Sitting for puppies?

You do not have to care for puppies. I do not accept them either. However, using a zero rate is not the way to do it because you will still show up in searches by owners with puppies.

This is the correct way. Go to your Profile and then Preferences. The second question is about whether you will accept dogs under one year old.

https://www.rover.com/account/profile...

Also, it wouldn't hurt to mention it in your Profile's description.

You don't have to take care of puppies, just like you can decline certain breeds or certain days to work. However you do, is largely up to you.

For me though, it's the opposite. the worst a puppy can do is have potty issues. the adults are usually the ones with behavior issues, medical needs and high exercise requirements. Plus since I have a 6mth old puppy, they love playing together. Older dogs usually are too rough or dont want to be bothered. For me the biggest issues I don't want to deal with is barking, separation anxiety and fleas. Everything else I can work with. So even though puppies take some effort, personally, I prefer that to the behavior issues adults have ingrained in them.

I trust that most people who take the time & pay the expense to use a site like this take good care of their dogs. You will find that most adults are smart enough to know that puppies MUST have those initial shots like parvo. Any puppy under 8 weeks should not be going to anyone's home & those over that I would require to see that they have seen a vet.

I do not take puppies either, to me they are like having a newborn baby, and I like my sleep lol. If I do happen to get a request for one, I simply explain that due to my volume of clients I cannot take puppies at this time. I have a nice home, and I have had zero issues with damages so far, besides a few accidents here and there, but nothing else. I did have a client recently say on his profile his Sheppard was almost 2 years old, and when he brought it to the home it was as big as chihuahua, and was clearly a puppy. If they do not have pictures of the dog on their profile, I am going to start asking for pictures so I can see in fact if they are puppies.