YNP #015: How to Choose the Right Dog Care – Part Two Pet Sitters
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Debbie Cilento: Dog Trainer | Dog Behavior Consultant | Owner of Playtime Paws | Belly Rub Specialist
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🗓️ 18 October 2017
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to Part Two of the two-part series on helping you find the right dog care for you. In part one (Episode #14) I talked all about facilities. In this episode I talk about Pet Sitters.
Who will take care of your dog when you can’t is a very common concern for most dog owners. With good reason. There is a high level of trust that has to happen for you to feel comfortable to leave your dog in someone else’s hands.
Good news is there are a lot of options out there nowadays. The bad news is there is a lot of options out there nowadays.
There are a few things to consider when deciding which option is right for you and your dog. Remember that your comfort is just as important as your dog’s comfort. If you are nervous about leaving your dog then your dog will be nervous about being left.
Even if you are clear about which service you want, now you have to find the place or person you trust. The only way to really do that is to talk to them and ask lots of questions. Remember this is your dog you will be leaving with them, don’t be shy about getting all the information you can.
In this episode
I talk about your different options when considering a pet sitter. Most pet sitters will do home visits. Home visits are where the sitter comes and takes care of your dog while he stays in his home environment. Some pet sitters will even take your dog into their home and stay while you are away.
In this episode I talk about both options plus how to find the pet sitter that is right for you and your dog including:
- Decide on what your priorities are
- Do your research
- Call and ask questions
- Schedule a meet and greet
- Do a test run.
Don’t forget to check out part one (episode 14) where I talk all about facilities.
Dog Care Questionnaire
To help you through this process I have provide you with a questionnaire you can use as a starting point to ask lots of questions and figure out which pet sitter is going to be the best for you and your dog.
The questions are split into two categories: Pet sitters that come to your home and pet sitters that will take your dog into their home.
The questions are designed to give you a head start. They center around getting a clear picture of what is happening inside a facility once you drop your dog off. Use these questions exactly or modify and add questions depending on your priorities and needs.
Episode #015 Free Tool: Dog Care Questionnaire for Pet Sitters
Additional Resources mentioned in this Episode
Episode 14: YNP #014: How to Choose the Right Dog Care – Part One
National Association of Professional Pet Sitters
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to your new puppies podcast. Starting you and your dog off on the right paw. Here's your |
| 0:16.8 | host Debbie Salinto. Hello and this is episode 15 of your new Puppies podcast. |
| 0:36.0 | So this is part two of a two-part series where I'm talking about |
| 0:40.0 | what your options are for places or people who can take care of your dog when you can. |
| 0:45.0 | So if it's a vacation or just a long day at work, chances are at some point you're going to need some help. |
| 0:50.0 | So if you haven't listened to part one already I talked all about facilities so |
| 0:54.4 | commercial buildings that you bring your dog to and they take care of your dog. This |
| 0:57.9 | episode I'm gonna talk about PetSitter so individuals that come to you and to your home to take care of your dog so I'm actually |
| 1:06.1 | going to jump writing so I'm going to make the assumption that you did listen to episode |
| 1:10.0 | once I don't want to repeat myself too much to save some of your time. If you haven't |
| 1:14.5 | listened to it you just got to listen to like the first five minutes that was the |
| 1:17.5 | intro and then you should be good all right so let me jump right in so pet |
| 1:21.6 | pet sitters are individuals or a small group of individuals, usually self-employed, |
| 1:27.0 | that will come to your house and take care of your dog. And whatever that means, they'll walk your dog dog they can just let them outside in the |
| 1:34.4 | backyard they'll feed your dog they'll give the dog fresh water and if you are on |
| 1:39.5 | vacation if you're out for a longer period of time, a lot of them will also do some house sitting chores, like bringing in the mail, taking out the garbage, things like that. |
| 1:50.0 | They might charge an extra fee, so that's definitely something to ask but most of |
| 1:53.7 | them since they're already at the house they will do those type of things for you |
| 1:58.0 | there's also a small group of pet sitters that will take your dog into their home and I'm going to talk about them in a minute. |
| 2:06.6 | I just wanted to make sure that you knew that I was going to be getting there. |
| 2:09.8 | So the reason why I like I like pet sitters like even if you you know have a facility have a daycare or a boarding |
| 2:17.2 | place that you like to bring your dog to I like having a pet sitter in my back pocket as well because they're really versatile because sometimes |
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