Looking for house-sitter recommendations

[protogeek.livejournal.com]

Hi all,

We're looking for someone to feed our cats twice a day and water our plants (there are many and they need to be watered daily) when we go on vacation. This isn't an immediate need, more that we want to have someone lined up for when we do go away (we just returned from vacation and were unhappy with the person whose services we've usually employed). We're looking for someone who is very reliable, good with cats and plants, and does this regularly (preferably professionally). We don't want them to stay at our place, just come twice a day. If you know of anyone (or a service) that you've had good experience with, please let me know.

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[lissie930.livejournal.com]

We used a woman named Laurie at something like New England Pet Sitters? Do NOT NOT NOT use her. She booked and confirmed a pet sitting with us and then DIDN'T SHOW UP! Thankfully it was only an over night and we'd left plenty of food and water, but still. She handled it completely unprofessionally, IMO (never returned calls or emails, when I asked for our key back, mailed it back to us without a note or anything).

However, we had great service from Alan at Creature Comforts. http://www.creaturecomfortscorp.com/index.jsp We have an elderly cat that needs meds twice a day, and they were great with this. I really recommend them highly!

[protogeek.livejournal.com]

Thanks!