A security risk ??? Hmmm, sounds fishy to me & there is no way I would leave my babies with anyone that doesn't allow me to see where my babies are staying. That would be like myself with my home daycare telling parents well you can meet me BUT you can't see my home, the place where your child will be for more hrs of the wk then they are in their own home AND if I were you I would tell her just that. I have known a few people that use doggy daycare & what this person is saying is not gonna fly. That said, I would be ok with my pet staying away from home BUT like with your own home lots of doggy daycares offer video of your babies in their home for you to see all day. I would want to see where they will have outside time, where they will eat & sleep as well and that the sitter is home most of the day aside for maybe going out for an errand or 2 but being away no more then about an hr at a time as they are getting paid to sit with your pet just like child care. With child care we do not have the privilege to go out & about whenever we choose, it is our job, just like with any other job a person may have & you don't get to run your errands till after work. I get that with doggy daycare your pups are there day & night so I would want to know also where my babies will stay if the sitter must step out for a bit & if there are other pets in the house your babies don't normally live with are they kept separated from pets (ie) kept in separate rooms, crates or kennel/runs for their safety as this could be a problem while the sitter is out. I would check out a pet sitters home for safety issues same as for children, are there toxic plants in the yard or home, are electrical cords placed in such a way that my pet can not get tangled in while the sitter is away, same with blind chords & blinds in general should be stored in the up & open position with the string/cords up & over the top of the blind when no one is home. If baby/doggy gates are used are they the rite kind, safe from my pet getting stuck or strangled in ? Garbage cans not assessable to the pets in the event there is anything toxic in them, that toilet lids are kept in the down/closed position. These are things I do in my own home & would expect no less from my dog sitters home. |