Interview with...
Carole Davy @ PetStay |
What
services do you offer? |
We
offer a home boarding service. We
have carefully selected carers based
in the Yorkshire area. All our carers are interviewed
in their own homes
and are licensed and insured. We match your dog to
one of our carers and then
set up a meeting for the owner to go visit them. The
customer always
meets our carers before they book anything with PetStay. |
If
you do pet sitting in your house, is your garden secure? |
Our
carers look after the dog/s in their own home. The
gardens are all
very secure as they have to meet the conditions on a Home
Boarding
License. On average there are 60 conditions they have
to pass. PetStay
also have list of guidelines and a training programme. |
If
you do dog walking or dog sitting, how long are your walks
with the dogs normally?
|
When
we first speak to our customers we take all the dog/s details
and
routines and then we carry out the instructions from that
information. |
How
many animals do you take into your house?
|
We
do not mix dogs together unless they are from the same
household and a
carer is allowed 3 dogs at anyone time but only ever from
the same
household. |
Do
you offer any activities for the pets in your care? For
example Kong toys, search exercises, etc |
We
are always looking at the best for our dogs, the carers
have had dogs
all their lives but have lost a dog and this is why they
are with
PetStay. They feel they can not replace the dog they lost
but miss having
a dog around. All our carers have many years
of experience of making a
dog happy. |
How
many pets do you have yourself and what are they? |
Our
carers do not have a dog of their own but we have just
one carer in
Rotherham that does have a wonderful cross border collie. We
do not mix
dogs together. I have 2 dogs, Cassie and Lucy who are
both Cocker
Spaniels. |
What
are your hobbies? |
I
love walking and climbing moutains. Last year I climbed
Ben Nevis,
Scarfell Pike, Snowdon and The Yorkshire Three Peaks. I
also completed
the Lyke Wake Walk which is 42 miles long. As
well as running PetStay I
am a Charity Fundraiser for a local blind society and organise
lots of
challenge events, this year we have The Yorkshire Three Peaks
and The Ben
Nevis Challenge so anyone out there can contact me if you
feel like a
great challenge this year or check out www.herib.co.uk. I
love walking
my two dogs Cassie and Lucy, they bring me such joy everyday. |
Is
there anything that you would always recommend others to
try? |
Yes
always book your dog in with PetStay if going on holiday,
they will
have a great time and give you peace of mind. |
Do
you have dreams for the future? |
I
would like to climb the Atlas Mountains and raise money
for my local dog
resue home this year--looking for more people to join us
maybe in October. I have been running PetStay for 2 years and have really
enjoyed speaking
to all our customers about their dogs and finding them loving
homes and
hope that continues. |
