English, active, animal & garden loving

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We are an English couple, both retired (Teacher and Printer), currently on a 5 year Visa, and hoping to obtain Australian PR and then Citizenship, to be near our daughter and family, in Sippy Downs and our son, and family, in Darwin.
Since arriving in Australia in April 2022 we have been house, pet (dogs, cats, birds, lizard and fish) and grandma! sitting for the vast majority of our time.
We have thoroughly enjoyed over 25 ‘sits’ and have been fortunate to care for many wonderful pets and homes and now have several regular bookings.
We have experience looking after many breeds of dogs and cats, of all ages and sizes; several rescue dogs and several with specific medical, nutritional and social needs.
Whilst the owners are away from home we do our utmost to ensure their pets are extremely well loved and cared for and we follow the owners’ instructions meticulously re feeds, exercise etc.
We regularly update the owners and keep in close contact by messaging and sending pictures by mobile and WhatsApp, and when requested FaceTime/phone or video calls.
We know how important this is to pet lovers as back in the UK we had our own gorgeous dog, ‘Laston’, a Labrador mix, for 16 years, from when she was 8 weeks old.
We also regularly cared for family and friends’ dogs and cats, both in the UK and in Portugal, when they had to leave them for a few days to several weeks.
We are both non-smokers and extremely neat and tidy and take great pride in looking after the homes, pools, plants, gardens etc. during our stays; endeavouring to ensure that these are all in the very best condition when the owners return home.
We have police checks, from the UK, Portugal and Spain, which we require for our Australian Visas.
We have many excellent 5* reviews on Mindahome and are looking forward to more wonderful ‘sits’ in the future.
Reviews from Mindahome are below
We are always happy, and prefer before a sit is accepted, to do a ‘meet and greet’ with the owners so that they and ourselves can ask / answer questions etc. so that they would know that their pet/s, home, pool plants and gardens etc. would be in the best hands whilst they away.  
If you have any queries or would like further information about us please message and we will be happy to answer any questions.
Thank you for taking the time to read our profile.
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