{"id":740,"date":"2012-08-15T10:10:40","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T18:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=740"},"modified":"2014-01-13T20:47:56","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T20:47:56","slug":"what-to-do-when-leaving-your-pets-with-a-sitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/what-to-do-when-leaving-your-pets-with-a-sitter","title":{"rendered":"What To Do When Leaving Your Pets With A Sitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Make sure your dog, cat, or other pet are at ease when you travel.\u00a0 Clear the Air would like to share some helpful tips to ensuring your pet is happy at home with a pet sitter.<\/h3>\n<p>When it comes to hiring a professional pet sitter are you a helicopter  parent that leaves detailed pooping and walking spreadsheets? Or are you  more of the hands-off type who feels perfectly comfortable letting your  sitter do his or her own thing?<\/p>\n<p>A well-prepared sitter can keep your pet happy and anxiety-free while  you&#8217;re away, greatly reducing the number of chewing, scratching, and\/or  bathroom accidents occurring in your home. The question is: How do you  ensure that you&#8217;ve given your pet sitter all the necessary tools to keep  your animals relaxed and healthy?<\/p>\n<p>Check out these helpful tips:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spell Out The Animal&#8217;s Daily Schedule<\/strong>: Pets are creatures of habit.\u00a0 Figure out how to maintain their routine while you are away.\u00a0 If you take your dog for a walk every morning, ask the sitter to do the same.\u00a0 If your cat likes to have you throw his little toy, make sure to let the sitter know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Explain What Makes Your Pet Happy:<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>A  good professional pet sitter should ask what your pet likes to do, then  maybe over-satisfy them in that way. You schedule an in-home consultation with the sitter so  they can interview you and meet your dog, cat, bird, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Make Sure Favorite Items Are Handy<\/strong>:  When it comes to the actual items to leave for the pet sitter, having things like an old t-shirt, bedding, and their favorite toys  to keep the familiarity there for the pet. Ideally, the pet sitter  will be visiting your pet at your home, but these items are  even more important if you plan to board.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Your Exit Low-Key:<\/strong> A little exercise before you leave can help keep your  pet&#8217;s mind at ease. They&#8217;ll be napping instead of worrying about where  you are. Whatever you do, refrain from breaking  into the tearful &#8216;I&#8217;m going to miss you so much&#8217; routine.<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make sure your dog, cat, or other pet are at ease when you travel.\u00a0 Clear the Air would like to share some helpful tips to ensuring your pet is happy at home with a pet sitter. When it comes to hiring a professional pet sitter are you a helicopter parent that leaves detailed pooping and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[56,17,113,174,54,69,18,265,123,33,204,19,370,24,25,38,368,20,369],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":742,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740\/revisions\/742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}