Dog Sitters in Gemeente Hattem

Manuela
-58% off
6.5 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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Lindsay
It speaks volumes that we keep inviting Xavier back! We know that he is always reliable, clean and tidy and is brilliant with Spike and all the other responsibilities.  Thanks again, Xavier!
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sandy
Couldn't have had a better sitter. Since it was too hot to even go out the door, she was always at  home with the pets. Probably wouldn't come back in August and I wouldn't either if I were her! She was perfect. And a thoroughly enjoyed her company the few days we were together before and after the sit. Totally recommendable. Thank you Linda.
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Nancy
Brooke and Ismael could not have been more committed to our cats and home. They drove 14 hours to be here! A large part of the role is watering our garden and Ish took that on willingly. The garden is thriving. Brooke kept us updated on the cats who were clearly enjoying their time with Brooke and Ish. 

They were both enthusiastic about being here and we would happily have them return.

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