Hello, I'm LolaKira.
My partner and I are both academics and travel regularly, both for work and to visit our respective families in France and Germany. While we often take our dog on holiday or board her somewhere, our cat stays behind being looked after by neighbours. As she is getting older she is more unhappy staying on her own. It would give me peace of mind to have someone in the house looking after both of them so that they don't need to be separated.