Vicky B.
Vicky B.
Highlights
Pet care experience
Animal-crazy Welsh lady pet sitter
Hello, I’m Vicky and I live in Bexhill with my family including 2 cats and 2 dogs. I am animal crazy and if it wasn’t for my husband I would have rescued a house full of animals by now! For a time I volunteered doing home visits for an animal charity looking to re-home dogs and that’s how we ended up with 2 dogs despite my husband saying ‘no’ and then falling in love with them :) From childhood I have always had animals including cats, dogs, tortoise, horses, birds and at one point I had 10 cats under my roof. One of my cats is mostly a home-body and has a completely different type of personality to her brother, who is typically outside rat catching and hardly ever indoors. My female suffered a broken leg around ten years ago now and for months I had to care for her and the difficulties she had with mobility. To us our animals are like our children, our dogs sleep on our bed and if we don't take them on holiday with us I get a family member to come house and animal sit. I can't put our pets into cages/kennels for us to have a holiday! I have done part time courier work in Ninfield and Hooe over the years which I love as I get to meet everyone and their pets. I have my favourite cats, dogs, horses and alpacas (!) on my rural route and seeing them always makes my day. I have plenty of time for pet sitting around my companionship care work for short pop-in’s or overnight stays. I am of course happy to clean litter trays and feed and brush your cat/dog and walk your dogs. I generally would be able to pop in during the day to let dogs out but I am unavailable to sit for whole days with the pets due to my daytime carer work. I look forward to meeting you and your furry family member :)
Cat care experience
Vicky also cares for cats. Learn about their cat-specific care experience.
Qualifications
Pets
Safety, trust & environment
I don’t want to disrupt my animals in their home as I’m sure you don’t, so I tend to offer overnights at customers homes rather than my own, so I don’t offer boarding. An animal will be happier in their own environment where they feel safe and I listen to the owner and fit around the needs of the pet. I have an enhanced DBS and reviews from past owners, but I am always happy to meet to ensure I’m the right person and that an owner can have confidence in me when leaving their animals in my care resulting in as little worry as possible. I also send regular videos and photos for reassurance.
Ratings and reviews
Vicky was amazing...spent lots of time brushing and playing with Shimmer, which Shimmer loves. Returned home to a very happy cat 😺. Will definitely book Vicky again.
Vicky was friendly and reliable, and was happy to offer a great deal of flexibility if we had needed it. Our cat Lola was well looked after. We'd be very happy to use Vicky again
Vicky has been absolutely amazing in caring for my cats while I was away. She kept me up to date with lots of photos and videos and really got to know each cat's character! I would happily recommend her to others, she is extremely professional and caring.
Very dependable ! Checked in on our dogs while we were out of town. Would definitely recommend !
Vicki was absolutely brilliant! Visited reliably, often staying longer than her half hour, and obviously just fell in love with my little cat!😻. I was away for 3 weeks, but am absolutely confident that I couldn’t have left Peaches in the care of anyone better.
Vicky was super flexible and wonderful with my rescue Benny!
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Schedule
I am currently working part-time doing courier work, this is only 3 afternoons a week around some home help and pet sitting work. Hopefully soon I will be doing school runs at 8:30 and 2:30 and stopping home-schooling. My courier work I can fit around my life rather than the other way around so I can build my days around the needs of pet sitting.
- Cats0 to 7 kg7 to 18 kg18 to 45 kgover 45 kgVicky can host up to 3 drop-ins per day
- I have no preference for specific breeds, I simply love all animals and once I understand from the owner the dog’s character and behavioural needs I will strive to fill your shoes and keep your dog/s happy.