Harley stayed with Emily while we were celebrating our honeymoon in Japan. Before we left, we talked with Emily via message and during our meet and greet about how we wanted to minimize risk while we were out of the country and asked that she not host any other dogs or have Harley socializing with dogs while we were away. It’s also clearly stated on my dog’s profile not to introduce her to dogs while in a sitter’s care. Harley is dog selective (mainly tolerating other dogs rather than instigating play) and I don’t know or trust a sitter’s ability to read dog body language or manage a dog/dog interaction since we’re strangers. We specifically booked Emily because her profile said she only hosts one animal at a time and has no pets. Unfortunately, about halfway through our trip, Emily sent us photos of Harley with another dog in the house, completely ignoring the one “rule” we had set. When we asked if Harley was the only dog in her care, the question wasn’t answered directly — we were just told Harley was her top priority. At that point, we were an ocean away and nervous and unsure about what was going on. I’m glad nothing bad happened, but ignoring this specific request could have been dangerous at worst and is irresponsible at best. When we came to pick Harley up, I asked Emily what was up with introducing her to other dogs when we had asked her not to. Her response was that her friend and her dog came over for a walk and the dogs got along outside, and they ended up coming inside because it was raining. She said if the interaction had gone negatively, she would have ended it, which is good….but that was not her decision to make and was still disregarding that we had asked for no dog/dog interactions. Had I known other dogs would have been around ahead of time I would have equipped her with more information, but in reality we would have just booked another sitter. I appreciate that Emily took a longer booking on pretty short notice and that my dog seemed to be well taken care of, but the only rule we had set wasn’t followed.

I can’t say enough positive things about Emily! Our dog, Ayda, loved her time with Emily and I could tell she was happy and well taken care of. Emily was very responsive and sent us lots of updates. It made us feel so much better knowing our girl was so well loved and cared for while we were traveling. We will absolutely book again!