Need a Break? We Can Help

About this sitter

Dedicated, full time house and animal sitters since March 2016, we are Lianne, 51, photographic artist and Jon, 53, educator, electrician, musician and general fixer. Together we make a great team and are presently in the UK.

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https://liannebowen.wixsite.com/sitting

From long-term sits in rural Spain at a beautiful off-grid cortijo's, ancient mills and fincas, an alternative powered home in Portugal, to holiday cover for much loved family pets in Scotland, England and Wales. We have cared for poultry on Scottish estates, Dartmoor field ponies in the Northumberland wilderness, retired show horses and sheep at thatched Wiltshire farmhouses, Welsh ponies on a 16th century farm in Suffolk and countless Spanish/Portuguese rescue dogs and cats making life-long friends in the process.

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Fit, healthy, non-smokers that like a quiet, simple life, we enjoy dog walking, wildlife, cycling, indi films, vegan cooking, foraging, creating organic home made lotions, art/photography, pottering at home, gardening.

Why they want to house sit

Having experienced the worry involved in finding good home and pet care ourselves in years previous, we get a real buzz providing peace of mind and respite for pet owners that need a break.

In return we get to experience alternative lifestyles, local cultures, get involved with various communities and sometimes learn new languages.

As a recent post-graduate of Documentary Photography from the University of Wales, I would enjoy to collect and record local flora and fauna of various landscapes using both analogue, digital and camera-less photography methods. Here is my instagram page:

https://www.instagram.com/circusorphan.analogue

Their experience

We have established ourselves very well within the many house-sitting communities and are active on several sites. We pride ourselves on our 5 star reviews outlining our reliability, strong sense of commitment, problem solving abilities and recognition for putting the animals first.

Taking our responsibilities very seriously, we have successfully cared for organic veg gardens, greenhouses, various fruit trees and the afore mentioned dogs, cats, horses, sheep, guinea-pigs and pet rabbits who have often needed medicine administration, special diets and trips to the vets for issues from seeds in ears to chronic conditions.

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https://liannebowen.wixsite.com/sitting

What can they bring to the assignment

Besotted with animals I have rescued (amongst many creatures) 2 German Wirehaired Pointers over the past 18 years. The latter of whom only just passed away and came along house sitting with us on every assignment to date. Although heartbroken, I am proud to put the experience they each taught me to good use caring for others. I obtained Bronze Kennel Club Good Citizen awards with each of them which consisted of humane, reward based conditioning. The emotional well being of animals is high on my agenda.

We are accustomed to keeping properties clean and secure, solar panel batteries topped up, generator operation, septic tank maintenance, chopping our own firewood, using gas bottles for hot water etc, general problem solving, house repairs and pool maintenance.