Vacation Visits: Use FOR PAWS- In Home Pet Care...any time you're away from home...for business, for pleasure, in an emergency, working long hours, antiquing around town, when you have a puppy or elder dog who just can't wait, a pet in need of medication, or if you and your family are on a relaxing VACATION!! Rotating Lights, Opening and Closing Blinds: Giving Your Home That "Lived In Look."

AFTERNOON WALKS & PLAYTIME: Eight hours is a long time for your furry friend to sit in home alone all day. Imagine their sad faces. That's why when you come home they're so EXCITED to see you...but then you have to take the kids to soccer, cut the grass, clean house, or cook dinner. Your pets are still feeling upset and lonesome. It's a well-know fact that boredom (inactivity) is the number one cause of unhappy, anxious, destructive, and aggressive pets. FOR PAWS can visit your home and play with your pet, and make your pet happy...and tired at the end of the day.

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SITTER SERVICES
For Paws offers professional pet sitting services:

• The sitter provides references.
• The sitter has experience in caring for pets and is clearly mindful of their safety and well-being.
• The sitter provides written literature describing services and starting fees.
• The sitter visit's the client's home before the first pet sitting assignment to meet the pets and get information about their care.
• The sitter shows a positive attitude during the initial meeting and seems comfortable and competent dealing with animals.
• The sitter wants to learn as much as possible about the animals in his or her care.
• The sitter provides a service contract, which specifies services and fees.
• The sitter is courteous, respectful, interested and well informed.
• The sitter takes precautions to make sure the sitter does not detect a client's absence from home because of any careless actions or disclosure.
• The sitter conducts business with honesty and integrity and observes all federal, state and local laws pertaining to business operations.
• The sitter has a veterinarian on call for emergency services.
• The sitter services provide initial and ongoing training for its sitters.
• The sitting services screens applicants for employment carefully.
• The sitter calls to confirm or has the client call to confirm the client has returned home as scheduled.
• The sitter refrains from criticizing competitors.
• The sitter provides a service rating form for clients.
• The sitter keeps regular office hours and answers clients inquiries and complaints promptly.

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