05/03/2025
Kailani whispering in my ear.
This week is Professional Pet Sitter Appreciation week. The day was created by Pet Sitters International to give thanks to those in the pet sitting industry and to educate pet owners about the benefits of having a pet sitter care for their pets. The need for pet sitters is growing because more people have pets and more people treat those pets like part of the family.
This week should also be a week to highlight what is involved in being a pet sitter…it’s more than just “I love working with animals.” While that’s the biggest part of the job, there’s so much more to it. It’s giving up weekends and holidays, it’s worrying about multiple houses when storms come through or temps get below freezing. It’s knowing what to do if a pet gets injured or ill…and their vet is not open? It’s knowing what to do when you walk into a house and there’s a water leak or taking care of a garage door that you’ve accidentally backed into. 🤭 It’s knowing what to do when you get in YOUR car and it won’t start but you have 5 pet sits to do or you get a flat tire between pet sits or worse, you’re in an accident while doing your rounds. It’s being willing to give your heart to countless critters which means that heart of yours breaks when one of those critters passes away. The pets become like-family but so do their humans. Time management, flexibility and multi-tasking are important to this career. You learn allllll the different ways pet owners care for their pets and you gotta keep that straight. There’s no calling in sick or working from home. It’s learning to cope when you make a mistake, because you will. No day is like the day before, which is exciting, but you also gotta be ready for anything. Yet, you get up every morning, ready to face whatever the day may bring, why?
Because of moments like this ⬇️
Oh and because I love working with animals. ❤️🐶🐱🐴🐟🦜🐭❤️