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Before arrival, I texted the pet sitter acknowledging that there had been issues. I provided a neighbor’s contact information and said that she did better after time with my brother and doggo friends in the park, and I got acknowledgment and a statement that she is “still definitely nervous”.
Image credits:Claudio Schwarz (not the actual photo)
In the meantime, the neighbor messages me, stating that the pet sitter has only gone out with the dog once
Image credits:Andriyko Podilnyk (not the actual photo)
At this point, we were looking at coming home early. The neighbor offered to try taking the dog to her house first – see how she does.
I informed the pet sitter that the neighbor would take the dog and that we were looking at coming home early. The response was just “alright”
Image credits:Kelli McClintock (not the actual photo)
The following week, I messaged the pet sitter, instructing him to leave on Thursday night, asking only to fill the cat food and water and clean the litter box, as we’d be home late on Friday.
Upon our return, we found empty food bowls, and almost empty water bowl, with one fountain completely empty and unplugged
Image credits:FLOUFFY (not the actual photo)
I messaged the next morning, “We are furious, saddened, and extremely disappointed to find the condition of our home (not addressed here), empty food bowls, empty water, and litter boxes that hadn’t been cleaned in several days (they were nearly solid with urine and refuse). On top of zero effort to gain our pets’ trust and relying on neighbors, who we had not made arrangements with, and were not paying to care for Piper. Please don’t agree to care for anyone else’s home and pets until you can appreciate the trust they are putting in you and take that responsibility seriously. That’s as nicely as I am able to state my feelings.”
Of course, there have been more exchanges, and no one is being dramatic or shutting the others out completely. However, AITA?
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