Should I leave an honest review? [closed]
I had a very bad experience with a sitter who watched my dog. I left a private review that was very thorough and honest and got a personal response right away from rover customer service adressing my concerns. A couple of days later I realized this sitter raised her prices by $10 (we used to be the same price) and she has the same amount of reviews and repeat clients as me in my area so I don't wan't to leave a negative review for my competitor as it may make me look insincere.
At the same time I'm so frustrated because my dog had health problems and I left extremely detailed care instructions and all of his traits and habits based on this meet and greet checklist: https://www.rover.com/blog/meet-greet-checklist/ (https://www.rover.com/blog/meet-greet...) The meet and greet went over smoothly as well even showing her how to give his medication with ease and she seemed confident with it all. However, at least 3 of my requests were not met, one concerning his medication, the other regarding his food, and the third regarding his sleeping arrangement.
She called and texted me multiple times threatening to board him because he bit her and kept barking at her while she tried to put him on a leash. We were 4 states away and this was halfway through our 4 night trip. My dog is not aggressive but if you leave your dogs food out and he gets to it and you try to take it away well yeah, I warned her about that from the beginning but she still fed them in the same room at the same time. He never put up a fight when we would give him his medication, which she claimed he was traumatized from making it "impossible" for her to complete his perscription. He's never been aggressive to any dog ever even if he's attacked and only gets aggressive with humans if they are aggressive towards him which is why we only use positive reinforcement with him.
So I guess my question is should I write a review or leave it alone and let other dogs and owners potentially deal with their own consequences? Some things that were positive about the stay: she sent pictures everyday, she didn't actually board him even though she was "at her wit's end" with him, she was understanding of his accidents due to his UTI and didn't mention it until I asked. There are an abudant amount of sitters in our area and they all either have 5 stars or no reviews yet so I wasn't even sure how that could be possible that I'm the only person with a poor experience in our area but one things for sure I would never ask her again and I doubt she would ever take him in again anyway.