Dog abused me during a house stay, can i be compensated?

Are you serious? Sorry but you are suppose to be the "Professional". It is no ones fault but your own. You need to take responsibility for your actions (or therefor, lack of).

Dogs will be dogs. It is Your Responsibility as the Pet Sitter to be in control of the dogs that YOU agree to watch. No one forced you to watch this dog, this was YOUR choice.

Wow, this question really shocks me, and I can not wrap my head around Why would you ever think that it would be someone else responsibility to pay for choices you made!?!

Sorry to be so blunt but someone needs you to wake up to reality, Dog sitting does not sound like the right path for you! Seriously, maybe you should reconsider being a Dog Sitter before someone gets physically hurt due to your lack of ability to control a "playful" dog. (we are not even talking about an aggressive dog here, we are talking about a playful dog).

No, Rover will not compensate you for anything. But you can always call them at [Edit: Rover’s contact options have changed. Visit the Rover Help Center at https://support.rover.com/ to find the phone number, help articles, or chat with the team] and try. But I doubt that you'll get anything. Rover guarantees absolutely nothing when it comes to the quality of the booked job. You are an independent contractor (don't work for Rover) and you are supposed to be a professional when it comes to pet sitting.

I am not sure if the OP was actually serious or just was in a funny mood, because I have never heard anyone claiming to be abused by a doggy who thought he was being cute and playful. Did he tell you that himself?

1. You are in charge. You're responsible for your own actions and for the dog's actions too. YOU have to stop the game and redirect when you do not approve the behavior. Why didn't you stop him? You let him bite and scratch playfully but you cried while playing with him?

2. You want Rover to give you 20% cut they made off of you? You joker :D

You are an independent contractor and not covered by Rover for anything. Even if the dog bit you Rover wouldn't cover your medical costs, likewise for emotional abuse or quality of life issues you may have run into. This is a live and learn situation, and an example of why meet and greets are needed before accepting a booking.

It seems that you would have a better chance of getting a tip from the client, at the time of their return, letting them know their pup played with you a lot & that fun had a price of causing scratches and black and blue marks on you. You definitely need to word this carefully so you still sound positive and appreciative that they picked you for house sitting. Otherwise, they can slam your profile with a bad review.

I doubt Rover would compensate you. It doesn't sound like there was any permanent injury or anything requiring medical visit. More importantly, they didn't have any way to determine how the dog would interact with you - only you could have known that by doing a meet &greet. I look at the % Rover keeps mainly as the cost of making connections between client & service provider and booking through payment processing. Any support given on top is just a bonus.