What do you do when a clients dog damages something?

This topic has been discussed many times. Basically, it's a cost of business you can write off, but the damage is not covered by insurance and the client is not obligated to reimburse you. You might try to let the client know in a nice way in case the dog ends up needing medical attention and then let Rover know. Even if it wasn't ingested, it may be good to mention that it's still mostly intact, so luckily the dog should be okay. It sounds like this dog may have separation anxiety, which is not unusual after being left in a new place with strangers who then left, which the owner may want to know but I'd suggest be careful how you approach/communicate this. Here's a recent link. https://www.rover.com/community/quest.... If you search damage, I'm certain you"ll see more.

Any damage the dog does is just part of the territory. You will soon learn that all dogs, no matter how "housebroken" will need to be comfortably crated any time you are not there to supervise them, including sleeping overnight. I just had a single dog destroy two doorknobs, a comforter, a towel, a dog bed, my outside glass door, his crate, AND bite me. In the end, you just learn what is safe to let dogs have access to, and how to keep things out of reach. Safety always comes first, even if it means the dog won't be as comfortable. I felt really bad that this dog had to sleep in a cold, hard crate, but he tried to eat anything we left in with him. At the end of the day, I would rather him have an uncomfortable crate than need to make an emergency trip to the vet because he ingested something.

I do not ever ask clients to reimburse damage caused by the dog, because I feel that I should have been more vigilant or able to prevent it from happening. I would only mention it if I thought he had eaten something and was in danger.

Like other people have said, I do tell an owner if their dog is destructive or has bad separation anxiety that I wasn't told about during the meet and greet. I had a stay years ago with 2 small dogs. One of the dogs was CONSTANTLY peeing in my house, despite numerous walks and free access to our fenced-in backyard. I asked the owner if the dog had any issues around that and she had no clue. I called Rover about it, because I was angry, and they really weren't any help. So......as far as comforters and other such items, I would expect the owner to at least apologize for the dog destroying it. As to whether I expect the owner to reimburse me for it? I try to keep in mind that if my own dog might do the same thing in the same situation, I let that determine my course of action.

So I recently (still sitting this dog) Had one of the dogs take my phone off the counter and break it. I am only allowed to leave at certain hours and this did not occur during those certain hours, so I could not update or anything. So I opened my laptop and let the owner know that her dog did chew my phone and break it and I can not send regular updates with photos as I normally do. She then responded that she was sorry that this dog was being difficult and she said she would pay for a replacement phone. I said thank you and yes since it is a phone (a 900 dollar phone my replacement) I do not want to ask for full replacement I am just asking for 200 (amount to pay off old phone) i think that is okay?

When I do a meet and greet I ask all the questions that would let me know what I am in for, I believe. If a dog is destructive that should come out then. I had one chew on my wooden shutters on my front window. Yes, I expected the client to pay for this, it was beyond normal behavior for a 2 year old and it could have been prevented if they were forthcoming about her separation anxeity . With a puppy, all bets are off. Most clients are looking to us on how to manage puppy behavior and that is a lot of chewing and destruction. I crate when I'm not there which is short periods of time and run them out at the park. Give them lots of toys and make sure they know the difference between that and the comforter. If it is a large ticket item, Rover should cover anything over $250 with the Rover insurance.

This happened to me in my early days. The client should never be held responsible. You were watching their dog when it happened, which makes you responsible.

Crate when not supervising, umbilical cord method in the house so the dog doesn't have free reign. No unsupervised time ever.

let's reason. Rover is an information platform, it can promise anything or, on the contrary, deny it, this only applies to its activities. The caregiver with the dog and the owner of the dog enter into a contract. If the terms of the contract are violated, of course you have the right to demand payment in excess of the contract. For example, your case. If the owner of the dog wrote on his profile that his dog is causing harm, you would ask for three times the amount and take reasonable protective measures. Or would refuse to sit with such a dog. Your right to know the terms of the contract has been violated. Also, I assume that if a dog cannot be left alone, you are entitled to claim compensation for the time spent with such a dog. The calculation is simple, the owner wrote 5 hours without supervision, but the dog requires constant supervision. Count the hours spent with the dog as you see fit, such as the minimum wage per hour, including overtime and holidays. Contacting you for a service is a clear condition. You walk, feed the dog for example twice a day, you can leave it alone for 5 hours, while it will not harm you, it will not create a disturbance, barking for example. No matter what anyone says, it's work. A worker cannot be expected to perform well if they are paid less than the minimum wage. If the dog needs 24 hours a day, multiply the hour by the minimum rate, that's your right. The owner of the dog must provide complete and truthful information before entering into a contract. If the conditions change, the pay also changes. This is a contract. nothing personal. I love dogs. But it's work. People take dogs to earn money. You can not humiliate their work or not pay. Yes, dogs are great friends, they are cute and funny. But, for example, a pilot loves to fly, he likes it very much, but we pay him for it, he puts the plane on autopilot, but we still pay him for this time. We don’t tell him, hey friend, we will pay you for takeoff and landing, but we won’t pay for the flight, you yourself like to fly) Respect the work of people, sitting with dogs is work.