Eltham, Victoria

About this house sitting position in Eltham

Hi - we are Sam & Sandi, We live in a very comfortable and well equipped 4 bedroom home in beautiful Eltham town - walking distance to shops, restaurants and public transport. We are looking for someone to love and care for our dog and cat for a 4 day stay whilst we attend a family member funeral interstate.
We have a built in pool, all the creature comforts and amenities needed and lots of different lovely places to just sit and enjoy your time here. Chief, (at that time) will be 4 -/2 year old very lovable (but still a bit rambunctious when first meeting people) Rottweiler, who just adores people but is also a good guard dog to the property. He enjoys 2 x half hour walks per day. One after breakfast and one just after dinner before it gets dark. He is certainly not built for speed or endurance and because he had a cruciate ligament operation a year and a half ago we tryouts with to keep him calm on his walks.
He has attended and passed puppy, beginner and intermediate dog school and a great learner and will do most things for a treat. He is very settled at home and sleeps all night inside on his doggy bed in the bedroom and also sleeps a lot during the day in between small walks, pats and eating. When walking him we encourage you to take his treat bag, so he listens to his set commands more easily. He is great on lead, however is strong and sometimes pulls a little bit still, so you need to ensure you are fully tuned into him on the two small daily walks to anything that may trigger him to pull or rear up and bark (ie: other dogs on lead coming toward him that look mean and troublesome (nice dogs he gets along really well with), electric scooters (he hates them and will rear up), noisy deisel trucks. We are trying to desensitize him from these triggers and hopefully will be doing better soon - just painting very worse case scenarios. Otherwise, just stick to the quiet local streets on his walks if you feel you would rather do this.

We also have a loving senior 17 year old tortoiseshell cat, named Bella who loves a bit of peace and quiet away from the crazy dog who just wants to be her best friend, but she prefers sitting outside on the porch during the day and just needs her own space and room upstairs at night.

We would prefer single retired or semi retired people or couples who can work from home as opposed to have to go out for hours on end to work as our pets do love company. Anything more than about 4 hours alone in the house is all they are used to as we all work from home, so they are used to the company.

We would prefer you to come and stay one night before we go away so that you can see the routine as they have a bit of a routine during the day and at night and it will help both you and the animals. They are honestly both beautiful animals and so we really just need them in really good care and someone who will Phil, any gaps of Love that we usually give them every day.

As I said above, we are giving you the worst case scenario just so you know. He really is the most beautiful boy who loves everyone.

If you are interested, we would love to hear from you :). This care job is paid on a daily rate. Read more...

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