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09-29-2005, 09:40 AM | #1 |
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| Help! Anyone Know Of A Dog Sitter? I feel really bad that I have been working two jobs now. I leave my house everday at 8am and don't get back until about 11pm. That leaves coco in the house all day by herself. When I get home at 11 I pet her a few times give her some treats and I just go straight to bed but coco is SOOO wound up from being in the house all day with no company that she goes bonkers when I walk in the door. (She is trained to use the bathroom on a puppy pad so thats not an issue) But......I see on my lunchbreak dog walkers that have a lot of dogs with them. I wish so much I could do this for her or a dog sitter or something. I have heard that these do exist, the dog sitters that is. But does anyone in the NY area know how I could find either a dog walker or sitter? And yes they do have doggy daycare downtown but its an arm and a leg. Its like $200 a week. I love coco but ummmm not to pay that amount for doggie daycare. |
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09-29-2005, 10:01 AM | #2 |
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| Be careful when getting a pet sitter. Check this out: http://www.thewgalchannel.com/news/5...0741&qs=1;bp=t LANCASTER, Pa. -- Pet owners will do a lot to protect and provide for their pets, including hiring someone to take care of the animals when they can't. But how can you make sure the pet sitter you're hiring is the right person for the job? News 8 consumer reporter Brian Roche has the story of one pet owner who answered that question with a hidden camera. Hunter and Winston are Weimaraners, a German hunting dog known to be friendly, fearless and obedient. They're also known to have high energy. Nicky Stouch and her husband work long hours, so she hired a pet sitter to come to her house and take care of her dogs when needed. "The guilt of leaving a dog in a crate for 10 hours ... It was a peace of mind for me once I hired one," Stouch said. For three years, Stouch employed the same woman until she got into a conversation with someone about having a pet sitter. "I actually said, 'Oh I have a great pet sitter.' He said, 'Who do you use?' I said her name and he said, 'That's who I just fired,'" Stouch said. Within 48 hours of that conversation, Stouch had set up a hidden camera in her home to see if what she was told was true. VIDEO: See What The Camera Caught "So I wanted her to come between 10 and 11, whatever suited her best, and then one more time in the afternoon," Stouch said. After running the hidden camera for just one day, Stouch discovered she may not be getting what she was paying for. Instead of coming twice a day to walk and exercise her dogs for a half hour each time, the pet sitter appears only once on the tape. "They were outside for about four minutes. That was their playtime, so they probably just went to the bathroom," Stouch said. Even though the pet sitter is only seen once on the 12-hour tape, she left a card saying she was there at 10:45 a.m. and at 3 p.m. that day. DISCUSSION: Have You Ever Had A Problem With A Pet Sitter? The next day, Stouch ran the camera again. This time she positioned a clock in the picture to display the time. "And this visit is at 1:15 p.m. and again, she's supposed to come at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m." Even though she appears on the tape only once, the pet setter once again left a note saying she was there twice. On the third day, it was the same routine. One appearance on the tape and two times left on the pet sitter's card. On the fourth day, the dogs are seen near the front door looking out the window and waiting. "Look, he's laying by the door because it's 20 minutes to 2 p.m. He hasn't been out since 7 a.m." On this day, the pet sitter's note claims she visited at 9:45 a.m. and 2 p.m., but she's seen only once on the tape. According to Stouch, she had been using the same pet sitter for three years and feels guilty because she believes her dogs were not getting the attention she thought they should be getting. Now she wants other pet owners to learn what's she learned about hiring a pet sitter. Pet sitting is a fast growing cottage industry. Some pet sitters have hundreds of clients and several employees to help them. But the industry is completely unregulated, leaving pet owners pretty much on their own. Stouch said the pet sitter she hired only got the job because she was the first one to return a phone call. "It was my own fault, that's why I blame myself for this. I didn't do anything a good consumer should do," Stouch said. Pet Sitters International is a group that tries to self-regulate its industry and educates pet owners about hiring a sitter. "You have an interview with the actual sitter you're considering. Make sure they're bonded and insured," said Tina Ovensen, of Pet Sitters International. Pet Sitters International encourages pet owners to talk to their pets' veterinarian to find a qualified sitter and check out the group's Web site at www.petsit.com for other questions to ask. The Stouch's have established an e-mail address at petsitterscam@yahoo.com for people to contact. Copyright 2005 by TheWGALChannel.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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09-29-2005, 10:37 AM | #3 |
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| You might check with your vet or groomer. 15 hours a day alone and then no time when you come home at night is no life for a little yorkie. You really should try to amend the situation in some way. It must be terribly lonely and with no exercise, either, I hope you can come to some sort of compromise. Loving them without any time or attention just is not enough.
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09-29-2005, 10:40 AM | #4 | |
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09-29-2005, 10:44 AM | #5 |
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| Well, three days a week isn't as bad as I was thinking. You gotta do what you gotta do! I know you love your puppy and like I said, I would check with my vet or groomer or friends and family to see if you couldn't come up with some solution. Does she act sad now or just happy to see you when you get home?
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09-29-2005, 10:54 AM | #6 | |
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09-29-2005, 10:56 AM | #7 |
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09-29-2005, 10:59 AM | #8 |
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| i feel so bad for your pup.. its not fair.... my heart goes out to you and her.. poor baby..... pls try to find someone soon....
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I know that really makes leaving harder for you. I hope you are able to come up with something.
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How very VERY nice of you!!!!!! I let my neighbors dog out every day for her. She appreciates that so much. It would be so nice if everyone had a neighbor they could trust. | |
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