Pet Sitters in Apeldoorn

Manuela
-58% off
7.4 miles away
Limited time deal
4.50
• 4 reviews
/night 72.00
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Manuela is a very sweet girl. She is social and kind to others. She helped my parents a lot (who live next door) and my mother really was a great fan of her. So she has good social skills. Manuela uses this site so she can find a place to stay, while she is looking for a job in the Netherlands or elsewhere in Europe. While she was staying in NL, she was following a study at the University. All that of course is not a problem at all; I realize that a lot of people here are using this site to find free or cheap accomodation. However this is a pet site, so the reliability and the quality of the petsitting should be the primary focus. 10 days before the sitting would take place, she informed me that she wouldn't be able to be present during the entire sit due to an in-person conference at the university that would last for a week. Of course this was less then ideal to me but since it was impossible to find another petsitter on such a short notice I went out of my way to find a replacement, and decided to pursue with her as my petsitter. However, half way during her stay she mentioned she would be gone for another week to do her exams at the university. So out of the entire month, she was only present for 50% of it. I had to make sure that I could find a replacement again. Luckily my stepdad was willing to take the care upon him. My pets are my babies so it is super important for me that the petsitter who applies for a period, actually is there the entire period. One of my cats, Frances was not eating well during her stay at my house. Of course that can happen; animals can get sick any time and that doesn't need to be a result of the care. However, my stepdad told me that the bowls in where the cats got their food in, were not clean and got dirty and even mold in it. When he stepped in and cleaned the bowls, Frances started eating again and after a couple of days he was back on his normal eating pattern. Another incident was with the rabbits, I gave her a manual in where I explicitly told her which veggies to give the rabbits and which not. I was not amused to see that she had fed them an entire plate of cut up carrots, while I had told her that they could only have a little piece of a carrot per day. My rabbits have supersensitive intestines and quickly to get gas problems. Carrots have a lot of sugar, so an entire plate can cause problems. Manuela did apply requests I made during my stay abroad; she did apply a spray against flies, when I asked her to and even washed one of the bunnies when that needed to happen. When I came home, I had to do some cleaning. Manuela hadn't noticed that the cats had been spraying on different places, including the kitchen counter and kitchen walls and cabinets. The state of the house was less important to me; I did notice she had cleaned the rabbit area very well so I was happy about that. I think Manuela did her best but just is a bit more casual about things then I would be.

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4.96 Organised 4.96 Reliable 4.95 Clean and tidy 4.97 Self-sufficient 4.91 Pet care
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Heather
It is hard to find words for such a wonderful experience and connection that we had with Heater and Andy. They are incredibly kind, generous, always in good mood who welcomed us with open arms. We spent couple of great days together, full of laughter and excellent food. We are incredibly grateful for that.  
However not to forget our distinguished gentleman Mattely. He is very very good boy, we loved him from first moment. He knows his walks and everyone around and introduces us to everyone. Sometimes it felt he was looking after us😂. We miss him very much and we hope to see Heather, Andy and Muttely soon, they are very very dear to us.
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Natashah and Goran
Blanca was a lovely and friendly girl! 
She was also easygoing with me, enjoyed a treat, and walked happily.
The room is clean and very comfortable.
It was great meeting you guys!
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SARA
Thank you Sara for being a wonderful host. I adored spending time with Rexi and Jojo and will miss them! 
Such a wonderful location and property. 
I look forward to cat sitting again in the future for you Sara!
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Gail and John
Gail and John were amazing, helped me with my travel, super welcoming. The three cats are amazing, I had a wonderful time with them. And the house is at a gorgeous location, with a lovely path towards Oxford along the river. I would definitely recommend, and would be happy to go back
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth was extremely nice! She welcomes her guests the first day to show them everything we need to know. She has plenty of thoughts, activities and life experience to talk about, and it was very nice to meet with her. She has been very understanding. A. is also such a nice, fun and interesting guy to discover and talk to! We also me the uphill neighbors and a friend from town, and they are all sweet people.

Her home is gorgeous. Estes Park is obviously very pretty, with the national park around. Unfortunately, you cannot bring dogs on the trails inside the park. There is a lake in town where you can bring Sati though. The water is very cold, but it’s very refreshing! Organic food is scarce and expensive, but that’s how it is. It’s patently such a nice experience to stay in such a beautiful home and place. The outdoor lounge to relax with Sati coming along is very pleasant too. I surely miss part of it.

Sati is very cute, with his disheveled hair, his small steps running away from vacuum… He can bark to male dogs, but he never bites. He’s very sweet and affectionate and loves company; whenever we are, during the day or at night, he loved to sleep or lay to where we are. He waits for us to go to sleep, try often to communicate with us in playful way, moves around with his many little steps when he sees the collar etc., it’s very cute.

Thank you for letting us have such a nice experience!
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Robert
Luna was one of my best TH dog sits, ever! She is a marvelous senior dog, gentle and loving, and since I work remotely, I was very happy that she was always up for a stroll to nearby Lafayette Park, with its dog run. Luna was very interested in smaller, younger dogs and came back to Robert's home fully exercised and ready for a nap... until the next excursion. Robert's home and amenities are exactly as described and he was very easy to communicate with during the sit. I sent pictures of Luna every day, and even kept a shamelessly posed selfie with Luna for my TH scrapbook. And yes, I missed Luna as soon as I departed out the front door! This pet stay is highly recommended.

Pet Sitting FAQs

From to for the cat sitting and from 19.9950 to 19.99150 for the dog, additional rates include from 50% to 100% per additional pet, cheap rates are 19.9940 for the cat sitting and 19.99 for the dog sitting. On Sittsy you can find a pet sitter who will not charge you anything for keeping your pets at home.

Yes, you can find a home pet sitter to stay in your house with your pet overnight and provide 24/7 care for your pets. You can include in your listing time the advisable timeframe that the pet sitter should adhere to and not leave your pet alone in the house. Usually, it's not to leave the pet alone for more than 4 hours.

The pet sitter for the cat should visit at least once a day. For the dogs, the pet sitter should visit at least three times per day, the best solution is if the sitter stays overnight and watches your pets all the time.

Look at the pet sitter with a high rating, and many previous bookings with good reviews, ask the sitter to make a meet and meet before confirming the booking online or in-person, and reach out to the pet owners where the sitter stayed before asking about reference.

Common red flags in pet sitters are bad reviews from previous pet owners, a high cancellation rate after approval, a sitter who doesn't have a background check, a sitter who refuses to meet and greet in person or online, and a sitter who wants to make bookings outside of the platform.

Yes, it is safe to hire a pet sitter it's still advisable to see if the sitter has a background check, good reviews, and past bookings and make a meet and greet before confirmation in this way you can reduce risk to the minimum.

Yes, pet sitters stay all day in your house and also they stay overnight, the sitter can leave your home for up to 4 hours or for a different time that you can discuss during the meet and greet.

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