We have brought up our own families and had many years with various pets: dogs, cat, fish, horses, guinea-pigs, hamsters, gerbils, budgies, etc, you get the picture!
We are caring, considerate people and fully appreciate that you are trusting us with your animals and home. We have our own property & have loved (and have sadly said goodbye) own pets, we would want anyone staying at our home to be clean & respectful & to adore our pets. It shouldn’t be a difficult thing.
We’ve been house sitting with THS for around 8 years, both as a couple and on occasion with our children. We were foster carers for a number of years and initially the THS platform was an effective way of helping the children to learn about different animals, give them travel experiences at an affordable cost - yes we had quite a few small persons! Now, our own children have grown up, the last one has recently left home.
Even though we are able to holiday without choosing a pet sitting option, which we also do, we genuinely enjoy the mutually beneficial option of a holiday at “home” with animals to look after.
As the years have passed and our stays and reviews have progressed we have been able to get sits for fantastic pets and places. We often get invited back to the same homes, also, after reading our profile and reviews, other home and pet owners frequently reach out to us.
We’re late 40’s early 50’s. We like to explore the places we visit but equally the pets & property come first, to be honest, we’re usually in bed by 9! We will be on our kindles and loving on your pets at your home rather than tracking our steps :) Gary works remotely so we will be very much around as he does have to work as well.
Where we are now - for the past year, whilst Gary continued in data, we became licensed animal boarders as well, this allowed us to look after people’s dogs in our own home. What a wonderful time, some truly memorable dogs & owners, most became regulars. it was difficult to say goodbye. During this year, In parallel, we have been very much working towards our exit strategy, also known as “phase 2” - knowing that we would be leaving our home by end of the UK summer this year (2023) to start our combined travel and pet sitting journey, our goal of a faux “retirement”. At the time of writing this piece of our profile (Aug 2023), we will be leaving in a few days to start this period with secured sits booked in Asia and Australia combined with some independent holiday times.
Our goal is to be of use somewhere in Asia after January 22 when we will leave Australia. We’re interested in Japan, Vietnam & Thailand in particular but we’re open to a conversation about alternative destinations