Our quickest repeat sit. We looked after Dave and Doug for a long weekend and left on Tuesday. We are back again this weekend!
Dave and his teddy
Doug having a run with Ed
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What real cuties @august 
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About a week with 3 cats and 3 turtles (my first turtles) on a lake in Reston, Virginia.
The cats are 11 yo litter siblings, very food motivated and hunter/gatherers in the kitchen - everything has to be put away as soon as it is used! Jaima, Shambo, and Kiwi
Corn litter - its great - no smell, even with 3 cats and easy to clean up.
The red-eared slider turtles are (so I read online) one of the most popular turtles kept as pets. But also among the most invasive species driving out native turtles when introduced to an environment (probably when people release them when the get tired of having them as pets).
JinJin, Charlie Brown, and Udon are in separate tanks, don’t know if they are ever allowed to socialize together? For winter, the tanks are in the turtle room, summer I’m told they go out on the deck overlooking the lake. I’m not sure which is which. They each get fed a lettuce leaf every day and turtle pellets every other day. Surprisingly (to me, at least) active - when you approach their tanks they each show varying levels of interest, swimming toward you, raising their heads to look at you. Far more active than the tortoise I sat last summer in Tucson.
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Wow, your pictures are amazing! 
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Funny how life unfolds: Today, I arrived for a sit at a classic home a few doors down from the first home that my husband and I owned, in the 1990s.
We used to admire from outside what now turns out to be my sit house. We wondered what the inside looked like. Turns out it’s even more charming than I’d imagined.
My hosts are leaving tomorrow morning and I’m glad we’re overlapping — they’re personable, gracious folks. I also got to meet the lovely friends they’re traveling with, who are staying overnight as well. And I already find my sit dog lovable.
I get to hang out with him in a gorgeous home, in a neighborhood I still love, near loads of amenities. … Yet another sit in the making that makes me appreciate THS.
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That’s amazing @Maggie8K 
and your new friend is adorable!
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Funny first for me on a sit:
I gave the dog this log toy with treats plugged into it. Doggo was extracting the treats and rolling it around. Ended up dropping one of the treats into a heating / cooling register vent in the floor.
I discovered this, because doggo started barking and pawing at the register. So I had to find a screwdriver in the utility room, unscrew the register cover, retrieve his treat and screw the cover back on. Meanwhile, he was barking and whining mournfully the whole time for his lost treat. 
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It started raining and then there was a sudden loud clap of thunder. That sent my sit dog running to me. He then hopped on my lap and we cuddled for more than an hour. He isn’t normally a cuddly dog. Glad I could comfort him.
Tried to take him on a walk well after the thunder had stopped, but he refused to go. His humans said he’d let me know if he didn’t want to walk, so I guess he has.
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Aww, how handsome is he
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Week long sit with CJ and Maisy, a pair of 5 yo brindle boxers in a suburb of Albuquerque. 5 chickens too. The dogs are not good on walks so we spend time in the yard.
Maisy and CJ
Maisy
CJ
And the chickens are pretty self-sufficient so my only task is to collect eggs - 8 different sizes and colors since my arrival on Sunday.
Been unseasonably cool (so the weather report tells me). Tuesday afternoon with 40/50 mph winds - lots of dust blowing, visibility less than 1/4 mile.
Next sit starts Sunday on Whidbey Island, WA with 2 indoor cats and maybe 1 feral who comes and goes.
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I am in central Michigan with two King Charles. They are very sweet. The hosts are incredibly generous. Bought me a lot of fruit and seltzer and left quite a bit of money. I thought it was for vet emergencies, but just for me.
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We just arrived to care for this mother/daughter cutie combo. This is our final sit in London for a while. Next week we are heading down to the southwest of England for a couple of months.
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@Colin - mom is the black and tan? Cuties! Is she blind in 1 eye?
I love Dachshunds, is one on right called Bowie perchance? 
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Arrived yesterday, straight from another sit, to my 2nd of 3 back to back sits, with this lovely Dalmatian. My first sit for this breed.
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Hi @toml , The all tan one on the left is the mum, and no, the other one is not blind in one eye, she just has different coloured eyes!