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[quote=Anonymous]I have 2 dogs and a cat.

We use the service that we use for dog walking. They do get paid for hours while "sleeping," the service would run into labor law issues if they didn't get at least minimum wage for all of the hours the employees are there.

They charge:

8:30 pm to 6:30 am $155 per night
6:30 pm to 6:30am $174 per night

There is an additional charge to add a walk during the day.

A friend of mine charges $45 per night for the same kind of service, although she stays at your house pretty much any time she isn't at work. She does work from home some days so on those days I don't need to hire the walkers for the mid day walk. For my friend pet sitting is a side gig. I don't think she is on Rover, she just gets a lot of gigs from people at our church. Because I pay so much more to the pet service and she charges so much less, I actually insist on paying her more. But her rate is $45 per night. At least it was like a year ago.

I know the petcare service I mention above sounds very expensive, but when my friend isn't available I hire them and am happy to do so because I know the business well -- they have been my dog walker for years, they communicate with me perfectly, they already have keys, my dogs know the sitter (he is their backup dog walker) and I trust them. I do not trust a random person from Rover (I've heard too many horror stories of people not showing up, etc.). And as far as boarding goes, my pets take it very hard (well, one dog takes it fine, but my other dog who spent the first part of her life having babies in a cage in puppy mills is not fine with being kenneled and the last time I boarded my cat he was so upset he stopped eating), and, once I pay for all three pets for boarding -- it's even more expensive than the overnights from the pet service. [/quote]

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