NZ Gal

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UPDATE! 😊 Please read carefully as availability has changed
NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR:

SYDNEY
(Western limit: CANTEBURY/ HURSTVILLE |
Northern limit: LOWERNORTH|
Any Central Area: EASTERN/CBD)

March 20- March 24,
March 29- onwards
Weekends only (Thurs night - Sunday night/Monday mornings)


NORTHERN NSW-> SOUTHERN QLD
(PORT MACQUARIE-> GOLD COAST)

JULY 20 2024 onwards
(2 weeks max, up to 4 weeks max upon discussion of services, no last-minute requests due to airfare costs and scheduling)

I'm a mature, well loved by animals (sometimes taken advantage of!) New Zealand woman in my thirties. I've been living in Sydney since 2022 and work independently as a pilates teacher, writer, dancer & actor. I am fit and active. Ive been house sitting on and off over the years. I've only recently joined this platform, but can provide my own references from other sits and I am also a member of Aussi Housesitters and have references through there that I can send you. I don't have a furbaby of my own in Sydney and miss them. I'd also like the chance to see where I want to permanently set up here so have opted to housesit for as much of the year as I can. Kill two birds with one stone.

I'd love to talk with you about your needs, so please feel free to get in touch. If you'd like to screen me further to save yourself time before making a call or meet, please see more details below.

Happy Housesitter Finding!

I can/have:
- I'm great with cats and small-medium sized dogs (Fondness for all cats-the fluffier the better, small to medium dogs (particularly cavoodles, pompskies, daschounds etc) + plus well behaved labs, huskies, golden retrievers poodles).
- Experience house sitting
- Experience pet sitting
- Grown up around cats
- My full drivers license
- Experience working as a yacht stewardess so you can be sure your house will stay clean and tidy

I can't / don't:
- Unfortunately I'm not able to care for indoor birds due to bird seed allergy. Outdoor birds such as chickens are fine.
- I don't recommend myself for very large dogs outside the listed type or, dogs with trauma or behavioral issues or needing heavy medicine, due to lack of experience in that area and my small body frame (1m65, 50kg)
-I do not offer cooking services for pets. Heating food or mixing foods is not a problem but I do not offer cooking services
- I am not a palliative care pet sitter so cannot look after terminally ill pets. I suggest a vet nurse or vet pet sitter for these types of furbbaies
- I don't have a car, but I can drive (so if you have a fur baby that needs to be driven places I am unable to provide this service unless you have a spare vehicle)



Photos:
Most recent housesit cat
Nami- see story below
Another housesit in Sydney
Myself and Chichi of Newcastle
Myself on the road
My own furbabies now in heaven
Dolche dog sit
Lady I dog sat for


Finally I would like to finish by telling you about my favourite cat. About 8 years ago, a scraggly homeless neighbourhood cat started being allowed to take over my parents property as Tigger, their beloved cat faded into old age. This new cat, Nami, clearly did well under the families care, initiated by myself. We didn't want to encourage her but we couldn't hold her she was so scared of people. We asked around the street but no-one seemed to know her. So we started feeding her. I went overseas. When the pandemic hit, I returned and stayed with my parents for 9 months and to my horror, they decided to find a way to give Nami away. Nami had been scratching their trees and I couldn't convince them otherwise. Fortunately Nami was a lot more tame now and at the suggestion of a Vet friend of mine, I managed to capture her and put a paper collar on her with our details in case someone else in the neighbourhood had been feeding her also and wanted to keep her. The next day, we found out she'd been leading a double life. Her actual mum was a few houses away and had been trying to find out where she kept going for the past 8 years as she was only ever home an hour or so of the day. We staged an intervention where her mum showed up to show she knew. We also found out that the reason was her dislike of her older brother. After some discussion with her mum, her separation from her older brother was improved and while she sticks around her original house to get fed now, she still comes over and sits in our garden. My parents have fenced the trees. Read more...