We used to have a cat sitter come twice a day and feed our cat and play with her, but she got really lonely. So now we drop her off at a cat sitter's house, and she is much, much, much happier! Plus I found a great service that actually costs me less to drop her off than have a cat sitter come in.
What do you do with your pets when you travel?
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
We board them. They go to a place that's out of someone's home and they love it there! They are always so excited when we drop them off. I never feel bad leaving them because I know they are well taken care of and will have a good time.
pomelo / 5257 posts
If we're gone for two nights or less, we leave out a ton of food and water for our cats and they're fine. If we're gone for longer, a cat sitter comes every other day. Since we have three, they can keep each other company, so it's mostly to check that they have enough food and water and do the lovely litter box duties 
squash / 13208 posts
We have a dog sitter come once a day to check on our dog - we have a dog door and a fenced in back yard so she can come and go as she pleases.
pineapple / 12793 posts
For weekend trips we have a pet sitting arrangement with our neighbours. They look after ours, we look after theirs.
For longer trips the dog goes to camp grandma and we have kid from up the street check on the cats.
grapefruit / 4703 posts
We leave our dog with my parents. He adores all humans, but he's not a huge fan of unfamiliar dogs, so he would be miserable at a kennel/sitter.
persimmon / 1259 posts
Our two cats have each other and very self-sufficient. We put out lots of food and water for weekend getaways. If we're gone longer, my mom comes over every other day to check on them and make sure they have food and water. Rarely do we ask her to scoop the litter box, but if we're gone for a week or more, we ask that she does once.
pear / 1770 posts
We leave our dog with either my brother or my dad. She is SO SPOILED by them I don't feel bad leaving her at all.
clementine / 849 posts
For our cat, if we're gone more than 3 days and less than a week, we have someone stop by every other day.
For our dog, we either bring him with us or board him.
nectarine / 2821 posts
God, its so tough. We have two dogs, one of which is very energetic and puppy like even at 2-3 years old, and we have tried different things. We've taken them to my parents house, they already have 2 dogs and a cat, so it's a little ridiculous. Plus last time the big one got into a fight with one of their dogs! The dog was fine, but my dad somehow stuck his hand into our dog's mouth while breaking it up and got a pretty nasty bite : ( I felt so guilty! He almost had to have a surgical debridement cause he waited to go to to doc.
So this past weekend, we had our babysitter stay at our house with the dogs! For some reasons I posted about previously, I don't really want her watching our baby anymore, but I still think she's a decent person and I totally trusted her with the dogs.
pomelo / 5678 posts
I've only boarded her once and she hated it. She is polite and well mannered and I trained her not to bark. Poor thing despises all the barking! I take her with me or have someone come in home. When she was younger she went to a cage free place she liked, and also stayed with friends who loved her or with family.
grapefruit / 4355 posts
Either DH's parents watch our dog or we board her. Our kennel has a huge play area and any dog that can play nice gets to run around playing all day long. Our dog loves going there!
grapefruit / 4089 posts
If we can't take my dog, we send her off to grandmacare, or have one of our sisters come and stay at our place.
clementine / 911 posts
I've done a little bit of everything over the years - boarding, staying with friends or family, and friends who house/dog sit. The last few trips, my MIL has house and dog sat for us. They seem to be happier when they get to stay home, and my MIL is retired, so she spends all day with them and spoils them rotten.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
We had a doggy daycare that did boarding too when my whole family traveled. But then after I met DH, we have his family that almost never travels so they are now our default dog sitter!
nectarine / 2173 posts
We have two cats. If we're gone for a long weekend or less, we leave lots of food and water. For longer trips we have someone come over every other day. They keep each other company.
bananas / 9118 posts
A pet sitter for the cats and tortoises, the dog either comes with if we are driving or goes to the boarding kennel.
pomelo / 5607 posts
We boarded our dogs when we didn't live near family. Now we take them to my mom's. The cat we've always left and had someone come by every couple days. Last time we left for over a week, we tried taking her to my mom's too (I lived there for much of the cat's life, so it was a good familiar place for her), but she seemed just as stressed so it isn't worth how upset she gets with car rides.
pear / 1788 posts
We can't free feed our cats, they will over eat, vomit, repeat. So we have a cat sitter come once a day, who they love, and plays with them, gives them catnip etc. They also grab our mail and water plants if we are gone for more than a weekend.
nectarine / 2521 posts
If it's one night, a girl in our neighborhood comes by and takes care of everyone and makes sure our older Lab gets his meds. Anything longer is grandparent care, where all living things get spoiled and fed whatever they want or beg for at dinner.
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
Our dog stays with my parents, or if it isn't possible, he goes to Petsmart hotel. We get him doggie day camp so he gets to play.
pear / 1809 posts
We have a dog and two cats. Usually, we will have pet sitters come twice a day for our cats and the dog goes to the in-laws (since they live down the road from us). There was one time that we vacationed at the same time as the in-laws, so then we had the pet sitters come 4 times a day to let the dog out and take care of the cats. 4 visits a day was actually cheaper than if we had to board the dog.
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
We have two dogs and they go to a local kennel. They share a 30 ft kennel run.
When we had one dog, we used to take her to an in-home boarder.
pear / 1812 posts
Our parents would watch our dogs and when we had turtles and hedgehogs they would come each night to feed them.
kiwi / 554 posts
We have two dogs and two cats. The cats are self sufficient so we usually just have our neighbor stop by once a day to feed/water/play with them. For the dogs, if we're only gone for a night or two my younger brother dog sits for us. For longer trips we take them to the kennel. The woman who runs it is great, and the dogs love her. She sends us daily updates and pictures so we know how they're doing!
nectarine / 2436 posts
On the converse side of this, I actually signed myself up as a dog sitter/ host on Rover.com.... and I get paid to board people's dogs! It has really worked out! I've had 4 dogs, 2 repeats and no problems. I'm a teacher off for the sumemr so I spend a lot of time with them. I get only like $30 a night but my 2 dogs get some entertainment and we love meeting new families and dogs.
pomelo / 5866 posts
@pachamama: oh that is so cool!! I'll check it out.
We have DHs dad watch. So grateful for that!
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