I kind of regret booking this particular client in the first place. They hassled me about my price, but I agreed to walk their dog 5 days a week until June.

Ever since I've been walking for them there's been frustration when it comes time to rebook. They messaged me last week asking if their dog could stay at my home next week since they're going out of town and the dog's other overnight sitter is not available. I don't do sitting in my home, I offered to do an overnight stay in their home and they ignored me (something they often do). So, idk how they're going to handle the trip and if I am still expected to walk the dog or if they're leaving him with someone else.

So, the most recent issue comes this week when I went to rebook they never confirmed it. I went ahead and walked the dog the past two days, but it's bothering me that they haven't confirmed and the request will expire in 20 hours if they don't confirm. So I wonder what position that will leave me in when it comes to payment if they decide to let it expire. I did shoot them a message asking them to confirm and it went unanswered.

Would you stop booking this client considering the communication issues? I'm just afraid they will leave me a bad review if I tell them I'm no longer available.

For a long term daily walking commitment I tend to send pics the first visits with a new client and then a few times a week, but not every single day as it'll quickly get redundant. I text updates or leave notes daily anyway. I had a new daily walking client explicitly ask for pictures every single day. Obviously snapping a picture is not hard, but it just seems a little strange. I thought my usual method was good, but now I'm curious about what other walkers do