Do you have a vacation focus? Business trip coming up? And you still don’t know what you are going to do with your pet? Consider a Frisco, McKinney, or Allen in-home pet sitter from Personable Pet Care! The experience is leaps and bounds above the outdated practice of the kennel. Here are the benefits of choosing an experienced, certified and insured in-home pet sitter from Personable Pet Care:
1. Your pet is in the comfort of their own home! Your places to sleep, eat, go to the bathroom, and walk around the neighborhood keep your routine going smoothly. Stay stress-free as a certified pet sitter follows your specific daily routine and provides individualized attention. However, the common practice in kennels is to leave your pet locked in a crate between his bathroom breaks. Your pet is in a narrow, dark space on a cold surface and spends about 23 hours a day.
2. Your pet is not exposed to diseases and germs from other dogs! The practice of boarding is so risky for the health of your pet that there is even a disease caused and named by boarding in kennels. Kennel cough is a term commonly used to describe a complex of highly contagious respiratory illnesses in dogs and cats caused primarily by the bacteria Bordetella Bronchiseptica. It usually results in a mild, self-limited illness characterized by coughing and sneezing in animals recently housed in a community setting. Your pet stays healthy in your home without exposure to disease.
3. Your pet receives concentrated love and attention! With boarding, your animal is in a cage most of the day and only receives attention when it is let out to relieve itself. With pet sitting, an experienced, animal-loving pet sitter comes to your home to devote their undivided attention to your loved one. Pet sitters work with your dog’s schedule and make sure his specific routine is followed. They go for walks, play games, get treats and of course lots of love and tummy scratches!
4. Pet sitters won’t cost you any guilt! Never again will you have to impose on friends, family or neighbors. They may do a good job of caring for your pet, but are they trained to respond to an emergency with your pet or your home? Are they insured and bonded in case something goes wrong? Personable Pet Care, a professional pet care company, has been trained on how to respond to any type of emergency situation and has insurance and bonds so you are always protected.
5. No more unnecessary vaccinations! Many kennels require a complete list of vaccinations for your pet, regardless of what your personal veterinarian recommends for your particular animal. Unnecessary vaccinations can actually increase your pets’ risk of developing allergies and pose dangerous health risks. Many vaccinations for your pet stay with them for life.
6. Price! Price! Price! Kennels charge for the size and number of pets and can be very expensive. Pet sitters charge a modest fee per visit based on the number of pets in your home, and with multiple pets, you’ll likely pay less than a kennel will charge.
7. Visits adapted to the needs of your pet! Because your pet will receive personalized attention, you can be sure that your specific requests will be met when your pet sitter comes by. Your pet sitter can tailor visits from 1 to 4 visits per day based on your pets’ unique needs. In a kennel environment, your pet is often hanging out with other pets, which increases the risk of dog fighting, disease exposure, and stress, as this is not the environment they are used to.
8. No need to travel. Some animals love to get in the car and go for a ride. Unfortunately, there are many who don’t and it can be a huge hassle and struggle to take your animal to a kennel, not to mention sometimes traumatizing to the animal itself. By using a professional pet sitter, you never have to induce travel trauma in your pet. They stay in the comfort of their own home.
9. Your Pet is waiting for you at home! You don’t need to worry about when the kennel opens or closes and whether your plane will land in time to get to the kennel before they close to avoid paying an extra night. With pet sitting, your pet happily awaits you when she walks in the door.
10. Home security! Not only is your pet still home to do his duty as a guard dog, but with someone coming and going every day for pet visits, your home doesn’t have the look of a home with a family on vacation. A pet sitter gives your home a lived-in look by following your specific requests. They turn indoor and outdoor lights on and off, adjust blinds and curtains, and bring in the mail and newspaper each day. Giving your home a lived-in look is an added bonus when choosing Personable Pet Care’s professional, certified pet sitters for your pet care needs.