bubbilygum
Well-Known Member
Our dog has been going to a dog sitter each week day for over a year now, and at first it all seemed great, but lately I have been getting less impressed with the service we are being provided with.
To begin with I was dropping our dog off each morning, but now very often she is collected (I have no idea what time) and often when I collect our dog after work, the dog sitter herself isn't there and I'm collecting our dog from her husband or son (who is a teenager).
I often drive past her house at lunch time and her car isn't there, and yesterday her van also wasn't there at about 3pm (I happened to be passing at this time, I'm not a stalker!) and now I am wondering how often she is actually there.
This morning I dropped our dog off, nobody was in, I had to let myself in and leave our dog with other dogs I didn't know. I shut my dog away in the kitchen with another dog who was waiting to be let in (a Labrador), as one of the dogs there disliked the Labrador (snarling and snapping!) and there was no way I could leave them alone, and the Labradors owner seemed concerned too.
Would this be acceptable to you? I understand she also walks dogs for people in the day, but for what I pay each day I could get two more dogs of my own and leave them to entertain themselves all day, which is what seems to be happening now! The whole reason we take her to a dog sitter each day as we felt this was better for her than being left alone in the day with only a lunch time visit and a dog walker visit, but now I feel she is being left alone all day, but in someone else's house, with a load of random dogs, and I am paying for it!
I'm not sure what to do; am I being unreasonable to expect her to be there a majority of the time, and at the very least at drop off/collection time? I'm concerned as to how long dogs are given to acquaint themselves with each other before they are left alone without human supervision. I did say I wasn't very happy this morning (especially with a snappy snarling dog there) but I was assured that all the dogs know each other and were only alone for five minutes (which just made me feel like I wasn't being listened too )
Any comments/suggestions please? Am I being unreasonable, or is she?
To begin with I was dropping our dog off each morning, but now very often she is collected (I have no idea what time) and often when I collect our dog after work, the dog sitter herself isn't there and I'm collecting our dog from her husband or son (who is a teenager).
I often drive past her house at lunch time and her car isn't there, and yesterday her van also wasn't there at about 3pm (I happened to be passing at this time, I'm not a stalker!) and now I am wondering how often she is actually there.
This morning I dropped our dog off, nobody was in, I had to let myself in and leave our dog with other dogs I didn't know. I shut my dog away in the kitchen with another dog who was waiting to be let in (a Labrador), as one of the dogs there disliked the Labrador (snarling and snapping!) and there was no way I could leave them alone, and the Labradors owner seemed concerned too.
Would this be acceptable to you? I understand she also walks dogs for people in the day, but for what I pay each day I could get two more dogs of my own and leave them to entertain themselves all day, which is what seems to be happening now! The whole reason we take her to a dog sitter each day as we felt this was better for her than being left alone in the day with only a lunch time visit and a dog walker visit, but now I feel she is being left alone all day, but in someone else's house, with a load of random dogs, and I am paying for it!
I'm not sure what to do; am I being unreasonable to expect her to be there a majority of the time, and at the very least at drop off/collection time? I'm concerned as to how long dogs are given to acquaint themselves with each other before they are left alone without human supervision. I did say I wasn't very happy this morning (especially with a snappy snarling dog there) but I was assured that all the dogs know each other and were only alone for five minutes (which just made me feel like I wasn't being listened too )
Any comments/suggestions please? Am I being unreasonable, or is she?