They are basically a more niche http://Care.com or Tripadvisor with similar features like "badges" and referral fees - etc. They don't want to be held liable for any problems or issues of course so that's why we're all contractors.

To offer us protection would essentially be them claiming us as employees since all employees pay in some way for insurances that would make them liable for anything that happened to dogs in a sitters care which is what they avoid by telling everyone they are just 3rd party intermediaries.

l like the FB group especially bc employees actively offer input .... ask for ours on behalf of Rover , which I appreciate , & even give us the inside scoop about upcoming things which is nice & of course being able to share in successes and frustrations & get advice when needed is always a bonus.

Ive had two bullies, neither were super difficult to train but needed different methods, although one has one spot in the house I haven't been able to break him of. My first was an "only child" so he didn't have another dog around to learn from. I used bring him to the bathroom with me and sit him on the puppy pad so every time I went, he did to, Id just say "go pee pee" and "good pee pee" with a puppy party if he was successful, it worked pretty well! . After he was trained on the pad I moved the pad closer to the front door then finally to outside, all with the same "go pee pee" "good pee pee" and puppy party, which by the time he was fully trained he loved a good puppy party and I did his whole life, he'd always be excited to pee/ poopy, lol . For my second, we did the same but he really learned more from his brother, and we moved into out house by then also so was easier to take him out back. Although as the sitter and only occasional presence I don't know how affective you'd be, the owners would really need to be super consistant with him and you'd just have to reinforce there methods or he'd get confused.

You have to expand the additional services and rates are at the bottom of the rates section to see the rest of the rates, if they have a discount it will be there.

My dog is stubborn to and still has some behaviors I'm working on but we do a high pitch chiit noise and he knows that means no, they also have those clickers at Petsmart that make a loud click noise, I normally use that during training to let him know he did something I approve of ( click followed by treat) dogs associate pretty quickly some people use the clicker for the opposite but since I don't have it on my all the time its better for positive reinforcement training for me. As for your plane trip id say finding some of those toys where you can stuff a treat in may help keep him occupied on the plane. If all if fails you can ask your vet for a mild sedative to help him relax on the plane especially if its a long plane ride. Hope this helps.

Bulldogs! they're so funny when they don't want to do something.