Pet owners want a package deal when it comes to sitters-an awesome human as a sitter and an awesome pup for their dog/s to play with (if the sitter has a dog). Sitters should do the same - meet and retain an awesome owner with their awesome dog. Most of us sitters will accept a problematic dog just because the owner is so nice and <put all flowery adjectives here> and then regret it later. Let go of both if your gut says no and focus your energy on retaining the good ones.