How many dog sits have you done before @Anveroggi ?
We also don’t sleep well with pets in the bedroom - so we ask where the pets sleep in our application.
In our experience of 40 sits —walking a dog first thing in the morning is quite usual . I also wouldn’t consider 7am to be “early”
There are many reasons for this
1st and most importantly to relive themselves after many hours without being able to do that overnight . (So walking them in the evening doesn’t solve this )
2nd , depending on location , it may be too hot later in the day to walk them safely.
3rd - with five dogs to control on a walk , it may not be practical to walk them later due to pedestrians, traffic etc .
4th During a sit keeping to a pet’s routine as much as possible helps them to settle while their owners are away . For that reason we always ask about a typical day when we are having a video call and before we accept a sit . If it’s not something that we can stick to, we withdraw our application.
Even if the owners say yes you can walk them at 7:30 or 8 am , if they are young healthy dogs they likely will be awake and nagging you to go out at 7 if that is their usual routine . Again speaking from experience-with dogs that are usually walked at 7 - we can hear them waiting outside the bedroom door at 6:50 am and if we haven’t appeared by 7 - they will bark just to remind us that it’s time to go out.
It would be cruel not to take them outside at least to relieve themselves at that time .
Depending on the home ( is it an apartment so you have to walk them somewhere to relieve themselves / or is there a yard or garden where they can go outside ?) At least let them out at the usual time 7am .
Chalk this one up to experience and next time ask the necessary questions for your own comfort before confirming a sit , ( where do the pets sleep , when are the exercised , where , for how long , what time are they fed, how long can they be left alone for ? )
It’s unfortunately too late for this sit. You have agreed to be there to take care of the pets and should keep to their usual routine .