There was definitely no 'Hellmouth' to worry about, nor vampire slaying necessary with the 'Buffy' we looked after in the Regency Spa town of Cheltenham on our second house sitting assignment. Buffy proved to be an adorable little Bichon/Shih Tzu mix who liked nothing better than curling up next us on the sofa but also loved her walks and exercise. All in all a delightful housesitting and dog sitting experience. Buffy's owners, a lovely pair of ladies who run a dating website for gay women, needed someone to look after Buffy and their bijou, two bed, terraced house superbly located a short walk from the centre of historic Cheltenham. It proved an unmissable housesitting and dog sitting op
Having registered with a couple of the major house sitting websites in February, we secured our first house and pet sitting assigment just a few weeks later in mid-March. The house was a beautiful converted mill set in four acres of gardens close to the Cornish Coastal path. What a stunning house and glorious location it turned out to be! More challenging were the additional tasks of dog sitting a 10 week old Pointer puppy and looking after a dozen chickens, even more crazy ducks and four stroppy geese. The homeowner told us it used to be six geese but one was eaten at Christmas whilst the other was safely tucked up in the freezer awaiting its ultimate fate. In the hour and a half before
