It’s probably our 32+ years of pet sitting that makes us (office staff as well as sitters) particularly alert to pet behaviour…  Sue, our secretarial…

From Emma Rowley in The Daily Telegraph 11 January 2013 ” Official figures now show that most men reach the age of 85, while the…

Homesitters always follow clients’ instructions to the letter, particularly with regard to the dog’s diet and feeding arrangements.  If he likes to be fed at…

We were startled by the prices  of dog daycare quoted in The Week  (13 October 2012 quoting The Sunday Times).   We are undecided whether £30…

Unpleasant story this week about somebody returning home from their holiday to find their housesitter – an elderly aunt – lying dead in bed. Very distressing…

We know a small Dachshund who has only two teeth.  She did have the full complement of 42 but because of periodontal disease most of…

We see that Lynne Truss has written further (in The Sunday Telegraph, 100612) about the trauma of putting her dog into kennels.  Understandably she finds…

“It’s fair enough that the British tourism boost should concentrate on negative reasons for staying at home.  No airport security.  No ludicrous extra phone charges…

Our experienced Homesitters know to keep an eye on how much the dog is drinking.  (The water consumption, silly.  If the dog is bleary-eyed and…

A hardy annual from our Homesitters: “In this enlightened age, should I address clients by their Christian names?”Answer:  Only if they ask you to do…