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What is the “Meet and Greet” all about?

A: The Meet-and-Greet is a quick meeting for your potential sitter to meet the family at home. This is arranged in order for you to ensure that you are at ease with your sitter, and also to see how he/she gets along with the pets. The Meet-and-Greet further allows your sitter to make sure that he/she feels safe and comfortable at your home.

This is the perfect time to discuss your rules and expectations.

To assist with this, you will be asked to complete a “Pet Sitter Instruction Sheet”. This document serves as a one-stop rule sheet about everything your sitter needs to know. Your sitter will bring along a copy, and you can complete it during the Meet-and-Greet.

The Meet-and-Greet is all about discussion of the collection of the keys, and to make sure that you are happy with the service we will be providing. The Meet-and-Greet is a complimentary service; should you not feel comfortable with a sitter, you are free not to proceed any further. Similarly, we do not expect sitters to accept assignments at homes where they feel unsafe or uncomfortable. Should this be the case, we will try our best to send another suitable sitter to meet you.

In the Meet-and-Greet, we can discuss all the necessary things; feeding schedules, so that we can ensure that we try and stick to the same schedule your pets are used to. Please also notify us if there is a specific phrase/words that you use that the pets adhere to if it’s time to go outside to do their business, etc.

Do I pay more on public holidays or during festive seasons?

A: Yes, we add R50.00 for each public holiday including 24 and 31 of December.

Do you board pets?

A: We do not board pets in our own homes. We do provide daily visits for your pets or we can stay overnight as well.

In the case that it might be a puppy, we might, however, make an exception to the rule.

Your pets will be much happier in their own home stress-free!

I have never used an overnight pet sitter before; can you tell me a little bit about this service?

A: We offer an overnight visit from 10 pm to 7 am, dependant on our daily routine and time of the year. Overnight stays give you peace of mind knowing that your home is being looked after as well as your pets getting lots of extra attention.

If your pets are used to sleeping in your bed with you, we are happy to have them sleep in the bed with us too!

We can add a dinnertime visit also and then later return again for the night.

To be fair to sitters; they are not expected to spend 24 hours a day at the house and may need to go to their own homes, work or to campus during the day. We do however try and be there for as long and as much as possible.

Caring for your Pets and Home

Waggly Tails house sitting service is not a security service.

Advantages of using Waggly Tails

We can assist with

Pet and House Sitting

Dog Walking

Some Frequently Asked Questions

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Feedback from our clients

I highly recommend these guys

Tiger now likes being picked up

We had such peace of mind while we were away