I don’t know if I should contact support to help find a replacement?
Hi there
I’m currently sitting two husky puppies (and four cats, but they don’t apply to this situation). I did the meet and greet, and stated that I am a dog walker and I do drop-ins during the day. The owners said that would be fine. My profile says 2-4 hour potty breaks and I made sure to tell this to the owners so they knew. When I arrived this morning for the beginning of the stay, the owners “reminded” me saying that the puppies can only be alone for 2 hours a day. I cannot do that and it is different than what they had stated previously. I’ve tried to rearrange my schedule so that I get everything done within those two hours, but that’s obviously not completely possible when I have previous commitments for designated times. The dogs themselves are about 4 months old (one male one female) so they aren’t trained. And by that I mean at all. If I let them outside, I have to spend at least an hour trying to get them back in. I’ve been at the house for about four hours and I’m constantly switching between chasing them around outside to make sure they aren’t eating bushes/branches/dirt/etc and cleaning up poop and pee inside (because they don’t go potty outside). They’re also getting to the age where they’re constantly jumping each other so I have to stop that about every 5 minutes. I’ve also had my ponytail/bun almost ripped out of my scalp multiple times and I’ve been knocked down by them jumping on my back from behind. Another thing that has pushed me to the edge is the camera situation. I’m used to people having cameras in their house as that doesn’t bother me. However this is a bit extreme. There is a camera in every room (except bathrooms) and they all have the mic and speaker so they can talk to me and I can respond through the system. Like I said earlier, I have only been here for about four hours. I’ve already had them come on unannounced and talk to me telling me to change how I’m currently doing something multiple times. I’ll be sleeping in the living room with the dogs and I asked if I could cover/unplug the camera while I sleep and they said no because they want to be able to monitor the dogs. They told me about the cameras when I did the M&G, but didn’t tell me anything about them watching and “hovering” almost 24/7.
All of this combined is kind of making me uncomfortable. I’m only here for 2 nights so I’m not sure if i should just suck it up and stay. Any advice?