My Poor Co-Worker - Pet Sitting Horror Story!!
My co-worker went on vacation for 1 week and hired a cat/dog sitter. She has 2 cats (one has kidney issues) and a dog (kind of like Fenway, only 10 pounds bigger). She called her pet sitter the night before she was headed back home to see how the animals were doing and to remind the pet sitter they were due back the following day. The pet sitter said "oh, I thought you were leaving in October." My co-worker flipped! She said you should have been watching my pets this whole week - NOT in October! My co-worker was so upset & crying. The pet sitter ran to my co-workers house to see how the animals were doing. The house was a pig sty. There was no food left and very little water. My co-worker thinks the dog may have ate the kitty's poop for food. She said she put a ton of food down so they may of had food for 2-3 days. But not the whole 7 days. The dog peed & pooped everywhere and the house reeked. My poor co-worker couldn't catch an earlier flight so she had to keep her scheduled one. She said she cried & cried all the way home. Can you just imagine? I guess the moral of this story is to call your pet sitter and make sure she/he is doing her/his job. I don't think she'll hire this woman again. My OTHER co-worker recommended her and she said she would still use her. Now this woman knows I pet sit (for co-workers, friends & family) but I don't know why she didn't ask me to pet sit for her. I thought that was kind of strange. But maybe she'll reconsider in the future. I just felt so bad for her.
