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May - Jun. 2024
3 weeks |
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This was a very last-minute housesit. We happened to have availability when we saw a post about someone urgently needing a housesitter, so we spoke with Rosie that evening and booked a bus and ferry over to her place for the following day. We spent a wonderful three weeks with her two dogs and cat. Every morning, we all walked to the beach and back for about 1.5 hours where we joined their dog friends and their owners in picking up trash. Mealtime was cooked rice and chicken and we fed the cat as instructed. In the evening, we took the dogs on another walk around the neighborhood. We kept in close communication with Rosie and managed the handover to bring the dogs to her friend's home for the remaining week because we already had committed to another housesit prior - this was all agreed upon before our arrival. We loved these special pets and hope to see them again!
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We cared for two dogs (a 1-year-old Thai dog, Moki, and a 1.5-year-old Husky, Nika) in southern Thailand. We regularly shopped locally at wet markets for ingredients for their meals, which were cooked chicken, rice, and sometimes egg. Every day, we all went for an hour-long afternoon walk on the beach; we supervised when they went swimming and protected them from multiple engagements with territorial stray dogs along the path. Given the environment and record-breaking heat wave, we ensured that they stayed hydrated and mostly inside with the A/C and fan (as per the homeowner's request). We also bathed them and—because they both shed a lot—we brushed them often, sweeping and vacuuming every day. Around the yard, we watered the garden twice daily and kept the lawn maintained, mowing and weed whacking, as well as pulling weeds from the gravel driveway. These two dogs are very sweet.
We cared for this sweet pup, Luna, for just a weekend - wished we could spend more time with her! We took her on four walks a day and were very careful about preventing her from interacting with street dogs because of scary previous interactions that her owner was concerned about. Luckily, we didn't have any problems. Since there were two of us walking her, Lianne was able to ward off the street dogs who came to attack while Adam continued walking Luna away. We do our best to protect the pets!
We provided care for a very sweet lady, Haddie (9 years). She was shy at first, but warmed up to us quickly within the first night. We carefully followed the feeding instructions including daily medications, walked her twice a day, and brushed her every day. We loved the area so much that we ended up in an AirBnB right next to theirs so we're thankful we got to spend even more time with Haddie who came into our yard to greet us! |
ReferencesThese reviews represent over a decade house- and petsitting internationally. Some homeowners have even graciously agreed to be available for your questions; we can provide contact information for them upon request.
Here you will also find a few positive reviews from our time volunteering via help exchanges. Additionally, for many years we were also each avid CouchSurfers (both as traveling guests and hosting others ourselves). See those many testimonials here.
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