Catherine S.
Catherine S.
Highlights
Pet care experience
I can’t have my own so I’ll settle for fun aunt :D
I’ve been pet sitting and dog walking for over 10 years now, starting as favours to friends or looking after my family dog for her 16 years. I’ve been lucky to travel around the UK by looking after people’s adorable pets using Workaway or simply word of mouth. I take way too many photos (my camera roll is like an RSPCA ad, but happy) but I know how reassuring it can be for owners to see how their pets interact with someone new. If you like the idea of a full blown photo shoot so you can see the adventures we get up to, just let me know! Anyway, I’ve been very lucky to take care of dogs of various ages, sizes and temperaments so I am confident to cover the majority of pet care (for dog walks, please note I am 5ft 3 and of average strength :D). I have now settled down in Bristol so would love to spend more time with animals alongside my job in mental health. Please let me know if you have any questions about my experience or if you’d like to see more photos from past pet sitting.
Cat care experience
Catherine also cares for cats. Learn about their cat-specific care experience.
Qualifications
Safety, trust & environment
I treat other people’s homes with great care and make sure to leave the space as I found it. I will let the pets come to me when they’re ready and use treats if they’re particularly shy (with the owner’s permission). I know how difficult it can be to know who to trust so I’m more than happy to have a video call to introduce myself and for you to ask any questions.
Ratings and reviews
Catherine looked after our cat for 4 days and cat sat at our house. She communicated with us about how our cat was getting on, and sent loads of lovely pictures as well. Organising everything with Catherine was easy and we would definitely recommend her to others.
Catherine has looked after our energetic 2 year old lab/spaniel mix a few times now. From the very start she has been brilliant, quick at responding to messages, reliable and amazing with Arbie. Before agreeing to look after him she suggested a trial walk, something that immediately gave us confidence she takes the safety of the dogs she looks after seriously. From the regular updates she sends we can see Arbie is being utterly spoilt and having a fab time. We have complete confidence knowing our boy is in such good hands, honestly can't recommend Catherine highly enough, thank you Catherine!
Catherine is the greatest, our anxious dog Bonnie loves her and I feel so at ease leaving her knowing she’s with Catherine.
Catherine was a superb carer for our cat Linda whilst we were away on holiday. Her updates and proactive approach made sure we had an excellent experience and peace of mind during our whole trip whilst getting our daily dose of the cutest cat pics 💚 She also house sit for a whole day and left our house even better than we left. Me and my partner were super happy and lucky to have the opportunity to have Catherine looking over Linda (cat). We can’t recommend her enough and will be 100% booking her again when needed. Thank you 💚
Catherine was brilliant, very attentive and considerate. Will definitely book again
Catherine was just wonderful ✨. It was the first time I’d left my rescue and Catherine made me feel so at ease and was brilliant with him.
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Schedule
I have a part-time job so I am most consistently available on Mondays. For Tuesday-Friday's, I'm available from 6:30pm depending on your location. Weekend availability varies so I tend to set these as unavailable on the Rover calendar, but please do send a message with the dates you have in mind and I'll see if I can make it work.
Prices include all fees.