"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
"Why should I hire a professional pet sitter?"