[Judy Chrusch]

It's a tough decision no matter what you choose and as many of you know I have my own petsitting business and have taken only as many as I feel comfortable with so each one can have the individual attention they sooo deserve. There can be horror stories with both sitters and kennels, one must search high and low and do your homework on finding an HONEST petsitter and in our cases someone who is able to care for the personality of a rottweiler. Unfortunately we can't have our cake and eat it too as far as the means you chose. In all the interviews I've ever gone on I only had one person say I was too expensive and that's o.k bc usually for many reasons I don't need their business anyway ;). Petsitting can be pricey but it's what people want and the choice they make. I know many sitters who charge more then me and they have tons of business so it all depends.

I was amazed at how many people really don't go away bc they don't want to kennel their dogs and they couldn't find a petsitter they felt comfortable with. All my business lately has been through word of mouth and just seeing me at some one's home so I've had NO problem getting the jobs.

I personally have never had luck with kennels with my dogs and I have tried several different ones BUT sometimes we just don't have a choice and I hate to hear when people don't go on vacation bc of their pets :( . Don't get me wrong, my pets have always been like my kids but us as humans need to just get away sometimes and then there's always taking them with you but when you have multi dogs that doesn't always work either.

Heck, just ship your dogs to me, lol :D ! I hope you find a solution that suits you and your beloved pets and I know exactly how you feel and how torn you are sometimes with decisions we must make.

Judy