Redditor Threatens To Kennel The Dogs She Watches Over After The Pets' Parent Underpaid Her

"Her last minute cancellation cost me money because I had other families"

Maryjane

• Published in Animal Stories
• September 13, 2022

Pet sitting is the process of temporarily looking after someone else’s animal for a predetermined period of time. Pet sitting typically happens at the pet owner’s house, but it can also happen at the provider’s house or a pet sitting establishment.

Pet sitting entails taking care of someone’s animal while they are away. Some pet sitters only work with people who own cats and dogs.

Others can add other animals like birds, fish, tiny mammals, reptiles, and amphibians to their list. Numerous pet sitters run a regular dog walking business and provide pet sitting services as needed when clients travel or have somewhere to be.

Some pet sitters appoint additional staff members to broaden their service area, boost the number of clients they can serve each week, and serve as a fallback in case they become sick or leave on vacation. Additionally, they can increase their income by starting a franchise and granting licenses to pet-sitting service providers to use their well-known brand name. 

As earlier mentioned, pet sitters typically care for animals in either their own houses or the owners’ residences. The Redditor in today’s story was to dog sit at the owner’s house, but things went south after the dog owner shorted her pay.

Read the full story as you keep scrolling down.

How it starts out...

I have been crazy busy house sitting

I accept Venmo and cash

She tried to fight and plead

She said she would add it to my total

She didn't include my cancellation fee

The rate for boarding two dogs

A customer for so long

They could ruin her house

She sent me the money

The screenshots of her shorting me

She feared for her dogs

And now, let's read the verdict from redditors.

1. The consequences of her actions

2. What were you supposed to do?

3. Making her pay upfront

4. Business is business

5. You should have refused her service

6. The OP has been commended

7. Getting the money upfront

8. She made herself look bad

9. Never work for her again

10. This commenter is already in love

11. You did not make her look bad

12. What the OP needs to start doing

13. The amount the OP charges is a fantastic deal

14. Don't deal with people that don't pay up

15. She wasn't worried about her dogs

16. The OP is not working for her again

17. This commenter admires the way OP handled the situation

18. She put her dogs at risk

19. She has gone through several dog sitters

20. The vacation period had slowed down

The work of a pet sitter can be extremely demanding. Owners anticipate you caring for their animals at least as well as they would.

The OP is already used to the dog-sitting business, and there was no reason for her to be underpaid. Share your thoughts about this story with us in the comments below.

Maryjane