{"id":794,"date":"2018-10-15T11:56:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/woofwoofaway.com\/adventures\/?p=794"},"modified":"2024-10-29T12:51:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T12:51:32","slug":"what-to-consider-when-getting-a-free-pet-sitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/woofwoofaway.com\/adventures\/what-to-consider-when-getting-a-free-pet-sitter\/","title":{"rendered":"What to consider when getting a free pet sitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-794\" data-postid=\"794\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-794 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_27nn971 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_hx75973 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_8yxm516   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Do the people you are talking to about house and pet sitting have the following qualities:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Are they pet lovers?<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Do the people you\u2019re considering for the job have previous experience of looking after animals, both domestic pets and farm animals &#8211; if this is required and do they naturally love animals of all kinds?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li>Will they know what to do in an emergency? We have both trained in dog first aid which is very useful knowledge to have<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li>Are they local or are they travelling from far away &#8211; could they get delayed and can you deal with this?<\/li><li>It\u2019s a well known fact that the most popular sitters love animals and may have previously had pets of their own, a lot of pet sitters use the opportunity to travel the world seeing places whilst getting free accommodation<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Are they trust worthy and willing to collaborate with you?<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Is the prospective house-sitter happy to chat to you on Skype or WhatsApp so you can see what they are like? And visa versa.<\/li><li>Do they have references on the website your looking at &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/trustedhousesitters.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trustedhousesitters.com<\/a> offers the opportunity to review the sitters as well as the home owners, so it\u2019s a two way street<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li>Are they able to be flexible with their plans to help you to care for your pets and your beloved home?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li>Are they willing to water the garden or collect the post and deal with emergencies<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li>We usually suggest that we arrive the day prior to the owner leaving, this is for the animals to get used to us before the owners leave and we also often stay a day later in case of delayed flights too, which has in fact happened to us previously<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Do they love exploring new areas?<\/b><\/p><p>Will the pet sitter enjoy discovering your area, and if so are you able to give them local maps and pointers to the best pubs and restaurants in the local area? So that the house-sitter can live-like-a-local<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Working independently<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p>Do your pet-sitters need wi-fi to be able to work and if so is yours high-speed?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>What does a prospective pet sitter want from us?<\/b><\/p><p>All a pet sitter usually asks for is &#8211; a clean home and dog, clean and comfortable bed, a pet inventory to tell you about the pets and home, some foods to start them off and some information about the area around the home and walks if it\u2019s dogs they are taking care of.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Where will you find a house and pet sitter?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p>Look at <a href=\"http:\/\/trustedhousesitters.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trustedhousesitters.com<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/nomador.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nomador.com<\/a> to get your sitters, we personally are registered with both and also have our own website <a href=\"http:\/\/woofwoofaway.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WoofWoofAway.com<\/a>, there are other websites too, but as we haven\u2019t tried them we are unable to recommend them to you.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Wish you luck with your travels and pet sitters.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do the people you are talking to about house and pet sitting have the following qualities:\u00a0Are they pet lovers?Do the people you\u2019re considering for the job have previous experience of looking after animals, both domestic pets and farm animals &#8211; if this is required and do they naturally love animals of all kinds?\u00a0Will they know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-house-sits","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<p>Do the people you are talking to about house and pet sitting have the following qualities:\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Are they pet lovers?<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Do the people you\u2019re considering for the job have previous experience of looking after animals, both domestic pets and farm animals - if this is required and do they naturally love animals of all kinds?\u00a0<\/li><li>Will they know what to do in an emergency? We have both trained in dog first aid which is very useful knowledge to have\u00a0<\/li><li>Are they local or are they travelling from far away - could they get delayed and can you deal with this?<\/li><li>It\u2019s a well known fact that the most popular sitters love animals and may have previously had pets of their own, a lot of pet sitters use the opportunity to travel the world seeing places whilst getting free accommodation\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Are they trust worthy and willing to collaborate with you?<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Is the prospective house-sitter happy to chat to you on Skype or WhatsApp so you can see what they are like? And visa versa.<\/li><li>Do they have references on the website your looking at - <a href=\"http:\/\/trustedhousesitters.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trustedhousesitters.com<\/a> offers the opportunity to review the sitters as well as the home owners, so it\u2019s a two way street\u00a0<\/li><li>Are they able to be flexible with their plans to help you to care for your pets and your beloved home?\u00a0<\/li><li>Are they willing to water the garden or collect the post and deal with emergencies\u00a0<\/li><li>We usually suggest that we arrive the day prior to the owner leaving, this is for the animals to get used to us before the owners leave and we also often stay a day later in case of delayed flights too, which has in fact happened to us previously\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Do they love exploring new areas?<\/b><\/p><p>Will the pet sitter enjoy discovering your area, and if so are you able to give them local maps and pointers to the best pubs and restaurants in the local area? So that the house-sitter can live-like-a-local\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Working independently\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p>Do your pet-sitters need wi-fi to be able to work and if so is yours high-speed?\u00a0<\/p><p><b>What does a prospective pet sitter want from us?<\/b><\/p><p>All a pet sitter usually asks for is - a clean home and dog, clean and comfortable bed, a pet inventory to tell you about the pets and home, some foods to start them off and some information about the area around the home and walks if it\u2019s dogs they are taking care of.\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Where will you find a house and pet sitter?\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p>Look at <a href=\"http:\/\/trustedhousesitters.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trustedhousesitters.com<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/nomador.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nomador.com<\/a> to get your sitters, we personally are registered with both and also have our own website <a href=\"http:\/\/woofwoofaway.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WoofWoofAway.com<\/a>, there are other websites too, but as we haven\u2019t tried them we are unable to recommend them to you.\u00a0<\/p><p>Wish you luck with your travels and pet sitters.\u00a0<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/woofwoofaway.com\/adventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/woofwoofaway.com\/adventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/woofwoofaway.com\/adventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/woofwoofaway.com\/adventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/woofwoofaway.com\/adventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/woofwoofaway.com\/adventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":801,"href":"http:\/\/woofwoofaway.com\/adventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794\/revisions\/801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/woofwoofaway.com\/adventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/woofwoofaway.com\/adventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/woofwoofaway.com\/adventures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}