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Ruth & Ian

Active retired couple looking for new places to explore with a furry friend.

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Our experience

10+ years

Ruth had dogs as she was growing up, and then a cat. Ian had tropical fish and would look after them when his parents were away. More recently we had a succession of guinea pigs when our daughters were young - Ian was the expert at clipping

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  • Nutmeg

    golden retriever

    Cared for

  • Illustration of a smiling cat

    Alice

    rescue cat

    Cared for

Reviews (3)

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Neil

Ruth and Ian made friends with Finchley and Ebony straight away and that was lovely and reassuring to see. They sent us pics and a video each day as we had

  • dog
Christchurch, United Kingdom · 13 Mar - 17 Mar 2025
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Michelle

Ruth and Ian were a lovely couple who spent the week with our cats. They were happy to follow our care plan for the cats and notified us on how they were

  • dog
  • cat
  • fish
Leeds, United Kingdom · 13 Feb - 20 Feb 2025
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Sam

Ruth and Ian were absolutely perfect! They were great communicators both before and during the sit, so arranging things was easy. They are so pleasant; very

  • dog
Amlwch, United Kingdom · 10 Jan - 21 Jan 2025

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Martin

Ruth & Ian looked after Martin’s pets

Ruth has looked after our dog many times to the point where he looks forward to going & gets very excited to see her. She has always been very conscientious & looked after him extremely well. She has always walked him & ensured he was warm & fed.

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21 November 2024

About Ruth & Ian

We are recently retired and moved to Worcestershire. We don't have pets of our own but enjoy looking after our son's cat and dog sitting for friends near where we live. We love exploring the countryside and have recently finished walking

Ruth

Age61OccupationRetiredLives inBewdley, United Kingdom
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Ian

Age63OccupationRetired

Why we want to house sit

We enjoy exploring the country, and prefer to stay in air BnB as we like to be able to look after ourselves when we are away. We would love to have a dog of our own in the future, but feel when we are at home we are out volunteering every

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