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It´s the star service to care for your pet. If you have to be away from home for whatever reason and you need someone to care for your pets, you don´t have to ask neighbours, family or friends anymore. For a few years now, together with the animal care houses, the services of Pet Sitter are on the rise, the animal carers. So what is this service all about? To summarise, in the event that you need to be away, your best friend won´t have to leave home. An animal expert and friend will visit your home how many times you need, so that your dog or cat have everything necessary. With this, you avoid a lot of stress for your pet. ALso, you can also find expert people who offer more specific services, such as dog walkers. In a city so cosmopolitan and open to animal rights, an initiative like this could not go amiss. Without further ado, here are some of these services:
Fido´s Playground
Owned by Susie Hunt, offers carers for cats, night service, walks and special care for small animals. Also, they´re specialists in dealing with the erratic behaviour of animals. If you want your dog to obey you or to get used to being with a baby, you can also find help here.
Great Au Pair
In the international website as part of their family services (carers for babies, children, elderly people, house work, etc.), self-employed people offer their services to carry out these pet sitter tasks. There are many offers for it in Barcelona and its surrounding areas. The advantage is that it´s usually cheaper than the other services and you can get in touch directly with the person who will care for your pet. When it comes to individual people and not specialized companies, you have to verify the solvency of these pet sitters.
The most common service among pet sitters are dog walkers. On this page, you can find practical information and contacts that offer themselves for this job around Spain.
Dog Walking
They offer not only the essential dog walks but also transport of all types of animals in comfortable and secure conditions, as well as hairdressing, training, education, animal psychology, sitters during your trips, specific food sale and a long etcetera.
Canguro en Casa
Despite being in smaller measure, on the page, along with the traditional services of care for children or the elderly, they also offer sitters for pets. The price per hour is clearly pointed out and you can get in touch with the carer directly.
With this basic information, whether you go on a trip or whether you don´t have time due to work, you can find professional people that will care for your pet. The most frequent ones are for dogs and, sometimes, as its pointed out in the list, these people also offer to help at home or care for the sick or children, or even to drop by your home to keep it if you´re away for some time.
