Owners lied about animals and tasks?
I recently had a request for drop in visits for 1 dog. My rate was set low, because it has been slow. I arranged a meet and greet. When I arrived the owners had 2 german shepherds. 1 was a puppy that had severe aggression. They scheduled a meet and greet with another rover sitter who was scared so he left immediately. I spent an hour and half at the initial meet and greet. Then did 2 more meet and greets after that to see if the aggressive dog would start to trust me. With no progress I told the owners that I don't feel comfortable with the puppy so they boarded him. The only had 1 dog listed which I pointed out to them that I did not feel like I was compensated properly because they had a cat that needed to be cared for as well ( fed). The work they needed me to do was only 30min so we agreed on a rate of $14/ per 30 minutes. However, the tasks involved also included collecting mail/packages and running water (via a hose) into their leaking pool for 10 minutes day plus they wanted me to play fetch with their dog 20 minutes a day and do food and water for both dog and cat. My visits have been around 45 minutes and it has become more of a house sitting thing. I don't want to ruffle any feathers as I negotiated the payment already and have an agreement, however I do think other sitters need to be warned about all the extra work that this couple intentionally does not mention until the day off. Especially, that they didn't include the puppy's name and he has severe agression (food aggression but also ready to attack anyone that comes in the house, even if the owner tells him to calm down). I highly recommended they get a trainer to address the aggression early on because it will be a hard habit to break if they wait, but they're response was "he's a german shepherd, being protective is an instinct". When I asked about previous sitters, the wife told me that the last one they had called her crying because she tried refilling the bowl and the dog came at her. There has to be a way to report these owners so that other sitters are safe because I felt completely blindsided in the meet and greet and am going through a lot of trouble but still don't feel like im being compensated fairly.