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We are a couple of varying backgrounds, both Australian citizens) , Edith (Dutch Indonesian background) now retired from the corporate world , enjoying her creative side with sewing/knitting/crochet/crafts and co managing their online businesses , (working from home) , and Gordon (Australian) (background as tennis coach , using those skills and his passion to develop and run an online kids tennis program to get young kids outside, active and off their digital pacifiers.

Edith also still manages for a couple of owners, furnished accommodation in Perth, online , getting bookings and coordinating cleaners , maintenance with our son on the ground in Perth if anything needs attention in person. We used to have 24 houses of our own providing furnished short term accommodation in the northern suburbs of Perth.

We have been house and pet sitting since 29/11/2016 and been booked back to back with forward bookings to 21 Oct 2024, in Australia and overseas, plus have previous experience as pet owners ourselves of dogs and cats .

When we commenced housepet sits, our two family Staffie crosses continued to live with our son. We commenced housepet sitting in Perth WA Australia , our hometown and have over the last 3 years completed numerous Perth / outside metropolitan Perth/WA housepet sits and in 2019 commenced interstate housepet sits (Canberra) and completed our first overseas housepet sit in Singapore.

We have embraced house and pet sitting as a change in lifestyle and as a forerunner to when we started travelling interstate/intrastate and overseas , whilst at the same time enjoying what we love, looking after and spending time with your pets and maintenance of your property.

We both work for ourselves in home based/internet businesses and thus, always around to give your furbabies lots of attention and love and pay games and walks.

Edith's nickname is 'The Dog Whisperer" .......probably added to by Edith's popular doggy carrot and peanut butter muffin treats she bakes whilst doing the housepet sit.

Edith also has her TAFE Certificate in Pet Grooming.

We have digital businesses which we can run from anywhere in the world . One of our businesses is short term furnished accommodation, so well experienced in the maintenance of properties both inside and outside which includes the maintenance of pools and sometimes large acreages/grounds/gardens and lawns and looking after bookings .

Our other business is an online DIY Kids Tennis Programs (for the 3-6 year old age groups, motor skill development) and getting children interested in physical activity and away from their digital pacifiers.

Following is a summary of our experience and our forward bookings of housepet sits to date.

Many of sits come from other sites, so other written references are on those sites (some attached) but I can supply them to you if you want to see them. On this website we have about 28 reviews, the lastest for just last weekend. I can also give you tel nos to call any of these sits if you want as well.

We came over to the eastern states end of Jan 2020, from Perth, WA, for 5mths of housepet sitting but due to Covid-19 all our housepet sits from 23/3-30/6/2020 were cancelled as were our July 2020 to Jan 2021 (overseas, Panama, Sint Maartens (the Carribean) and China) housepet sits so decided to stay over east and stay in Qld to do housepet sits. Since we arrived in Qld mid 2020. we have been booked back to back until mid Aug 2023, doing sits from the Gold Coast to Cairns, including repeat sits.

Having our own car (no caravan) we have no issue with travelling between sits to get from one to another. Also being a couple, if any sits overlap, one of us commences the next sit and the other stays at the sit we are doing, until they get back home.

We are originally from Sydney and also have Edith's elderly father (93) living in Canberra so another reason for us to stay here in Qld, as it is far easier to be able to get to get to Canberra from Qld or any eastern state than from WA. In addition, when visiting Edith's father, it is usually only Edith that goes so that if any issues with Covid, etc Gordon is still available for the committed sits and this way we do let people down at the last minute.

We are a couple of varying backgrounds, both Australian citizens) , Edith (Dutch Indonesian background) now retired from the corporate world , enjoying her creative side with sewing/knitting/crochet/crafts and co managing their online internet business, Online DIY Kids Tennis Program for 3-6year olds, (working from home) , and Gordon (Australian) (background as tennis coach , using those skills and his passion to develop and run an online kids tennis program (3-6yr olds) to get young kids outside, active and off their digital pacifiers.

This online DIY Kids Tennis Programs (for the 3-6 year old age groups,) working primarily with child care centres. This is a training program online teaching parents, grandparents, older siblings, childcare educators etc by watching a 2 min video (there 40 altogether) to teach the 3-6yr child/children the basics of tennis. Each lesson has one tennis stroke and 2 gross motor skills. Can be done anywhere, even in your backyard.

Thus we work from home so around for the furbabies to give them attention , cuddles, play etc. and maintain the properties.

Edith also still manages for a couple of owners, furnished accommodation in Perth, online ,with our son on the ground in Perth if anything needs attention in person. We used to have 24 houses of our own providing furnished short term accommodation in the northern suburbs of Perth, so well experienced in maintenance of properties both inside and outside.

Having this experience, from time to time we manage any Air BnB's that any sit may have, such as in Feb-April this year, at Airlie Beach and were able to keep their super host status level, utilising our expertise in that area.

When we commenced housepet sits, our two family Staffie crosses went to live with our son. Sadly since then we have lost both our family pets.

We have embraced house and pet sitting as a change in lifestyle , travelling whilst at the same time enjoying what we love, looking after and spending time with your pets and maintenance of your property.

Edith's nickname is 'The Dog Whisperer" .......probably added to by Edith's popular doggy carrot and peanut butter muffin treats she bakes whilst doing the housepet sit. She has also added equine and cat treat recipes to that.

Following is a summary of our experience and our forward bookings of housepet sits to date.

1. 29/11 - 31/12/2017 , Englinton WA, 2 dogs, Pepper-St Bernard , Newfoundlander, Oscar, cat, Tigr, rabbit (Rabbit) , galah , George and a fish. Contact Emma:

2. 31/12/2016 to 27/1/2017, Bassendean WA, 5 chickens and a pond of fish, happy to give a verbal reference. Contact: Robyn:

3. 26/1 to 19/2/2017 and 1/8-15/8/2017, Karrinyup WA, 2 dogs, Pomeranian , Jack and Border Collie, Rufus (have a written reference ), they have now moved to Canada

4. 17/1 to 8/3/2017, Banksia Grove WA, an older 14yr dog, St Bernards x, Sy. needing daily tablets medication. Contact: Lynne

5. 8/3 to 21/3/2017, Carlisle WA, 3yr old energetic black Labrador, Max. written reference, contact : Judy

6. 21/3 to 1/9/2017, The Vines WA, no pets 2acres of property to maintain, large house and pool, again this year 6/5 to 8/9/2018 , 17/12/18-10/1/2019 and 8/5-11/9/2019. Michael and Jilly have returned to the UK so will not be requiring us for housepet sits in the winter time of the year.

7. 2/9 to 20/10/10/2017 , Caversham WA, 2 older dogs, Ella and Ben, Contact Terry on . Both dogs needed daily medication with Ella having dementia.

8. 27/10 to 10/11/2017, Wanneroo, 2 x 3year old dogs, Duke and Sheera, contact : Rachalle on

9. 10/11 to 4/12/2017, Ellenbrook, 1year old dog Richie, contact Sarah

10. 9/12 to 19/12/2017, Sth Yunderup, small dog, Jazz, contact Marie and Ray on

11. 8/1 to 22/1/2018, Madelay WA ,black very energetic labrador, Leeroy, contact Natasha and Gordon on

12. 22/9/2017, 23/1 to 22/2/2018 and 20/3 to 23/3/2018, 20-28/10/2018 and 3/11/2018 and 15/4-16/5/2019, 22/8-28/8/2019, 17/9/2019 and 3/12/19-10/1/2020, Port Kennedy WA, house and pool maintenance, 2 spoodle dogs Tia and Ted, contact Debbie:

13. 20/9-10/12/2018, 3month housesit only, with gardens and pool maintenance, in Dawesville (contact Heather and Bob Guthrie for a reference on

14. 8/12/18-8/1/2019, Ellenbrook WA, house and pet sit, Staffie , Lily, and cat, Bentley, contact no: Lisa: (written reference also )

15. 8/1-16/1/2019 and 4/2-26/2/2019, Mahogney Creek WA, 5acres , large house with pool, dog Mallee , 2 cats Puds and Millie, 4 ducks , 7 chickens, large outdoor fish pond and large indoor aquarium, contact Silvana on

16. 16/1-25/1/2019 , Dawesville WA, 2 cats Hamish and Max, 2 chickens and an indoor marine aquarium contact Julie on :
17) 25/1-2/2/2019 - Munster - 2 large dogs, Max and Taz., contact Kirsten

18) 7/3 - 11/3/2019 and again 3/10-20/10/2019, Anna and Colin , Red Hill ACT, 2 dachshunds , Kaiser and Brutus and cat, Mandrake, contact Anna

20) 10/3 - 14/3/2019 Dunlop ACT , 2 small dogs, Toby and Jazz. Contact Rachael:

21) 22/3 to 2/4/2019, Gerolup WA (near Bunbury) Nicky and Craig, 2 large dogs Milo and Coco (brown Labrador and labroodle, 5acres and house and pool to maintain: Nicky

22) 10/4 to 24/4/2019 - Trish Keever , Two Rocks WA - 2 dogs, Snoop and Moon, house with pool and small garden to maintain. Trish:

23) 27/5-14/6/2019, Waramanga ACT, Salli, 3 dogs, Lucy (19 yrs, blind, deaf and slight dementia), Bear (13yrs and diabetic) and Ernie (10yrs), all requiring daily medication. Edith only did housepet sit. Contact Salli:1

24) 8/5 to 11/9/2019, The Vines housesit, as per 6) above, annual 4mth housesit for last 3 years.

25) 20/7 to 28/7/2019, Dawesville, housepet sit, Marley large dog (some medication re his eyes) and 7 chickens, including special attention to 2 being chicks only, fish in outdoor pond. Contact Juliet:

26) 10/9 to 22/9/2019 , Paula and Karel, Dudley Park WA , house on the canals, black 6yr old labrador , Lewis. Paula's contact no:

27) 21/9-2/10/2019, Di and John, Dawesville, dog and fish, pool and property maintenance. Contact: Di and John:

28) Red Hill ACT , 2/10-21/10/2019, as per housepet sit in (18) above, 2 dachunds and a cat.

29) 1/11-16/11/2019, Baldivis WA, Donna, housesit only, house, pool and gardens to maintain. Contact Donna:
30) 10/11-27/11/2019, Lowden WA, Linda and Barry, dog and cat and chickens and guinea pigs on 137 acre property. Contact: Linda on

31) 28/11-3/12/2019, Singapore, Fran and Ollie, looking after Bengal cat , Marilyn. Contact Fran: Whatsapp:
32) 3/12/19- 7/1/2020, Port Kennedy, Debbie and Dave, as per (12) details above.

33) 7-9/1/2020 and 17-20/1/2020, City Beach, Adam and Georga, 2 staffies , Rex and Chelsea. Contact Adam: and Georgia:

34) 9/1-17/1/2020, Port Kennedy, Dave and Debbie as above in (32) and (12), 2 spoodles Ted & Tia.

35) 31/1-9/2/2020, Echuca, Victoria, Julie, 37 acreas and house to maintain, 2 dogs and chickens. Contact : Julie

36) Fraser, ACT, 14/2-27/2/2020 , Henry and Liz, one dog, corgi, Huw and 4 chickens,plus pool, garden and house maintenance. Contact : Liz and Henry Hilhorst:

37) Kambah ACT, 26/2 to 8/3/2020, Housepet sit, cat and staffie.Contact Annie

38) 12/3-23/3/2020, Seven Hills, Sydney,NSW, Yvette 15mth Staffi , Kaia and 3 cats. Contant Yvette:

39) 22/4-8/7/2020, Shepparton , looking after two elderly rescue camp dogs, Gizzy (13yrs) and Hazel (11yrs), Contact: Shery and Gerry , reference on this site.

40) 8/7-26/7/20, Woodend, , 2 dogs, Charlie and Sammi, 3 sheep, 5 chickens and 2 guinea fowls and various wildlife, Contact : Vicki and Jock reference on this site.

41) 29/7-18/8/2020, Kingaroy, Qld, 2 cats and house/garden maintenance, Contact : Cheryl,

42) 13/8-4/9/2020: Upper Mt Gravatt, Brisbane, dog Flint and cat, Scout,

43) 12/9-19/9/20, Nerang, 2 dogs, Zephr and Ruby, 2 cats, Buddha and Taj, Contact Brooke,

44) 21/9-26/9/20, Oxley, 1 dog, 2 cats and 2 guinea pigs, Contact : Jodi,

45) 26/9-3/10/20, Indooroopilly, 1 cat, Jasper, Contact : Helen and John.

46) , 3/10-12/10/2020 , Algester, 3 small dogs , 2 birds and an aquarium, contact: Teresa and Kelvin

47) 12/10-16/11/2020, Windaroo, Qld, looking after 2 dogs, Peggy and Sadie, pool and garden maintenance. Contact: Lynelle and Barrie. NOTE: we are housepet sitting there again 28/2-30/3/21 and 11/8-31/8/2021.

48) 16/10 to 29/11/20, Beenleigh, looking after two Corgis, Cymer and Sianni. Contact : Mary.

48a) 20/11-22/11/20, Carindale (same as in 51) below

49) 29/11-8/12/20, Upper Coomera, 3 dogs, Buddy, Milo and Yogi, Contact : Denise and Geoff

50) 8/12-23/12/20, Riverhills, looking after a dog, Chloe, and 3 cats, Moonbeam, Inigo Montayo and Felix. Contact: Tamara and Tim

51) 23/12-27/12/20. Brisbane, Qld, looking after 2 dogs, Rosie and Almalfi and 2 cats, Katy Kitten and Moet , Contact: Sherrell ,

The next sit Gordon commenced and Edith finished sit above due to overlap but being in Brisbane , only 30mins drive between the two sits, as a couple able to do that.

52) 26/12/20-9/1/21 , North Lakes, Brisbane, looking after 2 dogs, Digby and Max, 2 cats, Oli and Hugo and a parrot, Charlie, pool and garden maintenance. Contact: Bev and Don.

53): 20/1-8/2/2021, Mackay, Slade Point, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 1 bird and 2 x fish ponds , pool and garden maintenance. Contact : Kerry and Mick

54) 11/2-27/2/2021, Parkinson, Qld , 2 dogs and 1 cat, pool and garden maintenance, Contact Joy and Dean.

55) 27/2-23/3/2021, Windaroo, same as (47) above

56) 12/4-21/3/2021, Yeppoon, 2 dogs and 2 cats and garden maintenance, Contact: Theresa and Ray.

57) 21/4-4/6/2021, Eli Waters, Hervey Bay, arab x Titan and spoodle , Waldo. garden and pool maintenance. Contact Allan and Narelle.

58) 4/6--3/7/2021, Redlynch, Cairns, 1 horse Roy, and 2 dogs, Alsation , Jack and Border Collie, Bonnie, small tropical aquarium and pool and garden maintenance. Contact : Lisa and Klaus. Edith went ahead caught train to Cairns to be able to start the Redlynch sit on 4/6, whilst Gordon finished the Hervey Bay sit.

59) 26/6-14/8/2021, Trinity Park, Cairns, 1dog , Kodie, pool and garden maintenance, Contact: Elysia and Adam

Sits: 59-63 were cancelled due to uncertainty of lockdowns etc.

59) 17/8-3/9/2021, Windaroo as per 47) above

60) 4/9-9/9/2021, Beenleigh, as per 48) above.

61) 10/9-13/9/2021, New Bien, 2 dogs, Contact Bronwyn

62) 16/9-2/10/2021, Thornlands, Brisbane, 1 mastiff dog, Barnie, garden and pool maintenance. Contact Kate.

63) 22/9-29/9/2021 , Upper Kendron, Edith will do this whilst Gordon stays on at Thornlands, 1 cat and 1 dog, Contact Joanne.

64) 12/8-26/8/2021, Kabra, Rockhampton, 1 small dog, miniature fox terrier, Little Bit and property maintenance. Contact: Jen and Darryl.

65) 27/8-5/9/2021, Yeppoon, 2 large dogs, Jack and Blue and 2 small dogs, Millie and Poggle, and garden and pool maintenance, Contact : Luke and Janine.

66) 5/9-9/9/2021, Emu Park, regular, 2 dogs, Hector and Harry, garden and pool maintenance, contact: Dr Michael (also did sit for them 14/4-18/4/21 an 8/5-12/5/2022)

67) 12/9-27/9/2021, Trinity Beach, looking after 4 bichon/poodles, garden and pool maintenance, Contact James and Greg.

68) Emu park , regular, as in 66 above, 1/10-4/10/21

69) Rockyview/Rockhampton: 4/10-14/10/21, 1 large dog, Jetson and a cat, Meelie, Contact: Ros and Steve.

70) Emu Park: 15/10-17/10/21, Emu Park as in 66 above.

71) Yabulu, Townsville, 21/10-2/11/2021, 2 large dogs, Pippa and Bella, garden and pool maintenance, Con tact Leah and Martin.

72) Bushland Beach, Townsville, 30/10-19/11/2021, 4 shitzu dogs, garden and pool maintenance, contact Jodie.

73) 22/11-7/12/2021, Dundowran Beach, Alsation, Jaxx, contact , Jen and Geoff.

74) 9/12-26/12/2021, Riverhills, as per (50) above

75) 26/12-28/12/2021, Carindale, as per (51) above

Edith will finish Carindale and Gordon will commence N0rth Lakes, same as last year)

76) 26/12/21-9/1/2022, North Lakes, as per (52) above.

78) 7/1-28/1/2022, Albany Creek, Brisbane, 3 cats , Jasper, Jinx and Mia and Staffie X, Astro, garden and pool maintenance, Contact: Kathryn and Chris

79) Bahrs Scrub, Brisbane, 28/1-5/2/2022, 2 spoodles, Chewie and Gizmo, garden maintenance, Contact : Neil and Amelia

80) 9/2-11/4/2022, Airlie Beach, garden and pool maintenance, no pets, but managing their Air BnB Studio apartment. Contact: Liz and Steve.

81) 11/4-22/4/2022, Boyne Island, Tannum Sands, 2 large dogs, Agnes and Edith (yes my name) , garden and pool maintenance, Contact: Kate

82) 24/4-9/5/2022, Trinity Beach, 3 Bichon poodles, same as (67) above, Contact, James and Greg

83) 16/5-22/5/2022, Townsville, 1 large dog and 3 cats, pool and garden maintenance, Contact Elizabeth.

84) 22/5-5/6/2022, Weston Creek, Canberra, same as (23) above, also looked after them 14/2-25/2/2022. Gordon stayed in Townsville sit.

85) 28/5-30/6/2022, Townsville, Bushland Bch, 4 Shitzu dogs, garden and pool maintenance, same as (72) above, Contact Jodie. (NOTE: Gordon will fly back from Canberra earlier to start this sit.

86) 3/7-5/8/2022, Edens Landing, 1 small dog, Jasper, garden and lawn maintenance. Contact: Steph and Colin

87) Night of 8 July 2022 and , 5/8- 9/8/2022, Bahrs Scrub, 2 small dogs, Gizmo and Chewie as per (79) above

88) 6/8-8/9/2022, Samsonvale Lake,Brisbane,2 large dogs, garden, pool maintenance, contact: Carla. Edith commenced this sit and Gordon will join her after Bahrs Scrub returns.

89) North Lakes, 4/9-11/9/2022, Edith commenced this sit whilst Gordon completed the Samsonvale sit, 1 french bulldog, Guzzy, contact: Samantha and Wayne.

90) Buderim, 10/9-17/9/2022, 1 dog , Jax, spoodle, indoor plants watering, contact: Leitica and George.

91) Dundowran Beach, 17/9-12/11/2022 as above in (73).

90) 8/11-5/12/2022, Emu Park, 2 dogs, Harry and Hector, garden and pool maintenance, contact: Karen as in (69) above. Note: Edith will commence this sit .

91) 8/12/22-14/1/2023, Bluewater, Townsville, an acreage, 4 dogs and 2 cats, 2 tropical fish aquariums, garden, lawns and pool maintenance, Contact : Jenny and Bob.

92) 18/1-3/2/2023, Waramanga, ACT, as in (84) above.

93) 5/2-20/2/2023, Gold Coast, 1 small dog, garden/pool/lawn maintenance, Contact: Julie/Ernie

94) 18/2-3/3/2023, Gold Coast, Surfers, 1 dog , 1 cat, garden maintenance, Contact : Karen.

95) 5/3-6/4/2023, Mt Low, Townsville, 1 dog, Japanese Spitz, Cossie, 2 cats, Keeta and Murphy, garden and lawn and pool management on an acreage, Contact : Liz and Bob.

96) 8/4-20/5/21, Vincent , Townsville, 1 large dog, 3 cats, lawn, garden and pool maintenance, contact: Elizabeth and Rob (as in (83) above.

97) 13/5-26/5/2023, Cranbrook, 2 dogs, fish tank, 2 x finches and 3 chickens. Contact: Dr Kev Arlett.
Edith will commence this sit whilst Gordon finishes Vincent. As a couple we can often help out with our regulars re one of us does one sit and one does the other sit.

98) 26/5-4/6/2023, Emu Park, 2 dogs, as per (90) above.

99) 7/6-17/6/2023, Fraser ACT, 2 Corgis, Huw and GG, 5 chickens, lawn, pool and garden maintenance, as per (36) above. Contact: Liz and Henry.

100) 20/6-25/7/2023, Kambah, ACT, 2 golden retrievers, Bonnie and Clyde, garden/pool/lawn maintenance, contact : Betty and David.

101) 26/7-7/8/2023, Rockingham, 2 dogs, Waldo and Titan, garden/pool/lawn maintenance, as per (57) above but they have moved from Hervey Bay.

102) 7/8-16/8/2023, Maryborough, 3 dogs and chickens, Contact : Jennie and Ian.

103) Jones Hill, 16/7-26/7/2023, 1 beagle, Basil, , Contact : Emma and Tony.

104) 27/8-11/11/2023, Macdonald Lake, Sunshine Coast, 3 cats, pool and garden, acreage management,

105) Emu Park, regular sit, 11/11-9/12/2023. See (90) above.

106) 13/12/23 to 14/1/2024, Cherrybrook, Sydney, 2 dogs and garden and pool maintenance.

FORWARD SITS:

107) 14/1-22/1/2024, Kenthurst Heights, Sydney, 1 American Staffie and two cats. Contact: Vanessa and Vin.

108) 24/1-28/1/2024, Maryborough , 2 small dogs, 1 parrot and 2 chickens, garden and property maintenance, as per (102) above.

107) 29/1-6/2/2024, Maryborough, 4 dogs , 2 cats, chickens, 40 acres, garden and pool maintenance, contact : Brett

108) 9-27 Feb 2024, Bargara Beach, 2 dogs, garden and pool maintenance, Contact: Nick and Elaine.

109) 3/3-31/2024, Maryborough, as above (107)

110) 2/4-14/4/2024, Bushland Beach, Townsville, as per (85) above. Contact Jodie, review on this site.

111) 20/4-15/5/2024, Kuranda, Cairns, 2 large dogs and an aviary, garden and lawn maintenance, Contact: Susan and Kobi.

112) 13/6-27/7/2024, Dayboro, 3 border collies, 2 ponies, 4 pigmy goats, 6 alpacas, 6 chickens, acreage, property maintenance.Contact Joan and Gavin.

110) 9/9-21/10/2024, Samson Valley, Brisbane, 2 dogs, acrage, garden and pool maintenance, Contact : Sandi and Steve.

NOTE: Edith has her TAFE III Pet Grooming Certificate. (includes not just grooming but checking their health or know signs of anything wrong re their health, all animals, not just dogs and cats. Read more...