Hello @elcerritopups and welcome to TrustedHousesitters and the community forum.
The most likelihood of success with a listing is to make sure you have followed the guidelines for creating a perfect listing. The largest audience by far is on the website, although you can embed your listing in your forum username/profile for added exposure.
Many sitters are booked far in advance, so yours is a short timespan to have applicants, review applications, arrange phone calls or video chats with suitable applicants, and confirm all arrangements. Whenever possible, I suggest you allow more time between posting and the sit dates.
Here’s a post to provide tips on how to search for sitters to invite directly.
Once the start date of your sit is within seven days, you can add the listing to the last-minute sits category on the forum.
I hope all goes well for you.
Francine
Volunteer moderator 