Pet Sitters in Gemeente Rhenen

Manuela
-9% off
4.1 miles away
Limited time deal
4.50
• 4 reviews
/night 33.00
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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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Nick
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Angie
Oh what a lovely first experience using THS! Angie was so welcoming and friendly from the first moment. Lucky and Rollo are the happiest puppies and just velcroed themselves to me the entire sit, so happy even for just the tiniest bit of attention. They were well behaved (Rollo just might try to steal Lucky and Jester's food), and lovely back and feet warmers at night. I miss them so much already! 
Jester was never really bothered with my presence, but by the 3rd night also came begging for scritches. The tortoises were elusive, but cute when you spot them out and about. 
I am so grateful to Angie, her home is so beautiful and streamlined (automatic everything and no loadshedding), and she even left some cute toiletries and things for me that made me feel like I was in a hotel. Her instructions were very clear and I felt welcome in her space. Baie Dankie!!
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Numa & Andrew
Just wonderful people and a wonderful place to stay. The entire place was fantastic, from the truly unique location to feeling as if you were staying in a museum, to the incredible hospitality of our hosts. Everything from the start to the finish was just fantastic. We would very happily, do this again, if given the opportunity. And the pets were simply wonderful.
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Zoe & Nic
We had a lovely time sitting for Gloria and her pals, the chickens and the 3 cats. All the animals are straightforward to look after. The chickens are very friendly and always ran up to us and would wander into the house if the door was open. Gloria will sit for her food and looks very glamorous with her curly locks! The cats are very friendly, they go out and about as they please but were happy to sit on our lap and have a stroke when they were in the mood. Zoe & Nic's home is spacious, warm and great fun with a pool table, outdoor pool and we loved the decor especially the boar with the top hat and the downstairs loo!
Zoe & Nick are friendly and welcoming and very good at communicating throughout. It's a lovely sit to do if you get the opportunity.
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Becky
House Sitting for Becky was a real pleasure. She is a great communicator, the house is beautiful and in a stunning location and the two dogs were a delight to walk. She also very kindly left a fridge full of food and a lovely bottle of wine!
The village has a delightful pub and you can walk the dogs without having to use the car. We also met Becky's dad on the day we were leaving (one of the dogs we looked after was his) and he too was a charming and very warm man. Lovely family. Definitely worthwhile for anyone thinking of house sitting here.
We loved it!!
Tony and Celia
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Leona
I had a wonderful time with Nikko and Nimboo. They both love attention and are very sweet. They have the perfect backyard. Leona is thoughtful and accommodating. I would love to spend more time there.

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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.

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