Pet owners with multiple pets may feel better knowing that all their furry friends are home together while they are away on vacation, rather than separated or stressed out at a kennel. We regularly care for multi-pet households, giving pet parents the peace of mind they need.
To prepare your multi-pet household for an in-home sitter, leave pet-specific instructions for each dog, cat, or other animal. All pets are different, and we need to know the ins and outs of each animal we care for. Designating separate eating areas can help ensure everyone is well-fed, and stocking up on food, litter, and other supplies is a good idea, as these items run out much faster in multi-pet households. Keeping the pack together is not only a convenient solution for traveling pet parents, but an affordable one, thanks to our low rates.
For help from Atlanta pet sitters you can trust, call Critter Sitters at (404) 793-6178.
How Can You Prepare Your Multi-Pet Household for an In-Home Pet Sitter?
The better you prepare your multi-pet household for an in-home pet sitter, the less stressed or confused your pets might be when you leave town for a short or longer period.
Pet-Specific Instructions
If you have multiple pets, you know better than anyone how different their personalities may be. Even within the same species or breed, personalities can differ dramatically, as can an animal’s aggression triggers, energy levels, medical needs, and how much it likes to socialize with humans.
Leave pet-specific instructions for each of your furry friends so that an in-home pet sitter knows how to treat each one how you typically would. Be as specific as you can so that our sitters can feel like we know your pets before ever even meeting them.
Separate Feeding Areas
If your pets regularly try to steal food from each other during meal times, it may be a good idea to designate separate feeding areas for your multiple pets. Even if you feed them side by side at home, their behavior could change when you aren’t there to supervise meals. Separate feeding areas help ensure that all of the animals in your multi-pet household are well fed and get the daily nutrients they need.
We can supervise mealtimes in your absence to ensure all your pets are eating enough and aren’t skipping meals due to stress or separation anxiety.
Separate Supplies
Gather the leashes, food, and other supplies associated with each animal, and separate them so that your in-home pet sitter knows what belongs to which dog, cat, or other pet. Senior dogs and cats might get special food, while dogs still training to walk might have to wear harnesses with leashes.
Labeling or color-coding your pets’ supplies is a good way to differentiate items and can be of great help to an in-home pet sitter.
Point Out No Access Areas
It’s a good idea to close doors, use gates, or otherwise block off certain areas of your home when you leave pets behind to go on vacation. Doing this helps ensure your pets don’t get into any trouble in those areas between pet-sitting visits and clearly communicates to pet sitters not to enter such parts of your home.
Stock Up on Supplies
Multi-pet households tend to run through food and other supplies fairly quickly. To make sure that doesn’t happen when you are miles away and out of town, stock up on all of the supplies your pets use daily. Have plenty of extra food, treats, bags, litter, and anything else that’s part of your pet’s normal routine.
How Can You Prepare Your Multiple Pets for an In-Home Pet Sitter?
Having multiple pets might make you feel better about hiring a pet sitter, since you know that your pets won’t ever really be truly alone when you are gone, even between visits. Owners leaving town can be emotionally challenging for pets of all ages, so you should do everything you can to make the experience less stressful for your pack.
To help prepare your multi-pet household for our pet sitters, we offer free at-home orientations. All of your dogs, cats, or other pets can meet the pet sitter and interact with them in the room with you. Your pets can also witness you interacting with the pet sitter, which can make them feel far more comfortable in the future when the sitter arrives and you are not there.
How Much Does an In-Home Pet Sitter Cost for Multi-Pet Households?
Pet sitting can be significantly more affordable and convenient than boarding dogs or cats, even for multi-pet households that require extra work and attention from pet sitters.
Pet Sitting Rates for Multi-Dog Households
Critter Sitters’ per-visit rate starts at $26 for the first dog. If you have several dogs, each dog after the first will add an extra $4 to the per-visit rate. For example, if you have two dogs, the per-visit cost would be just $30, and so on.
Kennels might charge far more per night while providing less hands-on attention and care than an in-home pet sitter could.
Pet Sitting Rates for Multi-Cat Households
Critter Sitters’ per-visit rate for cats also starts at $26 for the first cat. If you have several cats, each cat after the first will add an extra $3 to the per-visit rate. For example, if you have two cats, the per-visit cost would be just $29, and so on.
Cats deserve attentive pet sitters, not just friends and family who stop by once or twice a day to feed them and scoop their litter boxes. We make that affordable reality for cat owners with our low pet-sitting rates.
Trust Our Pet Sitters with Your Multi-Pet Household
Call Critter Sitters at (404) 793-6178 for more information about our pet sitting service and rates.
