STAYING ORGANIZED
Pet sitting can easily become a nightmare of keys, alarms, and feeding routines. It is essential that you stay organized and pay attention to details while working. Following the routines outlined below will facilitate your work and save you time.
KEY MANAGEMENT
- ALWAYS keep your keys on a ring together. Single keys tend to get lost.
- ALWAYS mark the keys with pets’ names – we never put customer’s addresses or names on the key rings. If a key was lost, we don’t want a key with a label and address in anyone’s hands.
- Keep the keys on your body. Use a belt key retriever or develop some foolproof system that will prevent you from leaving the keys inside a home and locking them in. The belt key retriever is foolproof for this purpose since you never take it off, and it makes a racket if it falls off.
- You may want to attach a key retriever to a purse, assuming you’ll never leave your purse behind. Some sitters use a large zip lock bag (which allows you to see the keys) and put elastic cords on each key so they can be worn as bracelets when in use.
Carrying single keys is unacceptable. Please don’t do it. They will get lost eventually, no matter how careful you are.
CLIENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
- Do not make a binder of your client info for security reasons in case you lose your binder or someone breaks into your car.
- Before doing visits for a client, pull up their information and take a screenshot of it on your phone so that if you can’t access the software or your smartphone can’t get on the network, you’ll have the client’s information on hand.
- Always have a screen lock on your phone so that if you lose your phone, someone won’t be able to log into your PetSitConnect account and access your client’s information.