Why choose in home pet care with Julia’s Happy Tails Pet Sitting Service LLC instead of kennel boarding?

• Pets are in the comfort of their own home where they are safe and relaxed.
• Your pet’s routine and dietary needs will remain the same, even if it is cooking them Sunday morning breakfast.
• Your pet will receive 30 minutes of one on one loving attention.
• Long walks and plenty of outside time
• Little to no stress for your pet and peace of mind for you
• Daily notes and email, text or phone call
• Playtime
• Brushing/petting daily
• Favorite toys and chew treats
• Access to call your pet-sitter to check on your pets at anytime
• Your home is also cared for and has a lived-in look
• Your mail, newspapers, and packages will be collected
• Your trash can/recycling will be put at the curb/taken in
• Your houseplants will be watered
• Your pets will be much happier and healthier
• Your pet will be free from exposure to illnesses and parasites of other pets.

Should Julia’s Happy Tails Pet Sitting Service LLC visit your cat every day?

Everybody knows how independent cats can be! Some cats don’t want anything more than food, water, and a warm place to live. Others are extremely affectionate, and can’t get enough love and attention from anybody who wants to dish it out. And, even very friendly cats can be aloof at times.

Because of that independent streak in our feline friends, some people don’t see a need for their pet sitter to visit their cat every day. Once in a while we get a request from someone who want us to visit their cat every other day, or even every three days.

Having your pet sitter visit your cat every day while you are away means he or she will discover issues sooner rather than later. It also means those things can be dealt with hopefully before they become larger issues. Waiting 48 hours, or more, between cat sitting visits may be inviting trouble. It may be as simple as picking up an item your cat knocked off of the counter or as drastic as discovering your cat is suffering from an urgent health problem such as a urethral blockage.

You know how much mischief your cat can get into when you are home. When you are away they can get even more creative! Oftentimes that mischief is quite harmless, but it can also result in something that needs to be handled as quickly as possible. Here are a few examples of what pet sitters have encountered:

• Urgent health issues that needed to be tended to immediately.
• Running out of food or dumping a water bowl.
• An auto-feeder malfunctions, which results in food or water not dispensing.
• Cats locking themselves in a room or closet (with food and water in another room).
• AC or furnace malfunctions, leaving cats in extreme cold or heat.
• Cats refusing to use a dirty litter box and soiling the house.
• Bored cats inventing games, such as clawing furniture, climbing curtains, etc.
• Cats jumping on the counter accidentally bumping a knob on a stove turning it to the on position.
• Cat got tangled in computer wires and was unable to get free.
• Cat got a mini blind cord wrapped around its neck.
• Cat got stretchy collar stuck on its lower jaw and was unable to break free.

Any one of the above examples can result in emergency health issues for your cat, or costly repairs for your home. And because cats have such delicate systems, a very manageable health condition can quickly turn into a life threatening situation. Having someone visit your cat every day will help cut down on the potential for that happening.

Even though cats can be quite independent, they do need us to keep them safe and healthy. Part of our job as guardians is to make sure our pets are cared for even when we are unavailable. So while scheduling every other day visits for your cat will be more economical for you, it’s not the best option for your cat. If your cat likes attention, she’s going to fare much better while you are away if you provide her a substitute human. And even cats that are not very social need to have someone make sure they are OK. The last thing you want for your cat is for him or her to be in some type of distress whether it is because of a health issue or some silly antics.

* It is Julia’s Happy Tails Pet Sitting Service, LLCs policy to provide daily pet care to all its clients.