Hélène V.
Saint Julien de peyrolas
Absolute experienced animal lovers
Pet care experience
We are a couple in our 40s. We have been living in many different countries these last 15years. We have been volunteering in different human societies that protect animals and we are volunteers for relief work. We have construction skills therefore when ever we received a calling to go help in relief work after a natural disasters we go. This is why we had to make the difficult decision not to have pets on our own anymore, at least not now. It gives us more flexibility. For many years we did travel with our pets , they came along each time, our dogs, cats and parrot traveled by plane, train, boat and car with us fortunately as you can imagine it was very stressful both for them and for us to do that, it was also very costly and very very complicated so when our dogs and cats past away and after having made the heart breaking decision to put our parrot to adoption, we thought that not having pets anymore was the only way to continue to volunteer in different countries. However we miss having pets so much that doing pet sitting when ever possible help to deal with the situation. Also of course we have been fostering so many pets whenever we went and spent so much time caring for animals to the point of assisting vets in small surgeries especially for sterilization. Which is always the number one priority when you volunteer for a human society. Therefore be confident that we have a very good knowledge about animals and that we are fully devoted. We are very new on this application however you should know that we have been members of trustedhoussesitters, on this website if you go in our profile you will be able to read many references from past house sit and pet sit we did in different countries. We are french originally but speak English fluently and are getting along with spanish.
Reviews
Helene and Yannick watched over our boubou, french bulldog named Raoul, a few times. Everything went perfectly fine, they clearly love animals so much. They are also very good with parrots, I had an African grey as well as an Amazon, they have a very good knowledge about parrots and knew exactly how to fill their need as well as how to make them fully happy. They left the house very clean, even cleaner than it was before I have to say. I would have no hesitation calling them again for my next trip.
We would like to strongly recommend Helene and Yannick to housesit your home and to take care of your pets. We have a house in the south of France, we also have a femelle rottwveiller , a yorkshire, a cat, few chickens and ducks and 2 sheeps. Helene and Yannick took very good care of each one of them, our pets were very comfortable around them we could see that they must have received plenty of affection and attention. Communication were very easy and they kept us posted very regularly with many pictures. They left our home immaculate and kept our yard very neat.
Helene and Yannick house sat for us for over 1-month. We have two cats, one dog and one dingo who has a different behaviour to the average dog to look after and therefore requiring special attention. This meant some anxiety at our end on leaving him with strangers but we need not have worried. Helen sent us pics of how relaxed they were within 1 hour of us leaving. They all bonded immediately. In the meantime we received regular updates on everything and we knew they were in safe and capable hands, this allowed us to totally enjoy our holiday and I can assure you I am very anxious furbaby mum. We came home to a beautiful cleane home where everything was spotless, they even cleaned the ceiling fans and lampshades!! Wow, what a lovely thing to do and so appreciated. Most people would never do that! Above and beyond. All the animals looked so healthy and relaxed they were just so happy. We even came home to a fridge full of amazing home-cooked French food, another wonderful surprise and so thoughtful. We will definitely recommend helene and yannick to house sit. They are quiet, respectful, clean, thoughtful, trustworthy experienced and very capable animal lovers. I can't rate them high enough. You will not be disappointed
I have known Helene and Yannick for many years, as with both lived in different countries together and they have always been excellent pet owners, pet trainers and caretakers. They've participated in animal rescue providing good homes for the animals after taking them in. As well, the level of care, cleanliness, consideration and attention they have given their own pets exceeds anything I've ever observed before. Helene and her husband LOVE pets and animals and spend lots of time with them. I've used them to look after our dog in the past and they have been excellent. I highly recommend them.
About Hélène V.
Skills
Home
Information Hélène V. would like to know about your pet
We really love every dogs and parrots but we also have some experience looking after horses. Because we live in a small house we prefer to look after small dogs but if we go to someone s home we are happy to look after bigger dogs. No breed will scare us, when living in Belize we had to learn how to deal with very aggressive dogs. Unfortunately people are mistreating them there so they can be dangerous but we have learnt how to deal with them and how to help them regain trust in people.
A typical day
Everyday we have the habit my husband and i to go for a long walk, between 1 to 2 hours so we would be thrilled to take the doggies along with us. Also we like to go to local markets so the doggies can definitely come along. We like to be outdoor during the day but are not into shopping so basically the dogs and cats will not be left alone often. And in the evening we like to spend time watching tv so the doggies and cats are more than welcome to come on our lap or laying next to us for a good cuddling time. As we said before we also have a lot of experience with parrots and we know how then can easily be bored. Parrots are so smart, so we would be very happy to use as much time as possible to entertained them and to cuddle them.
Services
Hélène can host
Hélène can watch in your home
About Hélène V.
Skills
Home
Information Hélène V. would like to know about your pet
We really love every dogs and parrots but we also have some experience looking after horses. Because we live in a small house we prefer to look after small dogs but if we go to someone s home we are happy to look after bigger dogs. No breed will scare us, when living in Belize we had to learn how to deal with very aggressive dogs. Unfortunately people are mistreating them there so they can be dangerous but we have learnt how to deal with them and how to help them regain trust in people.
A typical day
Everyday we have the habit my husband and i to go for a long walk, between 1 to 2 hours so we would be thrilled to take the doggies along with us. Also we like to go to local markets so the doggies can definitely come along. We like to be outdoor during the day but are not into shopping so basically the dogs and cats will not be left alone often. And in the evening we like to spend time watching tv so the doggies and cats are more than welcome to come on our lap or laying next to us for a good cuddling time. As we said before we also have a lot of experience with parrots and we know how then can easily be bored. Parrots are so smart, so we would be very happy to use as much time as possible to entertained them and to cuddle them.
Location
Saint Julien de peyrolas, France
Hélène V.
Saint Julien de peyrolas