mickeysaver
<font color=blue>WINNER of the world's worst limer
- Joined
- Jun 2, 2002
Back in 2003 when we last went to WDW, we had a great couple next door to us in our apartment complex that took care of our cats and dogs while we went to WDW. Now, we have a house and the folks that lived next door to us do too, but it's about 4 miles away. Billy and Roger were going to do us the favor of looking after Beanie, our Chihuahua with the bad heart, at their house and we were going to need to board Deuce and Perdita. They also were going to come by the house a few times to check on the cats and the hamster. The cats are indoor/outdoor, so there is no litter box to worry about, just check the food bowls and the gallon water jugs that self fill the bowls. Deuce has Epilepsy and has to take medicine twice a day and stess is a trigger for his seizures, so we have been biting our nails over boarding him and changing his entire routine for 10 days.
Billy and his partner have now broken up. So, Billy has more freedom than he did before and has agreed to house/pet sit for us during our December trip. I can't tell you what a relief this is to us. Billy and Roger are the only people outside of the vet's office that our dogs like....and they have always favored Billy over Roger.
Ok, now the question, what would you pay someone to do this for you? The dogs get let out into the fenced back yard to potty at least 3 times a day.....once before I leave for work, once when we get home, and once at about 10pm. Deuce gets his pill first thing in the morning and roughly 12 hours later. The dogs will be bathed before he takes over and should not need another bath until we return. They should not need a change in bedding during that time either. The cats just need their self feeder filled about every 3 days and the water jugs get filled about every three days too. The dogs get a bowl of food every two to three days too. The hamster can be feed once every 2-5 days depending on how much he hoards away and should not require a cage cleaning until we can return. Billy will gather the mail and otherwise is welcome to have the run of the house. We just asked that no parties be thrown while we are gone. Just curious. I don't want to over or under compensate him for his time. We really appreciate what he is doing for us. Maggie
Billy and his partner have now broken up. So, Billy has more freedom than he did before and has agreed to house/pet sit for us during our December trip. I can't tell you what a relief this is to us. Billy and Roger are the only people outside of the vet's office that our dogs like....and they have always favored Billy over Roger.
Ok, now the question, what would you pay someone to do this for you? The dogs get let out into the fenced back yard to potty at least 3 times a day.....once before I leave for work, once when we get home, and once at about 10pm. Deuce gets his pill first thing in the morning and roughly 12 hours later. The dogs will be bathed before he takes over and should not need another bath until we return. They should not need a change in bedding during that time either. The cats just need their self feeder filled about every 3 days and the water jugs get filled about every three days too. The dogs get a bowl of food every two to three days too. The hamster can be feed once every 2-5 days depending on how much he hoards away and should not require a cage cleaning until we can return. Billy will gather the mail and otherwise is welcome to have the run of the house. We just asked that no parties be thrown while we are gone. Just curious. I don't want to over or under compensate him for his time. We really appreciate what he is doing for us. Maggie