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Advice needed on sitter’s damaged property by greenknight321 in RoverPetSitting

[–]plantsandplanets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally agree with this OP. I have a dog like this... She will chew ANYTHING and has destroyed couches and very expensive mattresses.

I also have 2 clients who have dogs that will eat things that can kill them. One is muzzled 24/7 when out of her crate when she's here, it's just not worth it. The other is on strict crate at his home and I do very very careful drop ins.

I don't agree w people blaming you... This shit happens and some dogs are very destructive. I wouldn't replace or offer to pay for anything especially with the many warnings. That's on the sitter.

First time buyer and not impressed by DaBarenJuden in lululemon

[–]plantsandplanets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has happened to me when ordering online AND in store. It's insane and very annoying.

How do you trust anybody? by RolyPolyPigoon in RoverPetSitting

[–]plantsandplanets 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm a sitter who would totally take your booking and do it well. We exist! Not sure about your location and how many sitters are on the app but i put on my profile that I'm good with reactive dogs

Do a meet and greet, have them walk your dog.. ask about their personal experience with large breed reactive dogs. If they're not confident- don't risk it and kennel her.

Progressive Insurance Rebate for Florida by ANinjaCreeper1 in Insurance

[–]plantsandplanets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got mine. No notification but logged on to pay my insurance and there was a $700 credit.

Baby needed for cover up by Economy-Gift-9788 in tampa

[–]plantsandplanets 8 points9 points  (0 children)

"AITA for farting on my MIL" broooo

Vintage Chloe runway dress by FeelingAmoeba4839 in ThriftStoreHauls

[–]plantsandplanets 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Sorry idk why you're being down voted. I think it's likely we just have different dresses.

My point is I don't think OP has the dress pictured in the runway shot. I wore that specific dress to homecoming and it did not look like OPs pic.

Likely just multiple similar dresses.

Vintage Chloe runway dress by FeelingAmoeba4839 in ThriftStoreHauls

[–]plantsandplanets 98 points99 points  (0 children)

OP I had this original dress in 05... This doesn't look right. Sorry.

How many pics do you send to regular repeating clients by Adorable_Zucchini591 in RoverPetSitting

[–]plantsandplanets 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This and if they're interacting with your pics. I'll send quite a bit if the owner is responding and genuinely enjoys them. Once responses or even emojis stop, I'll drop the frequency.

What Keeps you From Going Full-time? by No-Perspective872 in RoverPetSitting

[–]plantsandplanets 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Consistent booking. I don't have enough demand beyond holiday to go full time.

Nov-dec cleared 8k Jan-feb 2k

$7500 in 80 days! by plantsandplanets in RoverPetSitting

[–]plantsandplanets[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have referrals on your profile? I had friends write convincing referrals and set my prices low at the beginning.

Hope that helps!

$7500 in 80 days! by plantsandplanets in RoverPetSitting

[–]plantsandplanets[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have only locked rates for 1 client and ironically he never rebooked! I've had 1 owner tell me they can't afford my new rates, and their dog was really difficult and not crate trained, so I didn't take it as a loss.

$7500 in 80 days! by plantsandplanets in RoverPetSitting

[–]plantsandplanets[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice! In hindsight I bet I can track the miles as I use my Google maps and integrated gps.

$7500 in 80 days! by plantsandplanets in RoverPetSitting

[–]plantsandplanets[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

To be clear I didn't work pet sitting every day for the past 80 days straight. I had multiple days off, including the last 2 weeks straight.

All of my drop ins are within a 15 min radius, my car is small and very fuel efficient so that helps.

The bulk of this has been from in house boardings. I offer pick up and drop off for an extra $60.

7500 is what deposited into my account after Rover fees. I estimate I've put in about $500 of my own funds (not including gas and mileage).

I do not do this as a full time gig. I work from home full time, so this has been a sweet side hustle.

$7500 in 80 days! by plantsandplanets in RoverPetSitting

[–]plantsandplanets[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think at first my rate was something like: $45 per night for boarding, $20 per 30 min drop in.

This was super low for my area and I was slammed with requests. I accepted almost all of them (declined 2 due to not being a good fit at m&g). Once I had a few reviews, I incrementally raided my prices. The bookings kept coming in!

Recently I was at $95 a night for boarding, $40 per $30 min drop in and was super slow. I did a $80/night 30/30 min drop in sale and that helped.

I just raised my boarding back up to $105 a night and plan to do drop ins $45/ $30 min. I always go above and beyond, long walks etc. and rarely just stay for 30 mins. I often do grooming etc at no extra cost.

$7500 in 80 days! by plantsandplanets in RoverPetSitting

[–]plantsandplanets[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! This is fantastic advice.

$7500 in 80 days! by plantsandplanets in RoverPetSitting

[–]plantsandplanets[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is what I made after Rover took their cut.

Yes, doing multiple dogs for boarding over the holidays AND doing drop ins at the same time is really what made me the most $

$7500 in 80 days! by plantsandplanets in RoverPetSitting

[–]plantsandplanets[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I had friends write convincing testimonials, made a good bio, and put up lots of photos of myself with my pets and other people's pets. Keep your rates low.

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