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Dates
  • 14 Dec 2024 - 23 Dec 2024
  • 1 week 2 nights
What we need
  • Dogs (1), Birds (10+), Chickens/Ducks/Geese (3), Farm Animals (3)
  • Minimal
Sit Features
  • Yes
  • Outside only

We need a house sitter

Bay of Plenty - Tauranga

Rose

We live in the Bay of Plenty 15minutes to Tauriko, Lakes & Greerton when traffic is smooth flowing 30 minutes to the Mt and its beautiful beach and Mauao.
We live on a near 4-acre property with three cattle, two sheep and three chickens who lay eggs daily. We have a very small dog Ruby who is a Foxy / Chihuahua cross and 13yrs old she is very energetic for her age. Ruby has cataracts in both eyes so I'm careful to have her on her lead near roads and vehicles. She is driven to have a routine walk every day and then sleeps a lot now.
Ruby sometimes loves sitting on your lap or on the couch however due to a recent injury she sometimes doesn’t have the power in her legs to jump high any more.
I have lots of house plants but mostly they will be fine for ten days. I will soak them before leaving. We might ask you to water the small veges- Tomatoes lettuces, beetroot etc if it doesn't rain while we are away.
My husband races homing pigeons they are in a loft on the property. The racing season has ended at this time of the year and they only need feeding once per day dry food and the water changed which is outside the loft. The chooks have a self-feeder a change of fresh water each day is our expectation.
We have a family member in the city who can be contacted if anything major requires attention.

House & Location
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  • Wifi, Dishwasher
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  • City, Country, Bush/Forest (Shopping, Nature, Quiet)
  • Supermarket, Shopping Centre, Golf, Pubs/Bars, Cinema, Parks, Beach
Reviews (3)
We had a lovely house-sit with Ruby, thoroughly enjoyed staying in Omanawa again and we are looking forward to seeing you again in May. The dogs got on really well, the rural setting was peaceful and relaxing. Thanks for having us and trusting us with your home and animals :)
 
BERNADETTE (Dec 2023 - 1 week 3 nights)
We had a great house/petsit for Rose & Chris including a first for us of counting homing pigeons which were released from Invercargill and arrived back in Tauranga within 24hrs!! The property was lovely and quiet and the hens and Ruby (miniature watchdog) were a delight to look after. Fresh eggs, and veges from the garden were a treat. Communications and instructions were excellent and would be very happy to sit again �
 
JACKIE (Dec 2020 - 1 week 3 days)
We are super grateful and impressed with the house sitting of Jacki and Tony. Attention to detail like watering of garden care of Ruby and pigeon up dates was amazing. Nothing was too much trouble. House immaculate on return. Awesome series of communication and up dates. We are super grateful and ... MORE
No rating We had a great time caring for Chris and Rose's menagerie. It's a beautiful rural setting but so handy to Tauranga still. They were easy to communicate with and we had everything we needed for a relaxing stay. Ruby was the cherry on top.
PAULINE (Jan 2018 - 1 week 3 days)
 
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