After learning that the Home Owner was already away & that the sit dates posted were for taking over the pet sit currently being undertaken by the HO’s friend, I withdrew my interest. The HO told me that she would do a verbal handover by phone & that I might not even meet the previous sitter(s), who…

We did a handover with other sitters twice. Once they took over from us, while the owner was stuck abroad. We insisted on a physical handover, so the dogs could see us interacting with their new sitters before we left. Another time, we took over from another sitter. The owner created a Whatsapp g…

Only three months ago, during syncing arrival and departure times with the host while shopping for tickets, I discovered I would be taking the sit over from another sitter. Quite a surprise, but no panic. Because of complicated logistics, I arrived two days before the sit was due to begin. As it was…

I have one upcoming, but it is slightly different. It is a repeat sit for me, but I am unavailable the first week due to my own holidays, and will be taking over from the owner’s personal friend, who is not on THS. I have not met the friend, but I know the house, the animals, the feeding routine, …

We did a split sit where another sitter came in for two months between our two Turkish village sits (a bit like @BonnyinBrighton ) - it worked fine but we helped the other sitter by having a crossover night and two walks with the dogs plus showing her around the local town. It worked out fine and she…

Yes we videoed and took photos of the spirits/wine rack etc….but the biggest thing was the cleaner was there on handover days. Oddly enough the middle sitters had a few mishaps… but sorted these out themselves, we were all 5* people.

I found myself in a split sit situation months after I agreed to the sit, as the people decided to add on to their trip and I was otherwise committed. It worked out fine. I did a handover with the first sitter, who was lovely and left the place in perfect shape. The owner did arrange to have a …

My very first sit was a handover. No issues, perfect interface w lovely sitter, all good.

There have been a bunch of threads about split sits, which you can find by using the magnifying glass at upper right. Personally, having done a split early on, when I didn’t know better, I avoid them now. I shared my experience on a couple of previous threads. I got off easy, considering what could…

It does need to be actively managed, more overtly than a regular sit. I probably read those threads and learnt from them prior to setting up my own split sit triad.

Split Pet Sit - How did it go?

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Silversitters 13 April 2026 18:48 3

This was discussed recently on this thread

https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/split-sit-in-jersey-channel-island

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Split Pet Sit - How did it go?

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