Doggie Day Care needed for blind dog. Stay in a private guest room at our home.

Introduction

Meet Gary, Heidi and Star, We are located in Alcalá, Tenerife. For the next 2-3 weeks, Heidi is away overseas visiting family and we are needing a doggie day care sitter to help while Gary is at work. Star is a 13 year old special needs dog because she went completely blind last September and cannot be long periods on her own. She is a very sweet, beautiful and friendly Staffordshire Bull Terrier. We live in an apartment minutes walk from the sea, so it's perfect for getting everywhere on foot. Star has a stoller/pram that she can sit in when she gets too tired to walk and can hop out when she wants to walk. She needs to go out every few hours to visit the pee patch and stretch her legs. She also likes one walk a day for about 30-45 min. Star's interests are treats, walking, barking at rocks on the beach, sleeping and she also has a new passion of skateboarding. Sometimes she like to play with her squeeky ball as well. We are looking urgently for someone or a couple to look after Star from 7am until the evening when Gary finishes work (roughly 5-7pm) depending on the day. Sitter would have their own private ensuite bedroom and would have access to the kitchen and lounge shared with Gary in the evenings. When Gary is home from work, the sitter would be free to go explore or have their own free time. Saturdays might be required for a shorter time and Sunday would likely be free unless something urgent comes up for Gary at work. We would love to establish a long term sitter relationship, so Star can get to know a regular sitter. We are likely going away for 1-2 weeks in September and would again require a sitter full-time while away. We have been dog sitters ourselves and loved doing it until we got our girl Star. Please let us know if this might be a good fit for you and Gary would love to meet up and introduce you to our sweetheart, Star.

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Home & location

We live in a modern 3 bedroom apartment. There is an elevator in the building. The guest room has an ensuite bathroom with bath/shower. There is a small balcony, spacious lounge area and kitchen/washer. All the amenities are at your doorstep, cafes, shops, restaurants, beautiful walking promenade along the sea to swimming, snorkeling, and black sand beaches. It is directly on the main bus route along the coast. (Better photos of the apartment to come.)

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Responsibilities

We are looking for someone to give Star lots of love and attention and be with her during the day. She'll need taking to the pee patch every 2-3 hours and one walk for 30-60min. The sitter will need to take her stroller/pram along in case Star is too tired to walk. Sitter may need to feed Star depending on Gary's working hours. It would also be appreciated if the sitter could help with keeping the flat tidy and the occasional light housework. For example to sweep and mop the lounge and kitchen which we do daily because of Star.

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Meet the pets

Photo of Star

Star

13 years

Heidi
Last time sitter needed: 7 months 17 days ago