I am traveling the week of July 4th and in the process of hiring a pet sitter off of Rover.com. Would you prefer to have the sitter come to your place and stay or bring your babies to the sitter's home?
I am leaning more towards the sitters home option. Mostly it has to do with me not being comfortable having a stranger in my home and sleeping in my bed. I live in a studio apartment and do not have a guest room.
I am finding it is more expensive to have my babies go to the sitters as they charge per dog; wherein if the sitter stayed at my place they do not charge per dog.
My concern is Bella and Thumper. I think they will be fine if they are together but I always worry about them being in new spaces. Additionally, at home I have a camera I can watch them from when I am away.
I am meeting with two potential sitters this weekend. Both seemed nice over text messaging. One is my preferred and the other one I am only meeting because I already agreed to the appointment without realizing she will not allow me to view her home (apparently it is a security risk for her) I am not comfortable leaving my dogs with someone where I have not inspected the home; no matter how many 5 star reviews she receives on Rover. We are meeting at a nearby dog park I was already planning to take the dogs to after their grooming appt. so I am not going out of my way.
The other potential sitter has a mixed yorkie and I will be meeting her at her home to see if the dogs are a good match and I can view her home. If all goes well I will choose her.
On a side note in my next life I want to be a pet sitter. In NYC they make a ton of money. I am paying triple the money for pet sitting than I spent on my airline ticket.
