He didn't really which is part of what's odd! The only big problem keeping me from leaving and just sending a message is that the dog has to be crated when he's unsupervised (he loves to chew) and the crate is in the sleeping owner's room lol Thank you for your input !!

I'm sitting with a dog I previously stayed with for a week and everything was going great!

It was established that I wouldn't be staying the night and the client would come home around 7 pm...

However what actually happened is that he came home around 3 pm, said he was going to take a nap, and has been napping since (it is now 8 PM and I kind of need to go home but have some qualms about trying to wake up a stranger).

I guess my biggest question is if anyone else has experienced this? It feels very strange for me to watch a dog while the owner is already in the house, especially when that dog is also napping. I'm not complaining about this kind of paycheck, certainly, but... I do indeed find this odd and I just want to know if I'm right in feeling this or if that's just my limited experience talking.

I'm currently ending the first day of my first dog-sitting visit! As I put the pup to sleep though, I can't help but notice that while it shows up as my active stay and is on my calendar! However, in my inbox it and the messages still exists with a "book now" button and says "until the request is booked or archived, you may not appear in search for these dates."

Is this normal? Should I click archive or book? Would that respectively affect the status of the active stay or double charge my host?

Any answers would be appreciated!

Thanks!