I think that the Rover Cards should not be mandatory for many reasons. I will give you a short list:

• My phone doesn't always have great service
• My phone battery doesn't last that long and isn't very reliable
• Some people don't have smart phones
• I send texts and pictures throughout each stay
• I am not going to note down how many times a dog peed, pooped, drank water, etc... especially when I have more than 1 dog to watch
• Using Rover Cards would take time away from the dogs that I am visiting for only 30 minutes

There are many more reasons that I could come up with.. But, you get my point. Does anyone else agree with this? It just seems over the top to have to do all of these extra things when we already do so much. It may not seem like a lot to people that sit occasionally. But, this is my full time job, and it is way too much to ask of me.

I had a dog that completely destroyed a room a couple of weeks ago, she ate the wall and the door (I was gone for 1 hour). She also tore up my window screen after being put outside for literally no more than 20 seconds so I could let the contractor inside the house! My house is on the market so it was a disaster. Damage was about $700 but the owner's home insurance covered it, thankfully. I then typed up a contract, which states that ANY damage done by a dog MUST be covered by the owner. Nobody has had an issue with signing it, either. I think if someone is hesitant to sign the contract, they must know that their dog will misbehave and you wouldn't want to watch that dog anyways, so it's a win-win.