Completely agree with Deb! My dog loves to be under the covers and snuggled to my side

What happens if I give a dog a bad rating because honestly, he was a terrible dog to watch.

I've given super lenient ratings to dogs in the past but this guy- he was so stressful. It didn't help that the owner didn't represent the dog honestly and he seemed okay during both visits prior to the week long stay.

I was asked to sleep with the dog because that's what he's used to and the owner said at night he gets "cranky" so they just roll over and ignore him. - Cranky meant that every night (sometimes more than once) he would wake me up by growling in my face

The owner said that he goes after the other dog "sometimes" and when that happens, he is just put in the hallway to chill out. - he went after the other dog every day on average 3 times a day. When I spoke to the owner, they said he ahd been doing it a lot more recently.

The owner left me a note that he may nervously mark but was potty trained. During both visits, the owner never toured me past the front room. -On the first day, I went to the rooms past the front room, the rest of the apt smelled so badly of urine that it gave me headaches. I sprayed her no marking spray, I tried carpet powder, I lit candles, nothing helped.

If I give a bad enough rating, do they get removed from the site? Obviously they would then know it was me that told on them....

Also, I wish Rover would let future sitters see the private dog reviews from other sitters. It would much better prepare them for what they may be getting into and if they are up to the challenge.

Agreed! These are all great suggestions!

I love watching puppies! It's more work but then I get my puppy fix and cuddles in. Plus puppies love basically everyone and everything. Never any clashing personalities!

I will take all of the puppy and their puppy kisses

I think it may have a LOT to do with the advertising. There has been a TON!

Since you already agreed, it might not be a best business practice to try to up the rate now. I agree that in the future letting them know that over 24 hours but under 48 hours is considered a boarding + drop in fee, daycare fee, etc.

If this particular client books again, just let them know your policy while setting drop off and pick up times

I actually just changed my settings for this recently. I discount the additional dog(s) because most of my bookings are 2 or more dogs and I wanted to set myself apart. My requests have increased and since I only charge drop in rates for cats I even received my first cat request.

It's just about how competitive you want to be.

Yikes! Did he mention this at all during the meet and greet?

I wonder if her kids have watched him in her home. Also, did she say he was good with other dogs during the meet and greet? Did any of your dogs attend the meet and greet? If he isn't used to being around other dogs and has never been kept outside of his home, this could be a very long month!

I agree with Karen's idea to see if she wants to try letting you in her home to comfort him. I would also try to have him around the other three dogs one at a time just to see if he may be overwhelmed by the number of dogs.