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Welcome Bay, Tauranga, New Zealand

A lovely start to the New Year looking after Moira and Simons, Billy. He enjoyed trips to the farm and nice walks with Teddy our son's dog. Especially when Finn our grandson joined us and was hanging out treats...

Papamoa, Tauranga, New Zealand

Yolandie asked us to look after her gorgeous staffy x named Luna..We had lots of playtime in the garden Luna just loved playing fetch with her ball and beat us every time at  Tug-o-war, her  favourite game,  we found out exactly how strong she is.Evening time was her chill time and she just loved being with us and enjoying human company....

Barossa Valley, Adelaide, Australia

We took care of  Pippa and her  18 chicken friends in Paulette and Paul’s lovely home nestled in the Barossa Valley.A beautiful large modern home with extensive gardens which we enjoyed mowing and maintaining.In our spare time we kept busy by completely reorganising Paul and Paulette’s very large shed which had become cluttered due to their continued property upgrading and building works, we created a huge amount of space and built storage racking and reorganised all of Paul’s bu...

Koh Samui, Thailand

We were delighted to be invited back to our lovely friend, Maria’s Villa in Bang Thong Krut. We loved looking after her peaceful sanctuary, surrounded by forest and just a few homes we woke up to hear birdsong each morning.  ...

Koh Samui Thailand

Another sit in Koh Samui looking after 4 house cats for Katie. We enjoyed our time in her lovely home with pool and garden while we cared and got to know Katie’s fur babies, Stan, Ollie, Seth and Ned.They spent a lot of time with us out on the enclosed terrace exploring while we enjoyed the peace and tranquility of Koh Samui....

Fort Myers, Florida, USA

We were asked to return to Fort Myers to do some general maintenance while the home owners were away again. We were delighted to be asked back and as there are no pets to tend too, we love to do jobs around the home and garden. ...

Sarasota, Florida, USA

We first looked after Maggie in November 2023,  we could not say no to taking care of her again. She melts your heart. She is still as adorable and loving as before and an absolute joy to look after. The family home is still in Sarasota situated on a lake which was abundant with wildlife, great area to walk around and not far to the beaches and parks that are dog friendly....

Fort Myers, Florida, USA

Beautiful Florida home on the edge of Edison golf course and Fort Myers country club.No pets this time but a pool and lots of tropical plants to tend and provide some TLC in the permanent sunshine.We sit out in the lanai overlooking the golf fairway being entertained by the squirrels, ducks, mockingbirds and lizards, feeling very grateful for this opportunity...

Ohauiti, Tauranga, New Zealand

A 2 time house sit two weeks apart looking after Luca a very clever bearded collie who was very well trained and loved to do tricks, his companion and housemate Stella was an adorable old lady of  19yrs.We also had chickens, bees and an aviary of parakeets, colourful finches and quails which were very entertaining and cool to have around....

Leamington, New Zealand

We spent 1 month in Leamington  to look after mother and daughter Schnausers .Dixie and Bailey. Two adorable little girls who followed us everywhere and were our constant companions.Our evenings were spent with them both at our  feet or on our laps  petting and tummy rubs were the order of every day, both little girls adore human contact and are real people dogs, we completely fell for these two, and were happy to have them with us on the through the night, two of the cutest littl...

Welcome Bay, Tauranga, New Zealand

We spent a month looking after Dibby the most independent character we have ever met. He really did his own thing, but was affectionate on his own terms. He certainly let us know when he wanted feeding. ...

Pattaya, Thailand

We spent two seperate weekends (24/10 and 1/11) with Fergie in an area called Baan Mabprachan while Carolyn and Steve went to Bangkok.  There is a beautiful temple  and lake just 2 minutes away from his home, and he loved his walks out and about residental in this area.. He was such a chilled dog, not bothered by the street dogs and happy to be by your side, so he enjoyed being with us while we explored and visited the local food stalls....

Wolvercote, Oxford, UK

Paul and Angela asked us back but this time to look after Benji sadly Seki had passed. We enjoyed our time with their new fur ball. She was a character, she loved climbing and walking along the piano keys playing a tune....

Playa Flamenca, Alicante, Spain

At home in Playa Flamenca, Spain doing our own work..New windows were fitted, one thing started another - and so we decided to paint every door (19) in the apartment and revamp our balcony as it was now enclosed and created another room. ...

Saint-Paul-de-Jarat

We returned to Tracey and Simon's Chateau to help with various projects, primarily the building of a wood/machinery shed and organising work spaces in the gites and tending to the growing family of animals. Horses, dogs, fish and now cats and rabbitsWhilst Ged and Simon worked together building a new storage shed, Laraine and Tracey worked together tending the ever growing menagerie of Horses, Cats, Dogs, Rabbits, Birds and Fish....

Moira and Davie, Brittany, France

What a smashing time we had with these two lovely people. Moira was a fantastic cook and Davie kept us entertained with his stories and we enjoyed working and socialising with them....

Victoria, Oxfordshire

It was a joy to look after Bentley, Mollie and Rosie. All different little characters. Bentley was so loving and wanted cuddles all the time, Mollie was a little lady and Rosie bless her is in her later years and kept an eye on the other two!...

Kate - Blackthorn, Bicester, Oxfordshire

Peppa and Lili became instant friends on this short housesit near our home town, a very welcome break outside the city....

Tooting, London

Arrived in Tooting Bec to be greeted by Tahoe and his family. He is such a lovely boy almost human. He had a lot to say to Ged, he loved seating next to him. He loved train Tavel so we would go for long walks and catch a train back from various locations around the area. We were really spoilt for choice with all the parks here. ...

Cowley, Oxford UK

Our first time looking after Bengal cats, we only had 3 days to love and care for these two sisters, Bonnie and Boushka. They spent all their time playing with their toys…they loved chasing feathers and playing in the boxes of tissues. They were a very funny pair....

Oxford, UK

We are looking after Woof for 2 weeks in a beautiful home on the Oxford Canal just 1km from where we used to live. Woof needed lots of walks which we loved. It was so nice revisiting the area we knew so well. He was a fun character especially vocal when he knew his friend next door was trying to see him!...

Mapua, New Zealand

Jess enjoyed her walks around her own garden as she lived in a stunning location on the Waimea Inlet looking out over the estuary to Mapua, Rabbit Island and Rough Island where we would take her in the car to run through the woods. ...

Richmond, New Zealand

through Kiwi housesitters - 31 Jan-8 Feb & 21-25 Feb 2024...

Upper Moutere, New Zealand

through Kiwi Housesitters...

Beachville, Nelson, New Zealand

through Kiwi housesitters.     Sophie is such a lovely old lady, she wanted to be with us all the time. We took her out in the car for walks in the woods and the beach. We often joined up with our Granddog, Teddy who she loved.We did end up having to take her to the doggy wash a couple of times as she did enjoy getting dirty :)...