Dog sitting

[cancer man]

since i retired from the auto business well i still do part time..i was wondering about going into dog sitting .. anybody have any insights thinking of going full time if it works out..

[pheoxs]

Rover is pretty popular for finding dog sitters. I'd make a profile there whether its full or part time.

Are you looking for overnight or in house dog sitting or more of a during the day daycare setup?

[tirebob]

The lady we use when we go on holidays charges like $30 a day to stay at the house, looked after 4 dogs, a hedgehog and a gecko, house plants and light yard work, brings her own food and bedding and when we get home our dogs are even trained up a bit better! haha!

Not much money in it I think.

[jabjab]

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The lady we use when we go on holidays charges like $30 a day to stay at the house, looked after 4 dogs, a hedgehog and a gecko, house plants and light yard work, brings her own food and bedding and when we get home our dogs are even trained up a bit better! haha!

Not much money in it I think.

now that's a great deal! Is there during the day at all or mainly just over night?

[tirebob]

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now that's a great deal! Is there during the day at all or mainly just over night?

She worked like 5 or 6 hours a day at her day job, but she would take one or two of the dogs with her to hang out every day. We would go on holidays for 2 weeks and it would give her like $500 even though she only asked for like $420. She was awesome. Haven' travelled in a couple years now of course, but when we do, she is our call. She owns her own house too but just likes animals and makes a few extra bucks. Only thing is you needed tons of notice because she is always booked. She doesn't even take new clients. We were lucky because a friend who used her was moving and gave us an in with her.

[cancer man]

short term or long term is what i'am looking for.. tired of talking to the walls and gives me an excuse for walking.

[Buster]

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The lady we use when we go on holidays charges like $30 a day to stay at the house, looked after 4 dogs, a hedgehog and a gecko, house plants and light yard work, brings her own food and bedding and when we get home our dogs are even trained up a bit better! haha!

Not much money in it I think.

[JRSC00LUDE]

TIL - people want to spend time with dogs (OTHER people's dogs?!!?) voluntarily.

[ExtraSlow]

cancer man, post a flyer at the co-op and you'll have someone calling.

[sabad66]

+1 for Rover. We found our sitter there, but then after the first time arranging thru the app we just call her directly and she saves on the App fees.

[Disoblige]

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TIL - people want to spend time with dogs (OTHER people's dogs?!!?) voluntarily.

of course... it's like playing with someone else's kid and then going home with no strings attached.

[cancer man]

Good idea..

[cancer man]

So my first Dog Tucker Australian sheep dog dies on me 2nd night..FML ..i was to house him 10 days. 13 years old this is my luck i cried owner cried. (and now i have a karliean bear dog for a week and she is 15 years old.

[Disoblige]

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So my first Dog Tucker Australian sheep dog dies on me 2nd night..FML ..i was to house him 10 days. 13 years old this is my luck i cried owner cried. (and now i have a karliean bear dog for a week and she is 15 years old.

Really sorry to hear, that is rough.

[ExtraSlow]

Holy shit rough start!

[killramos]

Jesus

[JRSC00LUDE]

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So my first Dog Tucker Australian sheep dog dies on me 2nd night..FML ..i was to house him 10 days. 13 years old this is my luck i cried owner cried. (and now i have a karliean bear dog for a week and she is 15 years old.

If it happens twice people in the dog community are going to think you're a cancer man, good luck!


edit - and that legit does really suck, that must have been so devastating to experience.

[ganesh]

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So my first Dog Tucker Australian sheep dog dies on me 2nd night..FML ..i was to house him 10 days. 13 years old this is my luck i cried owner cried. (and now i have a karliean bear dog for a week and she is 15 years old.

Really sorry to hear.

[sabad66]

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So my first Dog Tucker Australian sheep dog dies on me 2nd night..FML ..i was to house him 10 days. 13 years old this is my luck i cried owner cried. (and now i have a karliean bear dog for a week and she is 15 years old.

Brutal man. Hope it goes better for you going forward.