Prepping Your Pet and Your Home While You’re Away
Are you going on a vacation or have a work trip and can’t leave your pooch alone? Your pet sitting service can help! You can get rid of your worry by using a responsible and educated pet sitter while you are away. Depending on you and your pet’s needs, the visits may be during times where supervision is needed such as walks and meals or just for night and day-long cuddling and companionship.
Either way utilizing your pet service while your traveling is a great way to make sure your dog is well taken care of. Here are a few ways to get everyone ready.
Preparing Your Pet Sitter
While your pet sitter may be experienced in overnight stays, they may not be familiar with your pet’s nightly routine. It’s extremely important that you thoroughly go through your routine and even go as far as clearly documenting it for reference. Any medications and allergies your dog needs or has must be discussed and another reference sheet for those items left as well. Just as important are your dog’s unique behaviors.
We all know that like people all animals have different personalities. It’s a good idea to cue your pet sitter in on this so that they may know when your dog is trying to tell them something, such as needing to go outside, having anxiety over something, or just wanting some attention. Now because something may go wrong or even if the pet sitter just has a question about how to adjust the thermostat, always leave your contact information and when and where you can be reached.
Preparing Your Pet
Even if your pet has had an overnight pet sitter before they may experience separation anxiety. A good way to get them used to your pet sitter before you leave them in the sitter’s care entirely is to make introductions beforehand. Asking your pet sitting service to send the same person over for walks for a few days before you leave can get your pet and the sitter used to each other.
Also, allowing the sitter to spend some time in your home while you are there can keep your dog from trying to protect your home from unknown strangers when you are gone.
Although your long absence may be unfamiliar for your furry friend, at least this way they will somewhat know who they are being left with. This can make your time away much easier for your pet and make your pet sitters job that much easier.
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Preparing Your Home
You’ll also need to get your home ready for your guest. Making it as safe as possible is essential here, so try to get rid of any potential hazards. Your pet sitter may be unfamiliar with the layout of your house, so removing any unnecessary debris will make it easier to navigate. Basically, just keep it clean!
Also, if there are any tempting cupboards with foods or other items that may be dangerous for your pup, consider locking them or moving the food to unreachable areas. This way, your pet sitter will not have to worry about your dog getting into a situation where any doctor’s visits are necessary.
Now that you know how to take care of your pooch while you’re away, go ahead and contact your pet sitting service. You’ll find solace knowing that your dog will be looked after. Plus, you have the added bonus of having your home looked after too!