Our fabulous families

All our approved Holiday Homes are dog lovers and have met our high standards in pet care.

 
 

Anne & Alan Swain

We live in The Wood and are now retired. Due to having 4 children on different continents, we no longer have a dog of our own. However, when we have visited our children, we have house sat for a wide range of pets and have many glowing reviews.

Exhausted from all the travel, we’re back in Nelson and in our spare time enjoy walking, biking, gardening and reading.

 

Justin Reichert

I live in Atawhai with my parents and am a causal dog walker/pet sitter without any pets of our own.

I have a Level 3 Certification in Animal Care, completed an accredited animal psychology course online and completed a pet sitting/dog walking course to enhance my skills.

I’m now enrolled in the Karen Pryor comprehensive dog behavior course and have over a year of experience volunteering at the SPCA, where I developed a passion for improving animal lives.

It’s my dream to look after people’s animals while they’re away from home, whether it’s walking their dogs or pet sitting.

 

Neil & Gigi Pike

We live in Tahuna with our adult daughter & 4 year old Border Collie, Bingo.

We enjoy looking after many of our friends dogs and now have opened up our home to others, now I am retired and Gigi works part time.  Living minutes from the beach, your dog will get to enjoy many beach walks and heaps of TLC! 

 

Wendy & Scott Mackay

We live on 4.6 hectares on the outskirts of Richmond with our son Coby, who is well trained around dogs and cat, Zippy.

As the business owner, I work from home managing the business and enjoy the dogs the groups of dogs coming to our small farm for fun and frolics.

 

 

Marianna Deynzer

I live in Stoke with my 9 year old son and 4 year old Golden Retriever, Franky who is a volunteer therapy pet for St John's. 

I'm self employed doing various projects around people's properties and just love to welcome another dog into our house.

 

Dale

I live in Motueka on a large section with my Australian Terrier, Buddy and an aviary of canaries. 

I have had dogs my whole life and am now enjoying retirement spending time in the garden and socialising with friends.  Buddy is very social too and loves friends coming to stay and play.

 

Christine Elwood

I live in Stoke on a spacious section and am enjoying retirement except for the fact I miss having a dog around the place, so I started with Pet Sitters in 2017!

I have welcomed many dogs into my home over the years and have lots of regulars to come and stay!

 

Nadene & John

We live in the Atawhai and are retired. We no longer have a dog of our own , but have often cared for our daughters dog.

I volunteer at the hospice shop and enjoy going for walks in the mornings. John has enjoyed many years working at the Nelson golf course.

 

Kerri & Dean Hunt

We are originally from South Africa and had many dogs growing up and as part of our family. We now live in Stoke with our 3 year old Beagle, Bentley and enjoy walks around rough Island and lots of other dog friendly places around our area.  


 

More families needed!

If you love dogs, have a fenced section and are home for part of the day, we would love to hear from you!