I wonder if owners know just how us Sitters quickly grow to love their furry babies. We’ve just completed 10 wks caring for adorable Blue:dog: so many tears at bye bye time:cry:. The bond we make with the pets we care for is truly wonderful, every one of them will always have a place in our 
. You’ll hear this story from all Pet Sitters on the THS website. We meet lovely owners and the icing on the cake is the special bond formed with the pets in our care.The best job in the world! Every pet sitter says the same.
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You couldn’t be more true about this. I’m just starting out on THS and havent had my first sit here yet. However I can tell you in great detail and tons of pics everytime I have watched some fur-babies and feathered friends. No matter where i go in life, my heart is covered in the paw prints, and feet prints of those that once have crossed my path. And I leave a little piece of my heart with them. This will continue until the end of time for me. 
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I couldn’t have said it better myself. I feel really sad every time I leave a sit. When you’ve been entrusted to care for an animal (or a few at a time) - as much as there is a little anxiety at first (let’s face it, it’s like taking on a baby / babies you don’t know well!) - once you realise that everything is fine and you get on like a house on fire, you really develop a connection with the animals. For the time you’re with them, you are everything to them and they are everything to you. We then have to leave them and that can get emotional. Thankfully I keep in touch with most of my homeowners - and get invited back - so I get to meet some animals again and again!
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Oh my DoG yes! Anywhere I have stayed with pets I always leave a little bit of my heart behind. One trip to the USA I started off by volunteering at National Mill Dog Rescue in Colorado for 3 days (they even interviewed the crackpot Aussie that travelled all that way to shovel sh…!), on leaving after the third day I was a blubbering mess! I stayed in touch to find out about when certain dogs got homes.
I run a dog minding business, I get very attached and after 17 years I have said goodbye to many, cried with the owners. I am very lucky that my wonderful clients recognise the special bond I share with their pets.
What a stunning Weimaraner Blue is! Judging by the smiles I can’t work out who had the better time!
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Wonderful pics. And yes! There is one dog in particular that I really bonded with that I still think of and miss every day. But they are all special and beloved.
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Enormously sad news, Blue has sadly passed now. Illness and seizures got the better of him, last few months family had to carry him upstairs to sleep near to them etc. The family are heartbroken and devastated as are we😢
Blue was the most perfect, loving, sweet, gentle, good as gold doggie. We were due to Sit (for the 3rd time) for him this October with the family’s new Weimar pup Martha, so now it will be only Martha. It will be sad to return and not see Blue there, hes now running free at the Rainbow bridge 
but we know Martha will be adorable and lovely to see our forever friends, this beautiful little family that we adore. Photos are of Blue and Martha before Blue passed.
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I always feel that I leave a bit of my heart with them when I leave. But the heart and love doesnt become less or diminished. My heart just opens up for more.
I am thankful to the HO that continues to share photos after the sit is over.
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@Julie we are so sorry to hear of Blue’s passing.
Losing a beloved family member is heartbreaking and as his THS Best Friends who kept him happy and loved at home for his family, you will be so sad too.
When we lose a pet we have cared for it is like losing one of our own and I know that you and Jonathan will feel it terribly but know that you made a difference in his life and his beloved family’s life too and I’m sure that care will continue with Martha.
Run free Blue … your TrustedHousesitters family will miss you, thank you for bringing your special kind of Weimaraner joy to our lives. 
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@Angela_L Thank you for your kind message Angela He was such a special dog. He’ll be forever in our hearts. We will pass on your message to his family x
Our thoughts are with Blue’s family and you and Jonathan at this very sad time. Thank you for passing on our sincere condolences to Blue’s family @Julie, if there is anything we can do to help please Direct Message me.
Take care
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