#rover.com

[f4kef4ngs]

if you have a pet and are looking to get a petsitter, please for the love of god and your precious pets DO NOT use rover.com. recently a 5 star rated petsitter locked multiple dogs in a shed after overbooking, leading 3 of the dogs to die in the excruciating summer heat with no checking in. rover.com has not spoken on this at all as they DON'T vet their sitters and are now ignoring these deaths. I wouldn't doubt it if other pets have died under the "care" of other rover sitters. just a psa for those with furbabies, please do not trust or use this website. share if you can so other pet owners know to not use this awful service that doesn't care about the safety of your animals

here is a petition to hopefully have charges against the "petsitter" who did this

[elwenyere]

Weeping over clicking "memorialize" on my pup's profile on Rover.com because I have to stop getting the emails about booking him a sitter. Digital afterlives are so weird. Grief is so strange.

[jonandjenrvlife]

4/15/2024 - Yesterday. we wanted to hang out with our friends during the day at the party they put together for us and then go to a meeting. It was a long stretch of time and I knew that George would have a difficult time with it. So I took Taylor's recommendation and went on rover.com. I found a wonderful young lady who we will be using four times while we're here. Her first time was the long stretch yesterday and George loved her. I feel good that we are able to give him company while we are gone for long periods of time and I'll be looking for someone in Petaluma in a few weeks when we are there to do it again. She sent report cards and photos throughout her stay which made me smile.

[grison-in-space]

So this is a side note kind of dog question. How do you find/determine if someone is a good dog sitter?

We recently moved to a new place and I am trying to find a sitter for my pup, but in the past I’ve always lived near friends who were able to help, instead of needing to find like a professional sitter. My vet recommended Rover.com but said some people on there aren’t great… and now I am like… but how do I tell? If you have any tips/thoughts/experiences I would be v grateful !

Oh, that is a good question! I am afraid that I've been relying on friends or coworkers for like eight years now, so I've never used Rover.com. (I have three cats, three dogs, and there's also the ball python--it's honestly just easier to ask a grad student to come by or a roommate or something.)

The easiest thing, back when my critters were a bit less ridiculous, was just to make friends with other people who have animals and take care of them in ways I like. I exchanged numbers with a gent I liked in Matilda's previous puppy classes, for example, and when we needed a temporary sitter for just Matilda for a couple days when I was traveling I asked a few students if anyone would like to take her. I always offer money for stuff like that; the benefit of asking friends is that I know my friends and I know how they handle animals, but I don't want to put them out either.

If you're traveling and you haven't had a chance to make friends and work is not a convenient source of people to ask, then things get trickier. When I was new in my last town, I boarded Tribble at the vet (or a boarding kennel) while I was out of town. That's what I grew up doing, and it's generally not the most interesting time for a dog but it's also usually pretty safe. A sitter is definitely more comfortable, though.

If choosing a sitter, I would look for someone with plenty of repeat business and good reviews. Rover is as good a place as any to look. Have a conversation with them ahead of time about what the parameters of looking after your animals are. Is it okay to take your dog for a walk? Using what kind of gear? Are there any foods the dog can or can't have? Where does the dog sleep? Just talk about these things explicitly, even if they seem obvious; there are lots of ways to look after animals, and you don't want to leave any room for miscommunication.

[runrunningrunner]

Part 2 - When you have to cut to the bone

For when everything goes south and your budget gets cut to nothing; a continuation from this post where I wrote the first 3 of 6 steps of a financial self rescue plan.

The six steps are: Record. Cut. Save. Cook. Sell. Earn.

I've decided to write the Cook step later since it will take a bit of time to put together. So after the cut are the last two steps, Sell and Earn ...

Step Five - Sell

Clothes, accessories, toys, furniture, bikes, kitchen equipment, fitness equipment, tools ... we all have something at home we can get rid of and earn a little extra money.

Poshmark, Mercari - both are good for selling clothing and accessories.

Ebay - good for selling everything. I've sold clothes, books, and PC equipment like Bluetooth headsets on Ebay. Tip - to help you price your items search for the thing you want to sell, and click the "Advanced" link next to search and you can filter the list on sold items to get the history of recent purchases and compare price and condition to your item.

Craigslist - good for the big stuff that will be hard to ship that you can sell locally. I've sold a bookshelf, our TVs and and a DVD player, a bed frame, a bike. I even sold a car on Craigslist!

Etsy - generally sellers on Etsy are more like shopkeepers than sellers on Ebay. This may be a good place if you have a lot of a particular type of item, like a collection of vintage clothes. Etsy fees are a bit of a problem in my opinion compared with other selling platforms.

Amazon - sell your old books there. Competition is fierce and pricing is very competitive so it's not great. I've had better success selling books on Ebay.

Make sure you account for the website seller fees in your pricing and cover your shipping costs and that's some extra money in the bank.

Step Six - Earn

Here I'm focusing on jobs you can start doing with no additional start up costs.

Part time or extra work may help cover some of your expenses. And a lot of these jobs can be taken on short term and accommodate other jobs, or time consuming activities like job searching.

My former neighbor had a basic 22" push mower and a trimmer and used those to earn some extra cash mowing lawns. He didn't have a trailer or anything, he just loaded them into the boot of his car!

My 81 year old aunt back home in the UK, who traveled a lot to Italy as a young woman and who married an Italian still earns a part time income as an online Italian language coach.

Mrs. RRR works fashion retail and she works for two pet care agencies here in town. She specializes in cat sitting.

I pet sit for dogs - I have four occasional clients around my neighborhood. Two clients' dogs will stay with us, and for the other two I will go to them on multiple visits a day to take out and walk. My clients are direct, so I get cash and no agency take any fees out :)

You don't have to spend your money! Neither Mrs RRR or I will work with Rover.com because we're not going to pay out their background check fee. I'm sure Rover is an excellent service, but we were up shit creek and on a zero spend budget and that meant zero spend! We are lucky that we're in a big enough city that we had alternative agencies.

I'm a fairly fast typist so did some transcription for Rev.com. I found that exhausting, so gave it up, but for a short while it helped plug an income gap a few years ago.

Craigslist - there are quite a few good sections in here for part time and temporary work in here. For example, depending on where you are, there may be a good gig section under city > gigs > event gigs. I just found job listings for work at a local golf tournament in two weekend's time that I'm going to apply to.

Again there's no one big fix, instead it's a question of squeezing the juice as much as possible from every asset you have, sometimes that asset is a lawn mower you can use to earn a bit of extra cash, sometimes it's an old drill you can sell, or it might just some of your time and a bit of sweat.

[work-at-home-mania]

Home-Based Dog Sitting Jobs with Rover.com - Work at Home Mom Revolution

Rover.com, a nationwide network that connects dog owners with local dog sitters, is seeking professional dog sitters, casual dog lovers – anyone who wants to earn a side income dog sitting. The company’s dog sitters can earn up to $50.00 per dog, per day. From the company:

[glenandbrisketpowellsdogpack]

Pet owners call out Rover.com to better screen pet sitters | On Your Side https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUCViFAdpDo

[cavenewstimes]

An Ontario dog boarding business has been descended on by activists. Police demand peace

Posted June 26, 2024 3:09 pm 2 min read 1:27 Ontario woman reeling after dog suddenly dies at boarding business Jenuen Monroe says her family left their two dogs with a Hamilton, Ont., business they found through Rover.com on June 15. The next morning, they received a call that one of their dogs was dead. Multiple agencies are now investigating the business. Police say they are seeking two…

[duaneburnett]

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[sweetladyloom]

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[thejakegardner]

Local Competition

Dawn | Pet sitter in Beltline | Pawshake.ca

This is a local dog sitter. She doesn't do overnight sits with dogs, she just goes to check on them once or twice a day. She charges $54 for 2 visits a day.

Nicole C. | Calgary, AB | Rover.com

This is another local dog sitter. She also works from home and can host dogs overnight. Her pricing is $45 a night.

Dog Boarding Calgary - All-Inclusive Luxury Pet Resort for Dogs (countryclub-petresort.com)

This is a local pet resort. This is a large company, and can take dogs for overnight. They have pricing categorized by size of dog. They start at $40 for small, and go up to $48 per night for large.

[petnews2day]

Getting a cat or dog? Here’s how much pet ownership costs in Canada - National | Globalnews.ca

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Getting a cat or dog? Here’s how much pet ownership costs in Canada - National | Globalnews.ca

Even as overall inflation has eased in recent months, it is getting more expensive to own a pet in Canada. New data published Tuesday by Rover.com showed that the cost of having a cat or dog has surged compared with last year. The increase can be attributed to the price of pet food and supplies, […]

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