Friday, September 22, 2023

Finley, Riley and Prince (second sit)

We enjoyed a second pet sit for our friends Jen and Joe.  We sat for them earlier this spring and got to come back for a sit from September 15 - 22, 2023.  We wanted to do repeat sits and we finally got our chance.  You can get the specifics of who we sat at our first sit link here


Riley had a funny way of carrying his frisbee back


Finley and Riley were quite happy to have us back and while Prince is skiddish of people, we took good care of him too.  The only routine that had changed from our last sit was that Prince's twice-a-day mixture got more complex with the ingredients that we mixed for his meals.  But after a couple of time following directions, we had a system down between the two of us that took less than 10 minutes.  After that we spent time with Riley playing chuckit and Finley playing tug-o-war and chase.




Our weather this time around was warmer and dryer so it made for more time outside and the doggies enjoyed that.





It was another enjoyable sit with them and we will see them again next spring for another, and longer, sit.  As this was a second sit and not a formal sitt app one, we didn't ask for another review but you can refer back to our first one.

Friday, September 15, 2023

Bea

We sat for our friends John and Mary Anne from August 28 to September 15, 2023.  They have a wheaton terrier named Bea and live in the Reed College area of Portland, OR.  We have already known Bea from visits in the past but this was our first long sit with her.




They had already done a lot of training with Bea and while she is high energy, they have a good set of disciplines to keep her a good girl and we followed those during our stay with her.


We took her in the car and she was very good sitting in our dog hammock in the back.  We also took her on daily hikes through the Reed campus trails.  They have a network of trails that are perfect for a daily hike and she loved going on those.



We took care of the front yard and as it was tomato season, we harvested a lot of tomatoes and raspberries from her garden too.  We really enjoyed our time with Bea and as they are friends, I am sure we will see her again soon.


Bea got to meet Rayna, one of our earlier summer sits, for a hike

As this wasn't on a formal pet sitting app and they were our friends, we didn't ask them for a formal written review.  But they are readily available as a reference, as all our sits are.