Richard R.
Richard R.
Highlights
Pet care experience
Super experienced and reliable carer available! :)
Hey! I have more than 10 years of experience taking care of domestic and farm animals of all kinds across a number of platforms and countries! There's been pets in my family home for as long as I can remember. Our first pets were stray kittens that my sister and I found at the bottom of our garden when I was around 8 and that's what started us off on our cat craze! Teddie the golden lab joined us in my early teens and lived in harmony with the cats. I love to travel and have been blessed enough to look after amazing animals throughout Europe in the last 4 years through a number of platforms to great success. Everything from ducks and chickens to goats and donkeys to cats and dogs of course, have been under my care in every regard from eating, sleeping, napping, training and medical needs. Anything specified by the owners is always carried out by me with the utmost of care like they're my own :)
Cat care experience

Richard also cares for cats. Learn about their cat-specific care experience.
Qualifications
Pets
Safety, trust & environment
I do my utmost to assimilate into your pet's life so maximise comfort for them while you're away and absolutely miminise disruption to what feels normal to them.
Ratings and reviews
Richie was fantastic! First time we have used a dog sitter and he really helped me feel at ease. He not only did he take wonderful care of Lola and our home, he gave support and feedback on how to make walking her better (she's a reactive puller). His communication was brilliant too. I will 100% be contacting Richie right away for any further trips we take. Can't recommend him enough.

I have 2 lurchers, one has mobility problems and takes medication, so I was concerned about leaving her. However, Richard was brilliant and took great care to understanding their different needs and maintain their daily routine. Regular updates and photos reassured me everything was going well and the dogs looked really relaxed and we're certainly happy and well when I got home. I couldn't have asked for a better and the house was well looked after as well, plus plants watered, which was essential during the heat wave. 5 star from me.


Absolutely fantastic experience with Richie! He was incredibly friendly and personable, making me feel at ease from the start. He was extremely reliable, never missed a visit and provided thorough updates every time, including some lovely photos that really reassured me while I was away. He took great care to ensure both of my cats were happy.
Richie, was really good with our dog Darwin, he was really flexible with us not bowing what time we would be back at and kept us updated with things we needed to know.

Richie is a big animal lover and is a natural with them in whatever shape and size they come in - from cats and dogs, to donkeys and chickens! He’s kind hearted and well-attuned to the needs of both animals and their owners, and very communicative. He’s great at a bit of gentle training here and there too! Richie has done many house shares over the years and is someone you can completely and utterly rely on to best look after your home and your lovely pet(s). You truly couldn’t find someone kinder, more respectful or more reliable for the job!
We found Richie to be one of the best dog sitters we have had thus far. He was really fantastic with our beloved and very needy German Shepherd "Nero". Richie was very friendly, flexible and great to work with - he took a lot of time to understand our needs and to get to know Nero. He did a meet and greet and then trial walk prior to the booking and this helped us setup the gig and agree the details in advance. Our boy is a big fella and needs a lot of attention and Richie was very good with him and managed him very well indeed. Richie did everything we asked and he minded him like his own - so we were very pleased with his services and would highly recommend him to anyone.
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Schedule
I have a car and love to travel, so I am super flexible and available. My schedule is extremely malleable around any particular routines your pet has whether that be medical, or feeding, sleep or exercise related. I absolutely adore canine and feline company and that's what I'm here for. They will always have my utmost focus and be my absolute priority. Until I have pets of my own again, I relish this opportunity to spend quality time with some new lovely furry friends. The only killer is when I have to leave and I've gotten so attached to them :(
