I'm upset. PayPal was working fine. Now I got paid on the third day, another recent booking is giving me five days, when...

I'm upset. PayPal was working fine. Now I got paid on the third day, now it's giving me five days, when with PP I was us...

A similar thing just happened to me today. I responded on Rover to a booking request. I said I'm already booked for one of the days he requested, he didn't seem to notice. He said he was at work and wanted to go through email. I know that's a red flag but some people might have legit reasons, so I gave him my email, and this is the email I got a few hours later: " Jun 24 at 2:10 PM Hello Rachael, I am delighted to share this detail that involves the supervision of my pet. More importantly,the custody of my beloved dog. My name is Tyler Anderson and my wifes name is Shelley. My dog is at the moment living in Texas with my wife,but on the verge of moving into our new home located here in the city. I recently got promoted at work thus making me very busy most of the time once i resume working fully. I am currently here to finalize some-paper works for the office ,and more also,to supervise furnishing of the new house. My wife also runs a small scale event planning service that she runs on contract basis. Thus,limiting care for the dog once she arrives. This is a huge change for us,so this is where i hope you come in and offer us your assistance because i want everything to move smooth and stress-free during this transition,especially with the Pup. Thanks, Tyler."

I mean, no one in the world talks like that (not even ESL people I've talked to sound like that). And it didn't mention anything I had talked about on Rover which was that I could not do an overnight stay on one of the requested stays and I said what he probably actually wanted was the 30 minute check-in service? He didn't mention that at all. And no one calls Peoria "the city". They use the term "to the city" to be vague on purpose. But in Peoria, IL, Chicago is "the city". They have this generic, confusing message they spam out probably to hundreds of sitters, so beware.

What I know about min-pins is all those toy breeds are called lap dogs for a reason, they always want to be on you and near you.

This site has good info for me about crate training. It's geared toward labs, but most of this information will apply to all breeds of dog.

https://www.labradortraininghq.com/labrador-training/how-to-use-a-dog-crate-and-when-not-to/ (https://www.labradortraininghq.com/la...)

I found it helpful because I had no experience with crates. My family didn't use them, ever. Your dog may have separation anxiety and just want to be near you, even when in a crate. Having a crate in your bedroom might help so the dog can hear your voice/s, which is reassuring to it. It's also important to note when it's good to use a crate and when it's not needed. The site recommends its use mostly for puppies, elderly, and sick dogs.

Everyone's giving good advice. I just don't think I can follow it. I can't shit myself a car. And there's no way the combination of slashing my prices AND trying to kill myself riding the bus and walk everywhere in the Peoria area to reach people far away would work for me. I'd be making very little or negative money, plus all the time wasted going place to place. Seems unfair that you have to have a car to do most jobs and then you have to have a job to get a car. No one cares about helping out a struggling unemployed person. Plus to get a ride from a client doesn't seem that unreasonable; it would take THEM 12 minutes and ME 2 hours. Some 'Christian' town. But I digress. I can't shit myself a car. And I also don't want them to expect something like "be here and ready to walk Tiger at 6am sharp" if they live in a town only accessible to me by interstate, meaning not accessible at all. If I get offers and have to turn most of them down because of distance and transportation, that's just as bad if not worse for me than not getting any offers at all. Should I just give up? I'm a dog lover. There has to be some way to reconcile my needs with their demands. I just think - if I hide the fact that I have no transportation of my own, it's not being up front about a potential issue. They'll invariably ask why it wasn't mentioned on my profile.

Thanks for the advice. I can't get a car, or get photos of things I did but do not have photos of, but I can try things like reducing my prices and getting business cards.

If someone could look at my profile and give feedback that would help. I have no idea why I can't get clients on this site. Crickets. Nothing is happening! Are my prices too high? I just used the prices Rover recommended automatically. Is there anything I could do to improve my chances? Do I need to advertise? If an experienced sitter could share how they got their first clients, that would help too. I feel that once I get a client, I'll start getting referrals and recommendations. It's getting at least one client to take a chance with a new person that might be the issue. There's a lot of dogs in my neighborhood and I am a veritable dog expert from my experiences volunteering at the Humane Society. I don't get why my profile has tumbleweeds!