Giving a dog a bad rating?
What happens if I give a dog a bad rating because honestly, he was a terrible dog to watch.
I've given super lenient ratings to dogs in the past but this guy- he was so stressful. It didn't help that the owner didn't represent the dog honestly and he seemed okay during both visits prior to the week long stay.
I was asked to sleep with the dog because that's what he's used to and the owner said at night he gets "cranky" so they just roll over and ignore him. - Cranky meant that every night (sometimes more than once) he would wake me up by growling in my face
The owner said that he goes after the other dog "sometimes" and when that happens, he is just put in the hallway to chill out. - he went after the other dog every day on average 3 times a day. When I spoke to the owner, they said he ahd been doing it a lot more recently.
The owner left me a note that he may nervously mark but was potty trained. During both visits, the owner never toured me past the front room. -On the first day, I went to the rooms past the front room, the rest of the apt smelled so badly of urine that it gave me headaches. I sprayed her no marking spray, I tried carpet powder, I lit candles, nothing helped.
If I give a bad enough rating, do they get removed from the site? Obviously they would then know it was me that told on them....
Also, I wish Rover would let future sitters see the private dog reviews from other sitters. It would much better prepare them for what they may be getting into and if they are up to the challenge.
I also think sitters should be able to see the private pet reviews and that pet owners should be required to fill out a whole lot more info about their pets. It would save us sitters tons of time and heart ache.
I AM SO ONBOARD WITH THIS! We should be able to rate our clients just as much as they rate us and it should be viewable by the sitter community. How can you only hold one side accountable?
Amen!!! People are so untruthful