Stefanie

Stef & Alex‘s loving pet care & happy walkies

Cheltenham
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Last contacted 6 days ago
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House sitting
24h stay, in your home
50 GBP
/night
All services and rates

About Stefanie

Hi! We‘re Alex and Stef, a young couple originally from Austria and we have been living in Cheltenham for 3 years now. We have both been around pets our whole life and after we have moved to England together, we decided to spend our free time looking after pets. This has mainly consisted of housesitting on another platform, but also walking dogs locally in Cheltenham. We have completed over 45 housesits, looking after 55+ different dogs, and many lovely cats. We have looked after large dogs, young dogs and puppies, but also older dogs. Same with cats! On some occasions we were lucky to gather experience looking after horses, turtles, rabbits, chickens and fish. We also have experience with drop-in visits. In our pictures, you can see some of the lovely pets we‘ve fallen in love with within our time pet sitting. Many of these we regularly go back to and look after, which makes us extremely happy :)

Petsitting has made us fall in love with dogs & cats so so much, it’s genuinely what we love doing most and we certainly want to continue this passion of looking after animals for probably all our lives! It brings us so much joy whenever we meet a new furry friend or we go back to see them again! We cannot wait to meet you and your pets and have the absolute best time with them giving them lots of love! :)

We can provide many references from the other platform we are on so please just send us a message. We can‘t wait to meet you!

Our current schedule:
We have just graduated university and after a couple months of travelling we have both started to work in our respective industries. Alex has started to work in an office in Cheltenham with two home-working days and Stef is currently still waiting to start her new role which will be part-time. We want to spend practically all of our free time with pets, and can be flexible in fitting our schedules around your needs.

What is important for us?
What‘s most important to us about pet care is that we genuinely love each pet we get to care for as if it was our own, we try to get to know them and bond with them, and then adapt to whatever the specific pet needs. Building trust is super important to us, so that definitely always comes first.

Note about Dog Day Care - at the moment we sadly cannot have pets in our home for a full day, as we live in a rental flat without a garden, but we thought we would still offer the service as we really like to go out on day trips with dogs, be out and about and explore. This would consist of a long walk, then maybe settling down in a dog friendly cafe for us to do our work, and then going on another walk. But really, it depends on what your dog generally likes to do - we are very happy to adapt to each dog specifically. Of course, we know that this is not for every dog; however we found that it works really well for some - so we wanted to offer it on here too. Just message us if you think we would be a good fit for spending the day with your dog and we can discuss further on how the day care should look like! :)

A typical day with us:
A typical day would very much depend on what the pet wants and needs. There is definitely a lot of cuddling & playing involved and for the active dogs there will be long walks, we absolutely love walking. We also try to not make it too different from what their normal day to day life looks like.

We can't wait to meet your pets!

Stefanie's services

At the sitter's home

Doggy Day Care
Daytime care for your dog at the sitter's home.
8 GBP for each additional pet
25 GBP
/day

At your home

Dog Walking
An experienced dog walker will pick up your dog from your home for a 30 min walk
5 GBP for each additional pet
15 GBP
/walk
One home visit a day
Book a pet sitter to stop by your home to feed and play with your pet
13 GBP
/day
House Sitting
A sitter stays overnight in your home and cares for your pet
50 GBP
/night
Two home visits a day
Two drop-in visits for your pet
23 GBP
/day

Stefanie also offers

Dog training
Pick up / drop off

Cancellation policy: Flexible

Full refund if canceled before 12:00 p.m. one day before the booking, 50% refund afterward.

No refund is payable if the booking is canceled on or after the start date.

Note: All times are based on the sitter’s time zone

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House Sitting
Charlotte, 2024-01-14

Stef and Alex were great. Happy to be flexible about arrival and leaving, asked all the right questions. They were very calm and patient when the dog threw a tantrum and refused to eat or greet them on the first day because we had left her! Sent loads of pictures and kept us updated. Kept the house tidy and organised and were very understanding about the heating being broken! Would definitely use them again.

Availability

About Stefanie's Home

Accepted pets

Puppies
< 1 year
Dog sizes
0-80 kg
Dog ages
0-20 years
Cats
all kinds
Ferrets
all kinds
Small animals
rodents, rabbits, ...

Stefanie's home

An apartment
Has no kids

Skills

Specific Skills

I speak English & German
+5 years of experience
Familiar with dog training techniques

Experience with

Animal welfare as a volunteer
Rescuing pets
Behavioural problems

Stats

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Stefanie

Stefanie

Stef & Alex‘s loving pet care & happy walkies

Cheltenham
House sitting
24h stay, in your home
50 GBP
/night
All services and rates
Contact Stefanie

Cancellation policy: Flexible

Full refund if canceled before 12:00 p.m. one day before the booking, 50% refund afterward.

No refund is payable if the booking is canceled on or after the start date.

Note: All times are based on the sitter’s time zone

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