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| - Sleepover Rover is one of those "why didn't they think of this sooner?" ideas. Basically, it's a pet sitter service, where your pets stay at someone else's house.
That way, you don't have strangers in your house, and your babies aren't in a sometimes scary environment, like a kennel. Plus they get lots of attention, sine they are either there as the only pets, or with just one or two more.
We got invited to a last minute weekend trip, and had no one to look after the dogs. Usually we drop them at the folks'. But this time, neither pair was available.
Most kennels were full, except for the scary cagey ones. To boot, we realized one of the pups was behind on his bordetella shots. (Oops!)
We were not keen on having a pet sitter come into the house. Plus, from what I read on their sites, they only come in for 15 or 20 minutes at a time, and then the dogs have to spend the night alone.
Then I stumbled onto the Sleepover Rover site. I pored over it again and again, thinking there must be some kind of catch. Eventually I called, and talked to one of the owners, who was very helpful. She gave me a quote (it ran about $130 for the weekend), and told me she would see who was available.
There was a decent amount of waiting, and I started to get nervous. So I called back. They gave me a name and number for the sitter, and I gave her a call. She was very nice, and invited us over to meet her and see her house before deciding.
After the meeting and inspection, I was satisfied, and booked the sleepover. It went very well! The host took very good care of our dogs, and went the extra mile to make sure they were happy.
When we picked them up, they were totally pooped from so much playing and activity. They just curled up and slept when we got home.
All in all, the service is a little more expensive than a kennel. But I thought it was worth it for our situation, and would use the service again.
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