Pets + Pet Sitting

Over the years we’ve developed our own kit to take with us to every house sit we complete. From dog walking gear to pet sitting website memberships, these products are our pet care and house sitting essentials.

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Rover

We love using Rover to find paid pet sitting gigs – use this link to set up your profile as a pet sitter and earn a £15 credit on your account!

Our review of Rover Join

MOO business cards

We love using MOO to create professional business cards for our pet sitting business. The quality is incredible and they’re perfect for giving our details to dog owners when we’re out on walkies. Use our link below to receive 25% off your first order with MOO!

Tick remover

If you’ve ever had to remove a tick using tweezers, you’ll know how difficult it is. After a particularly stressful experience at a pet sit, we invested in a tick tool and couldn’t believe how well it worked! Now we safely remove ticks from ourselves and our four-legged friends in seconds!

Dicky Bag

Our Dicky Bag is our favourite item for dog walks in the countryside! A portable, odour-free bin for holding empty and full dog poo bags, for those times when bins are few and far between. The Neoprene style is water resistant and is machine washable at 30 degrees!

Our review of Dicky Bag View

Dicky Bag disks

These Dicky Bag disks have been designed to fit the Medium – Extra Large Dicky Bags, to keep the bag smelling fresh!

Our review of Dicky Bag View

Dicky Treat bag

This treat bag has a small slot at the top for quick-to-grab treats, and we find it’s roomy enough for a lot of them! Your four-legged friends will thank you.

Our review of Dicky Bag View

Earth Rated dog poo bags

We’re so happy every time we arrive at a pet sit to find Earth Rated dog poo bags. They’re big and strong, so no mess is getting out, and they’re made from recycled plastic too!

Beco compostable dog poo bags

We love finding Beco bags at a house sit – especially these compostable ones. They can be disposed of in home compost bins, so we feel good knowing we’re doing our bit for the planet!

Earth Rated dog poo bag dispenser

The most elegant poo bag dispenser we’ve ever seen! This design from Earth Rated is sleek and easy to fill, AND has a hook on the back to carry full bags.

Apple AirTag

These little trackers from Apple allow you to track things from your iPhone. We clip one onto a dog’s collar when we’re out on walkies while pet sitting, for peace of mind just in case a dog decides to chase after something and runs off!

Light up dog collar

This LED collar from MASBRILL is one of the best designs we’ve seen while pet sitting. Our Spaniel buddy Ronnie likes to zoom around the garden, so when we let him out for last wees before bedtime, this collar ensures we can see him in the dark no matter how far or fast he roams! The nylon material is super strong and the rechargeable battery lasts for 8-10 hours – perfect for walkies.

Flexi lead 5m

We love Flexi leads for those times when dogs can’t be let off lead, but we want to give them a little more freedom. This 5 metre Flexi is good for small and tiny dogs.

Flexi lead 8m

We find an 8 metre Flexi is good for walks in the countryside, when there aren’t many other people and dogs around and we can give dogs more freedom to roam.

Ruffwear shock-absorbing dog lead

This lead is great for walking big or strong dogs – the bungee element takes the shock out of a sudden pull, so you can stay on your feet!

Ruffwear harness

This Ruffwear harness is heavy duty but lightweight, with 6 adjustment points so you can tailor it to fit any dog. Our tri-pawd buddy Leah has this harness and it’s fantastic for helping her on our walkies!

Collapsible travel bowl with lid

We discovered these silicone bowls at a pet sit when we took a day trip with the dog in our care, and needed a way to transport her food as we wouldn’t arrive home before her dinner time. The bowl is spacious enough for a generous amount of food, while the lid securely clips into place to keep food contained. When it’s empty it can double up as a water bowl, and can collapse after use for easy storage in our bag! Perfect for adventures with four-legged friends.

Beco dog bowl

This elegant bamboo bowl from Beco is lightweight and great to take from place to place, if you want something more sturdy than a foldable silicone bowl.

Foldable dog bowl

We always carry a silicone bowl on our dog walks. Small enough to fold and fit in a bag, and has a carabiner to clip onto a belt loop.

Snuffle ball toy

We find ourselves recommending these snuffle balls at every dog sit we go to! They’re great for enrichment games on a rainy day indoors, or for when you need to keep your dog occupied. The first time we came across these at a house sit with three energetic Retrievers, we were stunned to find that they kept the dogs entertained for more than half an hour! Simply roll up their favourite treats in the soft strands and let your dog sniff them out.

ChuckIt! balls

The ultimate ball for endless games of fetch with four-legged friends! These Chuckit balls are ridiculously bouncy and buoyant, and their bright colour makes them easy to find (no more rooting through tall grass!) They’re made to last with an extra-thick rubber core, and the smooth surface means we can easily wipe it clean and put it back in our bag – good as new for our next doggo pals!

Hi vis arm bands

For late night dog walks, or long hikes into the evening, we attach these reflective velcro bands to our arms and bags. We make sure we’re visible from all angles with the placement of these bands to alert drivers, horse riders and other walkers to our presence in low light, ensuring we’re safe while out and about.

Dog car seat belt

It’s vital to ensure dogs we’re pet sitting are secure in our van if we need to drive them anywhere. This dog seat belt clicks into a normal seat belt slot, and simply clips onto a dog’s harness (NEVER on a collar) so we know our pooches are safe and comfortable.

Pet stain remover

We’ve found this pet-safe cleaner at so many house sits we’ve been to, and it’s one of the only products we know will work every time – so much so that we now travel with our own bottle! Accidents happen, especially with puppies and cats, and this cleaner is amazing at eliminating stains on soft furnishings and carpets – plus it removes any odours. Simply squirt the liquid on the area, use the handy brush to work it in, and let it work its magic!

Ring security camera

If we ever need to leave pets at home for a short time when pet sitting, for example to do our food shopping, we set up this sleek and subtle Ring camera system to remotely monitor the pets from our phones while we’re out. We can speak through the camera via our phones too – in the past we’ve used this function to tell a dog to get down from a dining table…

Apple TV

An Apple TV lets us log into all our streaming accounts – Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+ etc. – in one small, portable device. This means at pet sits we can plug in our Apple TV and instantly watch anything through our accounts, meaning we don’t have to log into the home owner’s, and we can start watching our favourite shows straight away without messing up their watch history!

Multi port charger

We bought this ultra sleek multi-port charger after completing so many pet sits in older houses where there were too few wall outlets to charge all our gear! This charger plugs into the wall and has four ports (2 USB-A and 2 USB-C) for charging multiple devices simultaneously, including our laptops, all from one outlet!

Head torch

Whenever we’re out for night time walkies while pet sitting, we take this bright head torch with us so we don’t have to rely on our phones being charged to use a torch! We can see where we’re walking on narrow countryside paths and it alerts drivers to our presence when walking along dark roads with our four-legged friends.

Wurkkos TS22 Torch

It’s always handy having a small but powerful torch for night time dog walks, especially along dark country roads where passing traffic might not see you. This little torch aways surprises us with how much it packs a punch – it can shine 4500 lumens! It’s also USB-C rechargeable, so it’s easy to keep the battery topped up.

Trusted Housesitters

We can’t thank Trusted Housesitters enough for starting our pet sitting journey back in 2017! Use this link to receive 25% off your membership.

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