answered a question | Security cameras in the clients home--would you be comfortable? I am both a sitter and a customer on Rover. As a sitter I only do sitting in my home, so there's no concern about cameras in someone else's house. I have one camera in my home which is able to view the the dogs' feeding area in the dining room and the middle part of the living room where the dogs lay. It cannot see the sofa or the kitchen, and the bedroom and bathroom are completely outside view. It records a week at a time. This allows me to go back and watch the sitter arrive and the dogs receive their meal and settle down in the living room while the sitter watches TV without invading the privacy of the sitter when they are relaxing on the sofa or making a meal or sleeping. I always tell the sitter that there is a camera and point it out to them. I offer to show them the camera's view on my phone. This way they can be comfortable that their privacy isn't being invaded, and I can be comfortable looking in on my dogs. The camera has nothing to do with distrust of the pet sitter and everything to do with giving me some peace when I am away from my fur babies. I can't even describe the peace of mind that it has given me during my travels to be able to share their meal time and see for myself that they are fine. |