I’ve recently completed a wonderful sit.
In the beginning before I accepted the sit, I had a few reservations. The host came across as extremely thorough (which isn’t such a bad thing) but it can be off-putting to some who prefer a more relaxed sit. This sit was 2 dogs & a guinea pig but I accepted it because my gut told me to, even though I felt as though I was fighting it.
I then received the word document ‘Welcome Guide’ - well I nearly fell off my chair as it was 10 A4 pages long. There were a lot of “must do this & must do that”. Also a few "Do not"s. The word “must” felt very harsh but I went with it. It was also the hosts’ first experience of using THS so no reviews to go by. I’ve been trying to understand people a bit better over the past 12 months and I’ve learnt that we are all different. We all have different ways of communicating but I have also learnt that perhaps we judge too quickly. So I let this one play out…
Well…it’s been my most favourite sit to date! The home was immaculate, comfortable, well equipped, everything was labelled (I sensed a bit of OCD!), the dogs were incredibly well trained & well behaved and communication was excellent. I had full instructions of what to do when things could have gone wrong (which they did as there was a problem with the water tank, but how to resolve was in the WG & it was fine)
I concluded that all of the above was just the hosts way of communication and although it was overkill, I rolled with it and the sit was just wonderful. I’d go back in a heartbeat!
It’s in stark comparison to another recent sit where the host was more my “type of person” - fairly chilled, relaxed, a bit of humour in messages etc BUT she didn’t provide fresh bedding for us (all sheets in all 4 bedrooms were stained and littered with food crumbs) and the dog was really not well trained. Looking back, I thought this example would have been a better sit than my most recent!
I just wanted to share 
