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Client booked did not book me enough drop-ins for what the dog needs?

Client booked me for 2 drop-ins a day when this dog realistically needs 4+ walks a day as she is barely 10 months old. I'm honestly very upset to be put in this situation as I am still new at Rover and building my clientele and I wasn't aware of how much care this dog would need, and a few drop-ins are not sufficient for this dogs care. This person left multiple puppy pads on the ground so now the dog is associating just going to the bathroom in the person's house and associating walks outside with play time. I told this to the client and explained that this feels borderline neglectful of the dog and modified the booking to 3 visits a day, but I am still having to clean up poop and pee-soaked puppy pads off of the ground for every visit of this booking. I feel more like a maid service than a pet setter. The thing is I'm actually concerned this person will give me a bad rating. Has anyone else had a similar experience to this? At least I am taking this as a learning lesson and not accepting any drop-ins for multiple days for a young dog going forward.

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You can reply to it if they do and speak your mind. Your super lucky three got approved split them up best you can

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It’s good that you’re considering this as a learning lesson. Rather than simply not accept any young dogs, you might consider just telling the owners that that minimum booking is three or four visits/walks a day if they want you. You have to state what you’re willing to do, as this is your business. I’ve had this experience with an adult dog who wore a reusable belly band, and despite 4 walks daily, each time was soaked with urine and had to be cleaned by hand (obviously pup had health issues diagnosed years later), so I can relate to the misery - although that person found me outside of rover, so I didn’t have any support on dealing with it.

Addition: Really, I think you should finish this booking. I think it’s great that you got approvEd modification for 3 daily visits. I’m sure in the future, you will demand that people book you for three or more visits a day, so that you can give dogs the care they need and don’t end up feeling like a maid. However like I cited in the case above, the possibility still exists that you may book and walk a middle age dog plenty (4x/day) and still end up in this situation. Besides Urine, another malady that happens if a dog is stressed (if doesn’t adjust well to family being away), is to walk into bloody diarrhea, despite 4 walks a day. I saw that your drop in rates are less than your walk rates. I’d suggest raising it so that both rates are at $20. If a pet isn’t walked, then chances are you doing more cleanup inside the home. Over time that gets old.

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Do you think I should just suck it up and finish this booking? Is Rover able to send someone to assist, or how exactly does that work? I've heard that they will suspend your account if you have to cancel a booking. I'm thinking of charging her an additional cleaning fee on top of my services.

Finish it up yes

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I would finish the booking, since cancelling would not serve your reputation well. I don't think Rover would automatically suspend your account. Best thing is to have a good heart-to-heart with your client and explain everything as you have here. I make my goal to do what's best for the dog, dog is priority and should be owner's too. I've also raised my drop-in visits to cover all extenuating circumstances, including additional time for clean up etc. That way I'm covered regardless and don't have to "nickel-and-dime" my rates for things I didn't expect. Side story: I had a meet n greet with a potential client who COMPLAINED that I charged an extra $12/day (house sitting) for her cat (second pet, first pet was her dog which I charge $65). Best part of this is that this woman was ultra-rich, just bought a million-dollar mansion and was complaining about $12/day. I told her that those were my rates and that I don't give my services away for free. Would she? (she was a doctor). Of course, she didn't hire me but I'm not bothered. Considering how she complained about a tiny $$ amount, she probably would have been a nightmare client. Or tried to take advantage in another way.

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It’s tough sometimes accepting things as they are. We can’t do anything but do the best we can