Watching a client’s dog doesn’t mean you have to make yourself way too comfortable but then…
When a dog’s owner is gone, a dog sitter takes care of the pet. While following all directions from the dog owner, the dog sitter plans meals and exercise times for the dog.
Regular walks, feeding the dog on a schedule, transporting it to the vet if it becomes sick, and administering medication are all common dog-sitting responsibilities. Clients’ dogs are kept happy and healthy by good dog sitters.
Dog owners want a dog sitter who offers excellent care for their dogs at a fair price. So pet owners frequently use pet sitters when they go on vacation, travel for business, work long hours, or are too ill or injured to care for their pet.
A good dog sitter communicates with the owners frequently and informs them right away if there is an emergency concerning the dog’s health or welfare. Pet sitters frequently provide multiple visits per day, and some even provide overnight care.
In today’s post, the OP shared that the lady who normally watches the kids for date nights offered to watch the dog so they did not have to board her. But then she discovered that the dog sitter had been taking food and drinks to her bedroom and sleeping there during the night and most of the day all weekend.
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The OP writes:
The OP discovered the dog sitter has been taking food and drinks to the bedroom
She has just decided to do whatever she wants
Here are a bunch of the most upvoted comments from Redditors in response to the story.
She took it her way and you yours
Really?
This Redditor turned down a job that expected them to sleep on the couch
You define what it means to do the job
Did you expect her to sleep on the couch?
Humans do not have that ability
That is something that should be communicated
It’s totally up to her on how to handle the task
She assumed sleeping on the bed was okay
You weren’t clear about your expectations or boundaries
Taking food in there was not appropriate
You have to set the expectation when you hire someone
Why was your arrangement so vague?
She’s essentially staying there while you’re gone
You don’t say anything about paying her for this
You can’t just drop in and feed them twice a day
The OP was unclear about the expectations
This is disrespectful to someone else’s living space
Unless you had a formal agreement on where she would sleep
She doesn’t want anyone else put out
Pet sitting is the act of caring for a pet in its own home while the owner is away. One has to discover the preferred walking routes for the dogs, then come up with entertaining techniques to keep them entertained amongst other things.
Not much info was provided as to whether the dog sitter did her job or not but then, the OP seems pissed that the dog sitter made herself way too comfortable.
