Colin & Shannon - reliable/trustworthy

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Flexible non-smokers. Taken early retirement this year and looking to spend time exploring more of this great island.

We are Colin and Shannon - a dog loving couple, in our mid-50s, looking forward to filling some time with home minding and pet sitting. Our big 'baby' will be flying the nest for University this year, so the only remaining 'baby' we have is our cute, adorable, quiet and extremely well behaved Bichon/Maltese.

Shannon was recently employed as the operations director for a training company and Colin was a driving instructor. We are both ex-military and hold current DBS certificates.

We are reliable and trustworthy and will look after your home and pets as if our own. We are long term renters having lived abroad for many years. We pride ourselves on keeping anywhere we stay as we find it (to military inspection standards) and can turn our hands to general household maintenance tasks and light gardening. We can supply references from ex-employers and landlords if required.

We will be available for house sitting from the 1st October and have no restrictions on location. We have our own car and do not charge fees. We just ask that we can bring our dog Bella with us. She is 10 years old and very sociable. We have never known her not to get on with another dog.

Unfortunately Colin is allergic to cats and as much as he loves them, the chemist bill and the fact that he can't see for his eyes streaming means we must politely decline these assignments but welcome all other furry family members. Colin is a keen walker, regularly covering 10+ miles so dogs needing a lot of exercise will be well taken care of and we are happy with big or small.

We are pretty flexible during University term-time but if you need a minder in the holidays then we are open to discussions to determine if 3 is a crowd or it may be that she has found out how the washing machine works or has made her own holiday plans in which case we might be available.

Looking forward to helping you out and making new friends (2 or 4 legs and fluffy or not 🤗).