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"Why
should I hire a professional pet sitter?"
Pet
Sitters provide a valuable service to pet parents. Whether you are
planning a vacation, or must travel for an unforeseen family crisis,
a pet sitter is available and capable of caring for your pets while
you are away.
Pet sitters provide care in the comfort of the pet’s home, where familiar
surroundings provide the pet with reassurance. Losing touch with a parent is
stressful enough for an animal – they may pine and refuse to eat, cry,
or misbehave in reaction the separation. All these reactions may worsen if
the pet is taken from the sanctity of their home and environment, and placed
into a kennel or boarding facility in which they are unfamiliar. As well, the
risk of you pet escaping the facility is greater, since an animal’s instinct
may be to attempt to return home. Risk of infections and parasites increase
with exposure to other animals.
Pet sitters also provide professional, reliable care. Having a friend, neighbour
or relative look after your home and possessions is convenient, but consider
the additional stresses involved: Is the person being compensated at a
reasonable rate for their trouble? Will the arrangement result in any resentment
on the part of either party (i.e. feeling of being “taken for granted”)?
Is the person available at specific times of the day to preserve a routine
for your pet, or are they just “dropping by” at their convenience?
Do they feel a strong commitment to providing this care, and do they have
back up arrangements if they cannot attend?
When
you hire a professional pet sitter, you can be assured that your
pet will be cared for
- for a guaranteed
amount of time each visit
- for a guaranteed
number of visits each day
- by a skilled,
reliable, compassionate individual
- In a safe environment,
free from potential infections
In addition, the
safety and security of your home and possessions is increased with
pet sitter visits. Besides being insured and bonded, professional
pet sitters may bring in mail and newspapers, open and close blinds,
turn lights on and off, etc. This greatly decreases the chance of
break-ins and personal loss.
Pet sitters do much more than provide your pet with food and water while you're
away from home. A qualified pet sitter also spends quality time with your
pet, ensuring your pet receives adequate exercise, companionship and affection,
and monitors the health of your pet, intervening before serious problems
arise.
Pet care professionals
belonging to the All Canadian Pet Services Network are bound by a
professional standards, personally and professionally. Members are
provided with access to ongoing educational opportunities, an ongoing
professional development accreditation program, group insurance benefits
and many other professional resources.
When your pet sitter is a member of ACPSN, you can be assured that your pet
is in good hands
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