responsible, gentle pet- /home-sitting

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***we offer responsible long-term house-sitting and gentle, not-dominating pet-sitting from approximately 15.3.- 15.5. in Perth**

Pictures and more information are available through chats and phone, as well as in follow-up meetings beforehand, but not online as we value privacy of both us and the homes and pets we care for.

Hello! We are a family of three with two adults and a six-year-old who loves to care for animals and has boundless affection and patience for their needs.

We favor non-dominating approaches and have excellent experience with problem-solving gently around various needs.

**What and When**

We are looking for longer house-sitting and pet-sitting arrangements from mid-March to mid-May as we tend to form bonds with the pets we care for and enjoy having time. Anxious pets with allergies and medical needs (especially dogs, such as staffies) are very welcome as long as they generally feel safe around young children.

We require accommodation with access to WIFI for research and distance-teaching commitments at this time.

**What our offer of care work includes**

We will care responsibly for your house and pets in such a manner that you find them in the same conditions you left and are happy to meet beforehand to help build trust and good communication, as well as provide fair assurances to help alleviate concerns over entrusting your home and loved pets to us.

We can contribute towards cost of utilities, will care for gardens and plants, run errands, buy specialized pet foods, and are fortunate to have a network of local friends with contacts to services and resources should additional needs come up during your stay away.

We find that maintaining good communication during your stay can be helpful and are more than willing to contribute to that.

**How our approach works out in our current house- and pet-sitting engagement in Camillo**

We are currently caring for our friends' house in Camillo and their highly allergic, older staff with health issues and what is described as "behavioral issues" from early adverse experiences, difficulty in interactions with other dogs and strangers, a tendency to bark often, eat allergy-triggering foods and escape.

We enjoy gently working out what they need to feel safe, gain trust, and have their physical needs, such as play, cuddles, food, and walks, met. Everyone seems quite pleasantly surprised by just how quickly she – as well as the two anxious cats and three chickens in the household – have appeared to feel quite settled and content, with no tendencies of escape, unusual barking, or health flares to date.

Our friends are happy to chat as well as vouch for us, too.

**Additional information about us**

We don't smoke or consume recreational drugs, we eat plant-based foods, use allergy-sensitive cleaning products (that we'll bring with us) and have extensive insight into allergies of different physiologies (humans and some animals).

The adults among us are educators/coaches/therapists/researchers, one of us in the position of a governmental clerk in Germany, where we usually live.

We are considering immigrating to Perth later on and, therefore, have a more settled lifestyle here, with calm mornings and evenings that we plan around the needs of the pets we care for, and courses, playgroups, and meeting friends in between.

Please DM me for further information and we can arrange a phone call or meeting. Read more...