Summer is here and vacation season is in full swing! Following are 10 tips that will help your pet sitter provide the best possible care to your pets and your home while you are away:
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Why Hiring a Professional Is SO Much Better Than The Kid Next Door
You’ve made your plans to go away, all that’s left is enlisting someone to care for the pets. The neighborhood kid is fine (and cheap), right? Think again. These are a few of the things we have encountered over the years that could have caused potential life threatening and/or catastrophic emergencies.
Trusting Your Pet Sitter
Handing your keys over to a virtual stranger is nervewracking. You are leaving behind two things that mean the most to you; your home and your pets. We do our best to alleviate your stress and make things go as smoothly as possible. We encourage people to check our references to ease their mind. Despite […]
The Scoop on Poop
Being pet sitters we are up close and personal with poop on a more regular basis than the average person. It’s really a glamorous side of our job. OK, it’s not, but it’s an important part of our job none the less. Analyzing your pets droppings can give you an insight into what’s going on […]
No Request Is Too Strange
Pet sitting is a very personal service. We are in your home, your sanctuary, your castle. Because this is such a personalized service we get a lot of requests that other service providers would think were rather strange. Here are a small sampling of some of what we’ve heard over the years:
How Many Hats Does Your Pet Sitter Wear?
Whenever I tell someone I’m a pet sitter I usually get the “I want your job” or “oh, that’s cute” response. Most people envision us frolicking with fluffy puppies or fuzzy kittens in a field of wildflowers with butterflies floating around our heads between the hours of 11am and 2pm. Yeah, NOT. Being a pet […]
We Want You!
I’ve been getting a lot of inquiries lately from former clients of Four Seasons Professional Pet Sitting in East Greenbush, NY wondering if I knew what happened to their pet sitter. Unfortunately, I don’t. I tried calling, but the phone has been disconnected. If you are a former client of Four Seasons Pet Sitting and […]