Dog Sitting3 Days

Six visits across three days, at your house, on your dog's schedule. Fed morning and evening, walked when he needs it, played with, and sat with for a while each time. Messages and pictures as we go.

Nobody sleeps over. Three nights alone is a longer ask than one, and it's the thing to think hardest about before booking this. A settled adult dog who's used to being on his own usually copes well — better, often, than he'd cope with three nights in kennels. A dog with separation anxiety will not, and no amount of daytime attention fixes the night. If that's your dog, boarding or a live-in sitter is the honest answer, and we'll tell you so.

Where three days does work, the length starts helping. By the second morning the same person is arriving at roughly the same time, and a dog who was uncertain on day one is usually waiting at the window by day three. That rhythm is most of what makes a stretch away tolerable for him.

It's the shape of a long weekend, a wedding away, a short work trip. Three days at R490 each, with 5% back.

Before we come

We visit twice a day. We don't stay the night. It's worth being clear about that before you book, because "pet sitting" means different things at different companies. Your animal is at home in their own house, with someone coming morning and evening — not boarded, and not supervised around the clock. For most pets that's a better arrangement than a kennel or a cattery. For some it isn't, and we'd rather you knew which yours is now than find out while you're away. Write everything down for us. Feeding times, how much, which bowl, which cupboard, what they're not allowed, where the lead lives, which door sticks, what the alarm code is, and what "normal" looks like for your animal. You know all of it without thinking; we don't know any of it. The households where sitting goes best are the ones that leave a list on the fridge. Leave us your vet's details and a number you'll actually answer. Also a second contact — a neighbour, a family member — for the times you're on a plane or out of signal. We hope never to need any of it. Tell us about the animals we might not see. The nervous cat who hides under the bed all three days, the second dog who's fine with people but not with strangers arriving, the tortoise in the garden. Nothing is too small to mention. Tell us about medication, and be specific. What it is, when, how much, how it's given, and what happens if a dose is missed. Enough food, litter and medication for the whole booking, plus a bit spare. We'd rather not be buying your cat an unfamiliar food on day two. Tell us what day three should look like. Are you back in the morning or the evening? Does he need feeding before you land? It's the visit people forget to plan and the one that most often goes wrong. Say what you'd want done if something's off. A dog who won't eat on day two, a limp, an upset stomach: tell us in advance whether you want a call first or a vet trip first. Decisions are much easier when they've been made before anyone's worried.