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How to Find a Great Pet Sitter - 5 Tips for People With Pets
By Kate Garvey
There are times where a pet sitter may be a good choice for you and your pets when you travel without them. Unlike a boarding facility or kennel, your animals stay at home and the pet sitter comes to your house (usually once or twice a day). If you have a single pet or a highly social animal, such as a dog, it is better to board them at a facility where they will have lots of attention. However, if you have several cats, horses, birds or an animal not suited for a boarding facility, a reliable pet sitter may be the best choice for your pets. Multi-pet households often benefit from pet sitting services because it’s usually less expensive and less stressful to hire a pet sitter rather than transporting and boarding all your animals. The following suggestions are designed to help you find a good and reliable pet sitter.
Ask friends or veterinarian for a pet sitter referral. Even if you are new in a neighborhood, or don’t know your neighbors well, it’s pretty easy to identify people who value their pet. Ask several neighbors for recommendations. Try to find a little bit about your neighbors pet and their pet sitter experience. This will give you a good indication as to the level of care you can expect from the people they recommend. Many veterinarians, in addition to having boarding facilities, may have a veterinary technician on staff that also provides pet sitting service, or they may know of a high quality pet sitter.
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Posted on February 16, 2007 by HART (1-800-HART) • There are no comments, hop to it!
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Las Vegas Animal Boarding Tips
By Thane Rutledge
Las Vegas animal boarding info is probably the last thing people think of when thinking of Vegas, and while the city is known for the unusual and offbeat, but it is also reputed to be the fastest-growing city in America with many families and businesses relocating to this city in the desert. While Bugsy Segal’s dream was to establish a legal gambling center with entertainment for all, it has also become very family oriented with a vibrant center of culture and an attractive site for businesses to drop anchor.
Vegas will always may be a Mecca for gamblers, but it is now a city that is middle-class and bourgeois, and with the middle-class you get middle-class lifestyles of which pets are a part. Believe it or not, dog sitting and cat services are among the most popular web searches regarding Las Vegas. To that end, this article was written in order to point you in the right direction when procuring your Las Vegas dog sitting or cat services.
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Posted on December 30, 2006 by HART (1-800-HART) • There are no comments, hop to it!
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Pet Friendly Lodgings In New York
By Hal Storm
Sometimes, we all just need to getaway for a bit. If a trip to the Big Apple is your idea of fun, you can go and take your pet with you.
Pet Friendly Lodgings In New York
Everyone needs to take a vacation now and then. For families, this can be a bit of a challenge, because picking a spot that meets the needs of children as well as adults. Even more of a struggle can be finding a place that will accommodate your needs if you choose to travel with your furry kids. More and more, people are deciding to take vacations with their dogs and cats, so finding places that will accept your beloved pets as boarders is a necessity. Luckily, there are some pet friendly lodgings in New York that are perfect for taking your favorite furkid along on the trip.
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Posted on December 29, 2006 by HART (1-800-HART) • There are 1 lonesome comment
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Pet Lodging FYI
By Melissa Steele
About Pet Lodging
When you’re ready to go on vacation, it may not be an option to take your pet with you. Though you will find that quite a few hotels are pet friendly (for a fee) and traveling with your pet in tow is one way to go, you may find it more convenient to find pet lodging at home while you travel to your destination. An entire industry has grown up to provide you with a variety of services to choose from. Take your pick!
Pet Sitters
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Posted on December 18, 2006 by HART (1-800-HART) • There are no comments, hop to it!
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Get a Pet Sitter
By Groshan Fabiola
What should I do if I am leaving town and need a place to keep my dog?
If you are going away for a while, it is imperative that your dog is taken care of. Dog day care is something you should look into as well as a dog kennel. Boarding your dog is a great idea because the caretakers will treat your dog well, as they are educated and have the best products and cares for your pet. If you decide to gat a pet sitter, there are a few things that you will want to do in order to ensure that everything goes according to plan.
One of the first things that you can do is to prepare detailed instructions for your pet sitter. Include your phone numbers of where you can be reached in the event of an emergency. You will also need to give your pet sitter the name and phone number of your vet. Make sure that you also ask for other client references. These will help you get a clearer idea of what to expect if you hire this person.
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Posted on December 1, 2006 by HART (1-800-HART) • There are no comments, hop to it!
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Dog Kennels - What to Look For
By Sandra Oberreuter
We all hate to leave our pets behind if we go on vacation or have to leave home for a few days. However, we can’t always take them with us so if you don’t have family or friends that are able to take care of them you most likely need a dog kennel.
To find a good kennel ask for recommendations from friends, family, your veterinarian or grooming shops.
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Posted on October 23, 2006 by HART (1-800-HART) • There are 1 lonesome comment
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Dog Day Care
By Sandra Oberreuter
Dog day care is growing in popularity. It started in California in 1987 and has been spreading across the country every since. Dog day care centers are all over now. Great way for your dog to spend the day, getting exercise, interaction with other dogs and people. Find out more about dog day care!
I must admit it’s not something I was aware of. Of course, I know about kennels - a place to take your dog if you just can’t take him with you on a trip but not dog day care. Isn’t it child day care? Anyway, one day when I was talking with my son he mentioned he was taking his dog to dog day care the next day. What’s that? Anyway he said he dog loved going there and he even had a dog friend. Well, I had to look into this and so here is what I came up with.
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Posted on October 22, 2006 by HART (1-800-HART) • There are no comments, hop to it!
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Dog Day Care
By Sandra Oberreuter
Dog day care is growing in popularity. It started in California in 1987 and has been spreading across the country every since. Dog day care centers are all over now. Great way for your dog to spend the day, getting exercise, interaction with other dogs and people. Find out more about dog day care!
I must admit it’s not something I was aware of. Of course, I know about kennels - a place to take your dog if you just can’t take him with you on a trip but not dog day care. Isn’t it child day care? Anyway, one day when I was talking with my son he mentioned he was taking his dog to dog day care the next day. What’s that? Anyway he said he dog loved going there and he even had a dog friend. Well, I had to look into this and so here is what I came up with.
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Posted on September 28, 2006 by HART (1-800-HART) • There are no comments, hop to it!
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Consideration in Choosing a Pet Sitter
By Steve Allison
If you own a pet chances are you might be faced with the need for someone reliable to look after your pet.
Pet sitters care for your pet just a babysitter cares for your child while you are gone. Pet sitters do much more than just providing food and water. A good pet sitter will look after your pet as you would yourself. A pet sitter will provide exercise, some playtime, some attention and also be aware if your pet needs veterinary attention.
People with exotic or particularly high maintenance pets will benefit from the services of a pet sitter.
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Posted on June 15, 2006 by HART (1-800-HART) • There are no comments, hop to it!
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Traveling With Your Pet
By Ian White
You’ve decided to take your pet along on vacation. It will be more fun, and you won’t have to worry about leaving a member of your family behind in an unfamiliar kennel. With some extra planning and forethought, you can have a safe and enjoyable trip with your pet.
Taking a Road Trip
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Posted on May 19, 2006 by HART (1-800-HART) • There are no comments, hop to it!