The Pet Sitter Blog
Expert insights on pet care, the pet sitting industry, and building a pet sitting business.
Move your pet-sitting clients from a spreadsheet
Bring a clean client list into The Pet Sitter, check the imported records and invite clients when you are ready to arrange their next booking.
By The Pet Sitter Team
A pet sitter’s month-end records checklist
Check bookings, payments and invoices separately, then download the records your bookkeeper needs without confusing billed work with money received.
By The Pet Sitter Team
Take Pet-Sitting Bookings From Your Own Page
Give your existing clients one link for dates, pet details and booking requests, while keeping your own prices and payment arrangements.
By The Pet Sitter Team
Leaving Rover in the US, the UK and Germany: your reviews, your clients and what the terms actually say
Rover's own 2026 terms, fee pages and help centres on what you can take when you leave, what stays behind, and a 30-day plan that does not breach the contract you signed. Sourced from Rover's own pages — and, where rover.com blocks us, from archived copies of them — with links.
By The Pet Sitter Team
Is Your Pet Sitting Platform's Cover Actually Insurance?
Most sitters on the big marketplaces believe they are covered, and cover is one of the headline things a 15 to 25 percent commission is sold as paying for. The terms say otherwise — and where a scheme is not insurance, a refusal to pay has no ombudsman, no regulator and no written reasons owed to you.
By The Pet Sitter Team
Before the Summer Rush: Get Your Pet Sitting Bookings Organised
Before the busy season, bring your clients, tidy your rates and payment instructions, and give the next booking a clear home outside scattered messages.
By Graeme Rycyk
Leaving Rover or Mad Paws: what happens to your reviews and clients
What the platforms' own terms actually say about taking clients off-platform, why your reviews are not portable, and the genuine risks of leaving. Quoted from source, with links.
By The Pet Sitter Team
Pet Sitter Podcasts and Communities Worth Your Time
A short, filtered guide to the pet sitting podcasts and professional communities that are genuinely active as of August 2026. Who each one suits, and who should skip it.
By The Pet Sitter Team
Do You Need Insurance and a Police Check to Pet Sit in Australia?
Victoria’s boarding Code requires at least A$10 million public liability cover, including home boarding. Understand council registration, insurance and police checks for your service.
By The Pet Sitter Team