Feel Like Complaining

This past week we had two previous guests come back for a few days each. I've been getting a lot of two night requests which is fine but our calendar looks like a jig saw puzzle with names crammed in every couple of days. Tori is the Doberman we had earlier this year. She whined for a couple of hours then came around and acted like she belonged here. It's a little easier the second time around. She's just a big lovable goof and is totally in love with The Kid. On Thursday we swapped out Tori for Kuma. She came in all excited with no anxiety at all. She found the toys and begged for treats like she never left. I'm really starting to fall for these two. Because her mom got sick on her trip, Kuma was able to stay with us for 2 more days. Rover had given sitters 3 coupon codes to give past clients to encourage them to book again. That's the part I always struggle with, asking for re-bookings. I didn't send them out all at once but the very first one boo...

We've added a second Whippet to our list of boarders. Iain is owned by the same family that had Benny, the sweet old man we watched last year. Sadly Benny had passed and the family rescued Iain. We met him last Monday, then he came to stay Thursday for the weekend. His owners said that he only whines when he needs to go out or when he wants to be covered up in his bed. Of course he whined after they left so we were like playing 21 questions with only two questions; "do you want out and are you cold?" Basically he was just missing them. So at bedtime we covered him up and he slept through the night. He's pretty easy to take care of. Let him out in the morning and feed him. Then he'll have a burst of play for about 5 minutes and sleep for the rest of the day. It kind of makes up for some of the harder dogs. He had a little more pep on the second day, playing and going out more to enjoy the sunny day. We'd love to have him back some day. Good night Iain...

I was in a pretty bad mood when we went off for our few days away from home. After a no-show, and now TWO people lying about the reason they didn't book with me, I felt pretty dejected. While we were away though, I got two requests within an hour for the exact time frame. By rights, I really have to go with first-come-first-served. The other woman has trying to book with me for a long time but things change with her health and Dr. appointments so it just never happened. Now she is having a kidney transplant in New York and has definite dates. The first couple booked it though so I had to tell the other woman I wasn't available. I felt bad and I know she was upset, but I have to be fair about it. Despite the weather we had a good time. This was the view from our balcony. What, no lifeguard on duty? Did we walk that far? We walked a path in the park while it was snowing, but then it got too heavy and we had to turn around. The next day we just walked a short dista...