Dog Sitters in Rijswijk

Barry & Dorien
-52% off
7.8 miles away
Limited time deal
5.00
β€’ 1 reviews
/night 63.00
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A fantastic family to look after your pets and home. We were initially a little nervous about our first experience using this sitting service but soon after we were introduced to Barry and Doreen my worries subsided. We were unsure about having families with young children as sitters because Alfie, our dog is full of energy and on first meeting can get very excited which involves a lot of tail wagging and some jumping up which we are trying to train out. Barry and Doreen were keen to be our sitters so we had a FaceTime call which enabled us to meet them and them meet our pets, I explained my concerns about children and the family were very happy to still sit for us and I'm so glad they were! On arrival we had a couple of hours overlap before we left to introduce the pets and we could see instantly that they were a family of animal lovers. The children were keen to learn how to care for our pets and both Barry and Doreen were great with our elderly cat that requires medication and instantly bonded with Alfie our dog. The communication from Barry and Doreen was great leading up to the sit regarding us all booking our travel arrangements. While we were away they sent us regular updates about how the pets were doing which was lovely to hear and reassuring that all was well. On arriving home the house was beautifully clean and some lovely touches were a returning gift of some chocolates and a posy of locally picked flowers. We were also very grateful that our garden had been kept alive as it had been quite warm at times while we were on holiday. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend Barry and his family. They are perfect house sitting guests and we are very grateful that they selected our pets and home to look after. Highly recommended.

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My first reaction when being recommended the zeewoi site was dismissal. I didn't like the thought of strangers being in my house and particularly taking care of my dogs. However, I had a choice - never travel with my husband, or take a leap of faith. I decided on the latter and was so pleased I did as it's opened up a whole new world of possibilities.  The site was well organised and thorough - it took me quite a while to finish my listing. We were quite late with our first listing and looking through lots of sitter profiles, there were so many that were excellent, however consequently booked up. We had one bad communication experience where we thought we had cover only to never hear from the person again. Then Tanja came along. What a breath of fresh air! Straightforward, honest, communicative, helpful and the icing on the cake - an animal psychologist! What more could you want?! I immediately had a gut feeling she was 'the one' and I wasn't disappointed. She arrived on time (despite a 5 hour drive) and the dogs were instantly in love. We had a couple of hours to handover and get to know each other and we left with complete peace of mind. Tanja sent regular updates with gorgeous photos and videos, and the dogs looked so peaceful and settled in their usual routine. Coming back was like we'd never been away. The dogs were happy and content and the house just as we'd left it. Tanja stayed an extra night and it was really lovely to chat and get to know her more. I really hope the dates will work out for the future and she can take care of our dogs and home again.

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