{"id":2779,"date":"2012-06-27T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/?p=2779"},"modified":"2012-06-27T06:03:28","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T13:03:28","slug":"secrets-to-finding-the-best-pet-sitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/2012\/06\/secrets-to-finding-the-best-pet-sitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Secrets to Finding the Best Pet Sitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin: 5px; font-size: 80%; text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3322\/3579541558_32d5cd88b8_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" \/><br \/>\nby <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/53216625@N00\/3579541558\">PetsitUSA Pet Sitter Directory<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What is pet sitting?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many times a pet owner might have to travel due to business or for other reasons and during such a time it is not always possible to take your pet with you.\u00a0\u00a0Even if you are able to take your pet along, you may not want to as your pet is going to be uncomfortable in an unfamiliar place.\u00a0\u00a0Pets, especially dogs, prefer to have a familiar environment where they can be happier and safe.\u00a0\u00a0When you change the place of residence for your pets, you can be sure they will not like it as much.\u00a0\u00a0This is why it is best to leave your pet to a pet sitter.\u00a0\u00a0While there are other options for you regarding leaving your pet, it is always better to leave your pet in the care of a pet sitter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some of the advantages of hiring a pet sitter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. With a pet sitter, your pet is not stressed because it is cared for in its comfortable surroundings.\u00a0\u00a0Since there are no changes in the daily routine of your pet, you can be sure that your pet is happy.<\/p>\n<p>2. There is a distinct disadvantage of leaving your pet in a pet boarding house or kennel.\u00a0\u00a0For example, when it comes to dogs, if you leave your dog in a kennel, it may not get along with dogs of different breeds or other bigger or smaller dogs.\u00a0\u00a0This could surely be the cause of fights or injuries.\u00a0\u00a0However, a pet sitter is going to come to your house and look after your pet, which means no worries for you.<\/p>\n<p>3. Another disadvantage of leaving your pet with a common pet boarding house is that you will be exposing your pet to potential infections or diseases, which are going to be affecting its health.<\/p>\n<p>With a pet sitter, you do not have to worry about this.<\/p>\n<p>When you think about all of this, you will find pet sitting to be your best option for your pet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by PetsitUSA Pet Sitter Directory What is pet sitting? Many times a pet owner might have to travel due to business or for other reasons and during such a time it is not always possible to take your pet with you.\u00a0\u00a0Even if you are able to take your pet along, you may not want to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[295,314,29,170],"tags":[1258,467,1259,64],"class_list":["post-2779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pet-news","category-pet-sitters","category-pet-tips","category-vetlocator-news","tag-finding-the-best-pet-sitter","tag-pet-sitter","tag-petsitting","tag-vetlocator-com"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3322\/3579541558_32d5cd88b8.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4QGM2-IP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2779"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2820,"href":"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2779\/revisions\/2820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}