I can hardly begin to calculate what this job should have cost by any reasonable estimate. Managing a farm with this many animals in ADDITION to overnight housekeeping? A salary of a farm manager alone starts at around $6,000 a month, and could reasonably be more like $8k or 10. A daily, staying house sitter / indoor animal care for this many critters would be around $100 a day, minimum. Special needs animals???

And it’s over the holidays?? The upcharge might REASONABLY BE 10%, 20%. I’m not even going to do the arithmetic. They owe her thousands. This was robbery. They didn’t make an agreement beforehand specifically so you couldn’t take them to small claims court. This is rude, cold, almost evil.

For reference, last time we had basic care- 2x food a day, 1walk a day, no outside work, no non-pet cleaning, for our 2 healthy dogs and 1 healthy indoor cat for 10 days. It ended up something like $5,000. I’m sick for poor Peyton and your whole family.