as a housesitter what does caring for a petowners home mean? Whether you have only recently adopted or bought a pet, or a petsitter…
How housesitting helped me move country
“I sleep around. Usually with animals,” Kelly Hayes-Raitt jokes in the opening of her book How to Become a Housesitter: Insider Tips from the HouseSit Diva. From housesits in countries Hayes-Raitt has never heard of to sitting in her hometown, “I’ve…