I want to be more strict when it comes to pick up times, but I think charging a boarding night in this situation is a little extreme, especially since he stays with me only during the day (around 5 pm pickup), never at night. Thank you for sharing your experience with me though!

Paige, thank you so much! All your suggestions are very helpful. I think implementing late fees are my best bet too. I am going to have a conversation with her today about being late and charging for extra time. I just have to stick to my guns and commit to adding the fees onto the booking!

Thank you for your suggestions Karen! How exactly do late fees work if I were to add them on to the booking? We book three weeks at a time. Would you suggest modifying the request to add late fees after each day she's late? Or maybe add it up at the end of the week? Thank you!

Hi everyone! I just wanted to ask some advice from fellow sitters on how you guys would handle this situation. I have a dog stay with me Monday thru Friday 8:15 am -5:15 pm (at least these are the agreed upon times) for doggy daycare. I'm basically his nanny haha. He has separation anxiety from people so I watch him while his mom is at work. The dog is sooo sweet and easy, the problem is his owner is always showing up late to pick him up. Not like 5 or 10 minutes. Like 30-45 minutes three out of the five days I watch him a week. I am very flexible with scheduling, so I tried not to let this bother me at first. But now it seems like it is becoming a problem. I have been very accommodating for this particular owner. For example, I've watched her dog until 7:30 pm on numerous occasions for free. On one of these nights I was watching him late, the owner was still 40 minutes late to pick up her dog... I'm starting to feel like I am getting taken advantage of. It's not like I can charge her for being late every day on Rover, but this time is really starting to add up. I'm nonconfrontational by nature, and I'm not really sure how to remedy this situation. Please help!