You're right, Ray. I do believe it is a part of how the clients live. This is my first time house-sitting a puppy that is not being crate trained. I'll have to add that on as a requirement going forward.

I agree, to an extent.

Thanks for your reply! I agree, I'll clean it up. I love dog sitting and I accept all the potty accidents that come with it, but this feels like housekeeping which is why I made the post, I suppose.

I totally understand puppies come with accidents, but the accident I'm talking about happened while the owners were home, but they did not clean it up. Obviously, I am going to go ahead and clean up, but it feels a little like housekeeping, not dog sitting.

Hi Sitters!

I agreed to house sit for a family with a dog, and a 4-month-old puppy. During the meet & greet, I was told the puppy was being crate trained (great!), so accidents would be to a minimum. When I got to their house to start sitting, I walk in and it reeks of pee, and the puppy is running loose. Their note reads that they have given up on crate training their puppy, and I immediately have to clean up a pile of poop and urine. That's fine. Maybe it happened after the owners took off in the morning.

The downstairs is gated off from the upstairs where the bedrooms are, so I walk upstairs to the guest room to drop off my things. On my way up, I see there's a pile of poop in the master bedroom. This means that the accident happened while the owners were still home, and they didn't clean it up and just left it. This, to me, is a little disgusting. Am I responsible for cleaning up the accident from when they were home? I mean, I probably will because I can't stand the thought of sleeping near poop, but this seems not okay.

Thoughts?

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Thanks.