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Teresa & Alan

Reliable, friendly retired couple

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Our experience

10+ years

We have always kept dogs and cats, and used to run a smallholding where we kept poultry, goats, sheep and pigs. When at home, we grow our own vegetables and have a wildlife-friendly garden. We have been with Trusted House-sitters for five

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  • Bailey

    labrador retriever

    Cared for

  • Indy

    jack russell terrier

    Cared for

  • Hamish

    border collie

    Cared for

  • Billy

    jack russell terrier

    Cared for

Reviews (21)

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Simon

We’d have given more stars if that had been an option! We went away for a month leaving Teresa and Alan with a house suffering from a couple of last minute

  • cat
Glengarriff, Ireland · 10 Sep - 08 Oct 2024
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Deirdre

Terri and Alan kindly stepped in when another arrangement fell through. They arrived in time to get to know Rocket and Stan and go through handover. They

  • dog
Ballintubber, Ireland · 03 Jun - 10 Jun 2024
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Debra

Terri and Alan were great pet sitters. They took great care of the house and were so good to my cat Milo. He's a year and a half old and quite the eater. One

  • cat
Waterford, Ireland · 20 May - 24 May 2024
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Eilionior

Teresa & Alan were great sitters. They communicated well prior and throughout the sit. I was sent daily updates and photos of the pets. When I returned to

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  • cat
Newry, United Kingdom · 14 Mar - 19 Mar 2024
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Meriel

Alan & Terri were wonderful house/pet sitters. They were 100% reliable. They kept in regular contact throughout the sit, sending updates, photos etc which

  • dog
  • farm
Gifford, United Kingdom · 20 Dec - 29 Dec 2023

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Helen

I have worked with Alan for the past number of years and have found him to be trustworthy, hard-working and reliable in all he does. I would highly recommend him for your organisation.

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08 February 2019

About Teresa & Alan

Hi! I am Terri, aged 68 and my husband is Alan, aged 72. We are an English couple who have lived in Ireland for over thirty years. We are retired and we love to travel. Now that we don’t have any pets of our own we love to be pet

Teresa

Age65+OccupationWriterLives inGort, Ireland
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Alan

Age65+OccupationArtist

Why we want to house sit

We lost our beloved rescue dog to cancer in July 2018. During Covid we adopted an elderly and arthritic Lab, Higgins, who had been badly neglected. We didn’t have him long, but it was a privilege to make his final year happy and well-loved

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