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Matthew & Heather

Trustworthy, responsible, and experienced couple available to care for your pets

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Our experience

10+ years

We both grew up on small farms with lots of animals. We have cared for horses, goats, sheep, cows, chickens, rabbits, pigs, cats, dogs, reptiles, rodents, and tropical fish. We have both (separately and together) been pet/house sitting

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Reviews (34)

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Jude

Matthew and Heather arrived the day before we left for our holiday and instantly connected with our dog Gypsy. I felt very confident leaving her in their

  • dog
Rome, Italy · 11 Dec - 30 Dec 2024
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Janine

Matthew and Heather went above and beyond to care for our home and cat, Tiger. Tiger fell completely in love with them from all the attention, grooming, and

  • cat
Brooklyn, NY, US · 20 Sep - 01 Oct 2024
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Allegra

We were able to spend a little time with Heather and Matt before we left, and knew they would treat our house and animals with care and respect. Their

  • cat
  • reptile
  • poultry
Olympia, WA, US · 02 Jan - 27 Jan 2024
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Irene

Heather and Matt were perfect: friendly, polite, animal lovers. We felt comfortable with them immediately, from the first contact, and this feeling remained

  • dog
  • cat
Playa del Carmen, Mexico · 27 Oct - 03 Nov 2023
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Andreas

Matt & Heather looked after our cat, Boko for 3nights. When we came back we were happy to see that Boko allowed Matt to carry her, she doesn’t let everyone

  • cat
Nairobi, Kenya · 01 Oct - 05 Oct 2023

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Ryan

Exceptionally trustworthy and reliable. All around great guy.

Home/pet sitting reference

07 January 2015

About Matthew & Heather

Hello! We are Heather and Matthew. Together, we are a friendly, respectful, mature couple who love all animals. We have extensive pet/housesitting experience with animals of various sizes, energy levels, and health conditions. We

Matthew

Age48OccupationIT, PhotographerLives inLagunitas-Forest Knolls, United States
Background checked

The sitter has completed a background check which confirms the following:

National Criminal Records search has come back clear

No county-level adverse policy violations were found

They aren’t on any sex offender registries

SSN Trace & Address History has been completed

They are FCRA compliant

This service is available to our US sitters and provided by Evident, a secure and accredited third-party provider.

ID verified

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This service is provided by Evident, a secure and accredited third-party provider.

Email verified

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Phone number verified

The sitter’s phone number has been checked and is genuine.

Heather

Age54OccupationTeacher, Photographer

Why we want to house sit

A large number of our best memories are from our time spent engaging with animals and wonderful people. TrustedHousesitters has given us a way to travel to and experience new areas as the locals do.

Preferred countries

AfghanistanAland IslandsAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorra