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Do you bring a gift back for your petsitter?

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When you've been on holiday or just away and you've paid someone to board the bunnies/pets do you bring that person a gift back?
 
If a neighbour has popped in I do tend to give them a bottle or two of wine or a box of beer rather than a gift from where I've been...except when we went to Bakewell, then I bought back some classic tarts!
 
Mischief and Tinker's Mum said:
If a friend looks after them for free then yes but if i pay for them to go into boarding no because i've paid for them to be there. :wave:
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^^ This, only we did once board our buns with a friend who had a boarding place. So we'd paid but as she was a friend we still bought her a gift. Always something topical to the place, person or pet!
 
I gave our neighbour some chocs and some wine when they popped in twice a day for our bunnies and when my friend has my budgies at her house I always bring her something edible back. However, when we go away for 11 days in August we're paying for the rabbits to go there and it's costing nigh on £70, but I might get her something relatively cheap; we all like extra thank yous afterall. Plus, I feel that if you get them an extra something (even a box of chocs for £1 or something) they may be inclined to look after the buns extra nicely the next time!
 
only ever boarded dogs once at my pet stop and as we had been to Blackpool i brought a load of rock back for the staff just as a thankyou. i was a kennel maid for years while i was still at school and the money is terrible so just wanted to give something as a token of appreciation for those that do the hard work.

only time we have left bunnies a neighbour looked after them for me and again i got him some biccies, also l return the favour by seeing to his cats quite a lot.

i look after others pets more than send mine out, it is nice to get a little thankyou especially when you save someone a lot of money on boarding. i am more than happy with just a cheap bottle of wine or bunch of flowers but to be honest i love looking after any animal so i never really expect anything.
 
I've received gifts sometimes for attending on my dear little rabbit nephew. I don't really think of this as a pet-sitting, as I am so fond of the little fellow I get as much as I give out of visiting him. :oops:
 
I have so many pets that my Mum has to move in when I go away. I leave her a present to open for every day we're away :oops:
 
My brother usually lives at our house when we go away. So we tend to buy him lots of nice food in for the duration of our holiday, then a card and a present when we get back.
 
I have a work friend stay when we go away.

I've just got back yesterday from NY and she has lived in and looked after 14 animals and the house for a week, so I pay her £30 a day and bring her a nice big pressie too - I wouldn't be able to enjoy my hols if I hadn't got her to rely on :D
 
I bring a little gift back from wherever I've been, because my boarders are fab and don't charge enough!

Before my best friend had a baby, she used to come and stay for the week - I used to stock the house with nice food, leave her a couple of bottles of wine and usually give her £20 vouchers for whatever she needed at the time. And yeah I would buy her a little gift too.
 
no i dont when I'm boarding them but last year I couldn't board them so my neighbours looked after them so I brought back wine and flowers and little present for their 13 year old daughter who helped.
 
It's normally my parents that are looking after them, so I get them some kind of present, yes.
 
I have to board my bunnies if I go away and I usually also give a bottle of wine or chocs when I pick them up! They are my world and I'm very grateful to have someone look after them properly :D
 
usually when my parents go away i'm still at home with the animals

but when we all go away we've got a couple of friends who come and move in for the time we're away coz as well as the bunnies theres 5 cats and our dog and we usually give them money for food and then bring them back a little present from where ever we've been to :D
 
As a paid petsitter and small animal boarder , i never expect gifts but we do get some usually chocolate sometimes wine , once i was brought back some whitby lemon sole which was scummy, we have also had mead from Lindasfarne and honey from all over the country.
 
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