Amanda
Amanda
Working professional who loves travel & animals!
About Amanda
I work full time but have the lucky ability to work remotely a lot of the time. I love seeing new places & am a big animal lover. I grew up always having dogs and cats, but also at times had rabbits, an iguana, and horses. I currently have one dog and a cat.
I work full time but have the lucky ability to work remotely a lot of the time. I love seeing new places & am a big animal lover. I grew up always having dogs and cats, but also at times had rabbits, an iguana, and horses. I currently have one dog and a cat.
Why I want to house sit
I've been house sitting for friends & acquaintances for more than 20 years now. I love the idea of being able to do this & see different parts of the world. When I do travel I always miss my own pets and find myself going out of my way to spend time with animals wherever I am. This seems like a great way to get to do that; hang with pets and see the world- best of both.
My experience
I started house sitting at 15 for the friend of a teacher I had. I would look after her home & Doberman while she was on vacation. Over the years I have continued to look after friends pets & homes, mainly dogs & cats but I did at one point have 2 chinchillas on a fairly regular rotation (one was a wee bit crazy, but I enjoyed him just the same).
I also spent a few years as a volunteer for a dog rescue. I would do in-home visits to assess people as potential fosters or adopters, make sure the home and the people were a fit. I would also continually have fosters myself where I would help with the mental/physical/behavioral rehabilitation of dogs. Some of my fosters were with me a few months & a few over a year until they were ready for their forever home. I also did a number of private fostering, where friends/acquaintances would ask me to care for and rehome their pet for various reasons. I have easily had over 20 fosters dogs in my care. I have been able to successfully re-home all of them... managed to only keep 1, my greyhound Jojo who was a race track retiree that came to me at 7yrs old & passed at 15yrs old in 2016.
When I'm away I'm lucky enough to have a friend who is a pet professional and takes care of my pets , I do the same for her. I know how nice it is to have someone you can rely on & trust to look after them. I can boast that when we met she would not leave her one dog in particular with anyone, and had not travelled without her in years (or just wouldn't travel). The dog was her baby, and does have some health issues; she trusted no one. I now look after the dog short and long term a number of times throughout the year. I love being able to do that for her... and her dog loves the little vacation as well.
External references (1)
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Simone - House / Pet sitting Reference
28 December 2018
Being a Dog Trainer and having two medium-large special needs dogs (one health wise and one behavioral) I’m extra picky in who I leave my dogs with. Amanda is THE person I trust that my dogs are safe and cared for and handled as individually needed.
Not once I am worried about my dogs in my abse...Being a Dog Trainer and having two medium-large special needs dogs (one health wise and one behavioral) I’m extra picky in who I leave my dogs with. Amanda is THE person I trust that my dogs are safe and cared for and handled as individually needed.
Not once I am worried about my dogs in my absence knowing they get everything they need from an experienced and compassionate sitter.- Organised
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- Reliable
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- Self-sufficient
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- Tidy
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- Pet care
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About Amanda
I work full time but have the lucky ability to work remotely a lot of the time. I love seeing new places & am a big animal lover. I grew up always having dogs and cats, but also at times had rabbits, an iguana, and horses. I currently have one dog and a cat.
I work full time but have the lucky ability to work remotely a lot of the time. I love seeing new places & am a big animal lover. I grew up always having dogs and cats, but also at times had rabbits, an iguana, and horses. I currently have one dog and a cat.
Why I want to house sit
I've been house sitting for friends & acquaintances for more than 20 years now. I love the idea of being able to do this & see different parts of the world. When I do travel I always miss my own pets and find myself going out of my way to spend time with animals wherever I am. This seems like a great way to get to do that; hang with pets and see the world- best of both.
My experience
I started house sitting at 15 for the friend of a teacher I had. I would look after her home & Doberman while she was on vacation. Over the years I have continued to look after friends pets & homes, mainly dogs & cats but I did at one point have 2 chinchillas on a fairly regular rotation (one was a wee bit crazy, but I enjoyed him just the same).
I also spent a few years as a volunteer for a dog rescue. I would do in-home visits to assess people as potential fosters or adopters, make sure the home and the people were a fit. I would also continually have fosters myself where I would help with the mental/physical/behavioral rehabilitation of dogs. Some of my fosters were with me a few months & a few over a year until they were ready for their forever home. I also did a number of private fostering, where friends/acquaintances would ask me to care for and rehome their pet for various reasons. I have easily had over 20 fosters dogs in my care. I have been able to successfully re-home all of them... managed to only keep 1, my greyhound Jojo who was a race track retiree that came to me at 7yrs old & passed at 15yrs old in 2016.
When I'm away I'm lucky enough to have a friend who is a pet professional and takes care of my pets , I do the same for her. I know how nice it is to have someone you can rely on & trust to look after them. I can boast that when we met she would not leave her one dog in particular with anyone, and had not travelled without her in years (or just wouldn't travel). The dog was her baby, and does have some health issues; she trusted no one. I now look after the dog short and long term a number of times throughout the year. I love being able to do that for her... and her dog loves the little vacation as well.
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