Brendan
Pawsome Pet Services, Dog Walking And Animal Care (sunshine)
Sunshine west
About Brendan
*** 14/02/23 - Hello, and thank you for checking out my profile. All services are available again. Please read below for inquiries, and contact me any time. Thank you.*
* Distance Requests: Please read my T&C's at the bottom. While I do accommodate distance requests, they do incur an extra charge due to the increasing expenses in servicing distant areas. This is why I have a general limit of 8kms travel. Distance requests greater than 8kms distance may be charged up to $2/km over 8kms per day or trip, variable on distance and travel requirements.*
Brendan ***
I have been pet sitting full time, and working with animals for over 10 years now. I routinely discuss dog behaviour, training and psychology with my clients, with the aim of helping their pets with long term goals and growth, more than looking at my job as just pet care. I also enjoy lounging around with affectionate cats, when they want some company. I have previously volunteered with the RSPCA just to spend time with, and help out, animals, where I took care of cleaning, feeding, grooming and walking the refuge's cats, dogs, rabbits and chickens, and also did photography for the refuge's website. I enjoy being physical outdoors, hiking, bush walking and light jogging, especially with a dog. We have adopted a stray kitten, so home boarding is generally limited to CATS. I'm keen to meet all of your pets and help with exercise, training, caring for your animals, and offering you peace of mind while you're away. I look forward to meeting with you and your animal family.
PLEASE NOTE (General TERMS and CONDITIONS)
- Home Boarding is no longer offered.
House Sitting is generally preferred and recommended for dogs.
- Generally, I limit my area to 8kms of my home in Sunshine West. Requests from further than 8kms will incur a extra fee of up to $2/km over 8kms per day or trip to cover the extra expenses in servicing your area. Thank you for understanding.
- Initial "Meet and Greet" is complimentary, as per Pawshake's general conditions, within a certain distance. Meet and greets at large distances, additional meetings, key pickup, requests for walks, or any other post-Meet-and-Greet/pre-booking may require a booking or additional charge. I may request to have a meet and greet somewhere in the middle if it is not reasonable to travel the entire way at my own expense.
- There may be an extra charge on major public holidays and over Christmas and New Years.
- Overnight house sitting is overnights, and not full 24 hour, permanent care. I am still required to leave at my discretion to provide care for other animals, or do regular daily activities.
- While day care is not available, for repeat clients, I do offer dog day care options with notice. I consider this similar to baby-sitting, where the hours requested are fixed, and the requirements limit my care to your pet only. In these cases, I charge $25/hour, minimum of 2 hours. Prices may vary based on your animal(s), request and duration, time of day/night, or distance. (REPEAT CLIENTS ONLY)
Thank you, and I look forward to meeting with you and your family!
*Latest update: February - Re-opening profile*
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Cancellation policy: Moderate
Full refund if canceled before 12:00 p.m. 7 days before the booking, 50% refund afterward.
No refund is payable if the booking is canceled on or after the start date.
Note: All times are based on the sitter’s time zone
Doggy day care and Dog walks always have a flexible cancellation policy:
Full refund if canceled before 12:00 p.m. one day before the booking, 50% refund afterward.
No refund is payable if the booking is canceled on or after the start date.
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This was our first time using Pawshake and having a stranger look after our fur babies for an extended period of time (3 weeks), therefore we felt a little unsure in the beginning. However from the moment we met Brendan he made us feel at ease.
Brendan took wonderful care of our 2x Japanese Spitz, and we could tell he had a lot of experience with animals. He communicated with us on a daily basis and went above and beyond the service we were expecting (watered our garden, fed our fishes, brought in the mail and gave one of my dog extra tlc because of her health condition). Even after his service had ended he still checked in on our fur babies to make sure he left them happy and healthy!
I would highly recommend Brendan and would be happy to use his service again in future.
Thank you Brendan for taking care of our dogs & our home while we were away. I cannot fault your communication with me & appreciated it immensely as it was Miss Myrtles first time away from us & we did have concerns being a rescue dog how she would go. Though it was fantastic that both our dogs settled with you like you part of the family, and you even checked on them after your stay. Once again, From all of us Thank you ☺️ xx
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I have trained and socialised my family border collie (typical working/herding dog,) which has an obsession with our pet chickens, to be more relaxed around them. Instead of stalking/herding, she was able to relax and watch them (her 'job') from a distance, without becoming obsessive. She is currently staying with immediate family in QLD.
Animal photographer and kennel/cattery attendant for the RSPCA shelter animals. Carer, groomer, walker, cleaning and feeding refuge cats and dogs within RSPCA shelters. Completed PIAA Pet First Aid and CPR course (Pet Industry Association of Australia)
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Full refund if canceled before 12:00 p.m. 7 days before the booking, 50% refund afterward.
No refund is payable if the booking is canceled on or after the start date.
Note: All times are based on the sitter’s time zone
Doggy day care and Dog walks always have a flexible cancellation policy:
Full refund if canceled before 12:00 p.m. one day before the booking, 50% refund afterward.
No refund is payable if the booking is canceled on or after the start date.
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