Dog Sitting For A Friend? Top 10 Tips For Fun, Safety And Success

[@DogsThat]

Share these resources with your visiting dog’s human: Crate Games Online - dogsthat.com/y/crategames ItsYerChoice Summit - dogsthat.com/y/iycsummit Teaching a Dog to Sit - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYGce4WdgLFlhc0 Teaching a Dog to Down - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qsiX6rmtx9eqc

[@suzanneevans1771]

I have beagles - that climbing skill is a challenge. My girl Brontë scaled a 2.5 m fence the first time I put her in a boarding kennel, within the first 20 minutes of arrival. She just trotted over to the office to check out the humans, thank goodness, and they moved her to a roofed kennel & run.

[@shelberz1]

Thank you

[@azogal53]

It works the othet way around too -- by making sure your dog can do all of these things and communicating them to the prospective dog sitter. Great list, thanks. 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪

[@DogsThat]

Very true! 💚

[@lamira10]

Fabulous podcast! Infinite thanks Susan!

[@DogsThat]

You are so welcome! Thank you for watching @lamira10 💛

[@barthjanice4716]

Missed, missed, missed you Susan! Another GREAT podcast and so timely during vacation season too! Hope you're have a wonderful time traveling and just enjoying life!

[@ewenausaussieshepherds4248]

This applies in so many ways to rehoming a dog aswell. Thank you. Well timed as I have a dog I'm rehoming (returned to breeder as circumstances changed for owners). He's now crate trained, been working with him etc. Working really well. I think the podcast would be great for prospective new owners.

[@PamelaDalmatian]

I think I can speak for most when I say we missed you! 😊 You’re having a great summer, I know and traveling. Part of me thought, how many more topics can you make a podcast for after 215! But you always nail it. Another great one. I think a podcast dedicated to the Sniffer dogs out there would be helpful. One of my biggest loose leash challenges has been the reinforcement of sniffing. When the light bulb clicked that she was being reinforced for pulling because she had already gotten close enough to enjoy the scent, and I was just waiting for her to relent, but she was content just hanging there sniff sniff sniffing away… Ways to quench her thirst for sniffing, how to apply iyc to it, power of permission- I think a lot of people could really improve their walks if this was addressed in depth!

[@furrygodmother5199]

Terrific suggestions. So practical and doable. Some of the folks who watch this may not be SG followers yet and may not first prepare their home, the dog, etc. What I am about to suggest is aimed at folks like those who I just read about on our community online blog who sold their adult dog to someone, took it to their house and it immediately ran away. Finally was caught days later but this was so preventable. For those type of folks in particular may I suggest that 1) insist that the dog come on a leash even if carried in their arms 2) Do not take the leash off (unless in a crate or X-Pen) for the majority of the visit or for at least one week if re-homed to you - just tie the dog to you and keep him with you so he gets used to being with your, getting treats, from you, etc. 3) Put up an X-pen (if dog cannot get over it) or build some kind of barrier outside your doors to the outside - put it a few feet away so if the door is opened and the dog rushes out to go find his owners he is stopped by the 2nd fence/ barrier. It will need a gate so folks can get out so humbug to make but worth it. Too many dogs here in Hawaii get away from their pet sitters or new owners and killed on the roads. All preventable with planning. And also incorporate all of Susan's ideas so the dog is happy and enjoying "doggy camp" while staying safe. Hugs to you, Susan for these great ideas. I often refer folks to your classes and now I'll be referring folks on our community blog to this podcast. Mahalo!

[@rachell4307]

I missed you, Susan! PERFECT timing for this topic! I will be dog-sitting for a friend's dog starting this weekend for 16 days. Our dogs get along great, but it will be the first time she will be at our house. You brought up some great points! I definitely would not have thought of sleep testing, but I'm going to do that. I plan to give her extra exercise and will have an x pen +remote feeder that will be set up for her when unsupervised... I was just told she hates crates and is an anxious chewer, so I foresee lots of management coming up. Luckily I have Recallers

[@DogsThat]

Have a fun time @rachell4307 and it's wonderful your friend has you to take care of thier dog! 💚

[@dortenielsen8253]

I’ve been a dog sitter for my neighbour’s dog for 11 years now, and I find your advices very clever 👏👏👏 Always try to see it from the dog’s point of view. Also I would prefer to make some socialisation with the dog AND the owners before they leave him. The dog shouldn’t just be ‘dropped’. If I had a dog already, I would prefer that the dogs some days in advance met in a neutral place, and gradually learned to know each other.

[@Lilithliin]

Thank you Susan your tips are so helpful!

[@helenaskotowska5076]

Great video, thank you.

[@belladora8328]

This was super timely! I'm keeping my friends shepherd husky mix in two weeks. Thank you!!

[@le13579]

Im looking after a dog this week. I've had a dog before but don't have one right now (or any other pets). Thank you for the guidance!

[@DogsThat]

Happy to help, wishing a happy week for all ❤️

[@tvardz8472]

Thanks for another great episode! We’ve had my brothers senior dogo here for a week. I have a 5 month old Weimaraner pup so it has been an interesting curve ball for her training. She was very focused on him and insistent on pestering him to play. I gave the old boy big pats while ignoring her silly behavior, her meal time training I did with them together working on calm and we practiced leash walking together. Puppy was well behaved during these times but left to her own devices she just wouldn’t stop driving him crazy. Are there any episodes in the bank that can help address pup’s obsessive harassment

[@DogsThat]

Hi @tvardz8472, so lovely your brother has you to help out 💛 For puppy, we have a video on this exact topic - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpzFdZ-Eft2npJY

[@randomname4726]

I was shocked with you said gun shots! That's so foreign to me. Great video though.

[@mickeytrin]

Just been asked to look after my cousins dog and I don’t have a single clue what to do with an animal 😩😩

[@dogsareawomansbestfriend]

A 6-year-old dog that was adopted as a puppy still pees out of happiness and when approached. Within a few days, things are fine. Each year the same problem happens.

[@DogsThat]

Hi @dogsareawomansbestfriend we have a video on excitement urination in puppies or dogs to help - kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5qsin9sacesjJo

[@jennifulladventures]

Is having a dog at your home considered "boarding" & at their home "sitting"? Wondering for legal purposes and registering my business

[@bhar362]

How about taken all this in consideration but they go on a luxurious vacation and 'forget' to consider paying you' for all your time and mindfulness for the dog?

[@erlineandrews]

I don't think I'll agree to sit a dog if I'm not very familiar with the dog. Particularly if it's a breed with a reputation for aggression.