Jennifer

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I was first asked to house and pet sit a border collie for three weeks by a cousin and absolutely loved the experience.

Then through Mindahome and private referrals I have had many wonderful house and pet sit experiences with x rescue dogs, border collies, cavoodles, Yorkshire terriers, Tenterfield terriers, daschund, kelpies, kelpie x ridgeback (would yodel to me omg what a serenade) staffi x red cattle, schnauzer, poodle, cavaliers, goats and poddy goats 40, cows 80, many unique cats all different shapes and sizes, chickens 22, guinea fowls, guinea pigs, a galah, budgie and some fish tanks.

Sitting is the best therapy with so many different personalities and mannerisms giving me special moments.

Many of my cat sits are unique – some standoffish, bossy, skittish etc but they usually warm up to me and I thoroughly enjoy them, then recently I sat a cat whose owner was telling me she meowed constantly and loudly “I think she is just talking to me” and asked my opinion – unfortunately the cat was complaining constantly and just needed a bit of attention - I surprised myself by successfully changing that loud constant meowing to some delightfully noisy purring and rubbing up against my legs.

Over the past ten years I have done single and repeat sits in Mittagong, Bowral, Mudgee, Cowra, Bathurst, Dubbo, Maitland/Lovedale wine country area, Newcastle area, Central Coast, Lake Macquarie, Parramatta and upper north shore and many more. I can often be flexible with dates and do my best to make it work.

Near Armidale I was feeding 40 goats, some Guinea pigs, Guinea fowls, chooks, a cat and dog and 2 darling poddy goats - wow - a fantastic challenging experience. I really enjoyed the solar heated pool in the early evening.

I hope to visit Tasmania in 2026/27 and would be happy to start that trip with a sit or two.

FYI - I do not mow lawns but am happy to water your plants and use an upright pooper scooper.

I love a good joke and can see humor in many things and laugh a lot. I love my spotify music selection and pets tend to stay in the room when I have that on. I am logical, clean, honest, responsible, resourceful, respectful, active and a non smoker. Every sit and pet is different so its good to have some specific, typed instructions from each owner. I sometimes take a gal pal on a sit (for a few days) to play card and board games in our downtime with the pets always at our feet. We are all dedicated animal lovers.

I am not precious in any way and if untrained apparently I am pretty good at calmly training dogs to sit before they eat, and to stop jumping up on me or anyone else, and not to cross the imaginary line into the kitchen, and also to stop barking for no reason.

I would consider it a privilege to look after your home and precious pets while enjoying a few relaxing hours in the evening watching some Netflix and/or streaming media and with my own transport am hoping you have off street parking.

Thank you for considering my application and I look forward to chatting with you soon

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