Healthy cats are happy cats
Healthy cats are happy cats – By and large the adage that a healthy pet is a happy pet is pretty much true, as any pet owner can attest. With cats it may be harder to detect the degree of happiness, there is very rarely a wagging tail or lolling tongue waving at you with […]
Funny pet photos Competition: Funny animal photos
Every year HouseSitMatch hosts a Funny Pet Photo Competition and this year we were delighted and overwhelmed by the fabulously cute and funny pet photos you shared with us. There was a clear winner – Ziggy says ‘Smile!’ the four runners up were also very popular and we think rather amusing. Here is the 2019 […]
Cat minding cattery alternative
Cat minding cattery alternative: Why one owner chose cat sitting Lisa and Milo go back a few years, they have moved houses together once in the UK and then they emigrated together to Spain. Milo is very dear to Lisa, he’s family. His well being is really important. In this blog HouseSitMatch asked Lisa the […]
Why we love Ginger Cats
Why do we love Ginger cats when there are so many other colours and breeds to choose from? It is hard to say exactly why, it could be that we find the colouring striking, perhaps we associate their colouring with a feisty personality as we do in humans. Maybe there is a certain something. At […]
Catsitters Tale by homeowner Teresa
Catsitters provide a critical service to many of our homeowners. One homeowner in particular, finds finding cat-sitters through HouseSitMatch an invaluable service. Homeowner Teresa lives in Spain and loves and rescues cats, consequently, she regularly needs catsitters for pet-sitting to help her care for her own pets and the cats she has rescued herself. She has […]
Our pets chose us and our unusual cave home in Spain
Our pets chose us and our unusual home We have pets, or rather we have been adopted by a number of pets, four cats and one dog to be precise. All of them chose us and our home to share their lives. We love our pets, but actually we were quite surprised to have been […]
Pet Pancake Recipes!
Pet Pancakes are a treat! Pancakes are great and simple to make, especially when shared! We have chosen the best pet pancake recipes for you to prepare for your pets, all easily available to personalise and handy to have to hand when you’re petsitting! Why not give them a go this pancake day..? Give your […]
TOP TIPS – For Cat-sitters and Cat Owners
Cat-sitters and Cat-owners – some Top Tips from Vet Matthew Bayliss Many of our members have asked us to follow up our commentary about making a home dog friendly, with some specialist commentary on a cat related information for cat-sitters and cat owners. We have written this blog from the point of view of helping […]
Who’s Pet-sitting Piaf’s cats? Meet the cats and their sitter
Fancy pet-sitting for Ellie and Peace? Ellie and Peace are the pet cats of a modern day Piaf, performer Laurene Hope. Recently back on the road with her new show “Piaf – Love Conquers All” Laurene delivered a remarkable performance at the Henley Fringe Festival in July this year, and is planning to take the […]