Hello, I'm Shebas parents.
The main reason for having a house sitter is that we have an 18 month old rescue German Shepherd she's a lovely puppy, we have worked with her quite a bit to stop her from jumping on people and being naughty like chewing shoes etc, she was abused and we think she was attacked by another dog because she's quite reactive to other dogs but when they come near her she Tucks her tail under her tummy and Yelps like she's being killed, so leaving her in a kennel is not something that will be good for her. We don't expect anything of The Sitter except to look after the dog and of course just keep the house clean and tidy like you would when you were living in your own house. Sitters would sleep in our spare guest bedroom.