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KimberlyScott
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Doggy Care - Pay ?
My 14 yo neighbor watches our 3 pups when we go in vacation or go away overnight.
NYE he went over and just let them out a few times. He didnt walk them or feed them (we did that before we left). I don't know what to pay him for that? Do you think $10 is too cheap?
I wonder what he expects b/c he keeps texting me for the $ and I haven't had the chance to bring it over (meanwhile his mom owes me 20). When he watched them for our 10 day vacation. I gave him $100.00 to feed them and walk them and let them out. He also got to hang in my house without his parents which should have been pay enough - LOL
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Posted 1/5/10 1:07 PM  |
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Re: Doggy Care - Pay ?
I think $10 is fine. You paid him $10/day for your vacation, so I don't think you owe him more than that for what he did on NYE.
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| Posted 1/5/10 1:14 PM |
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Wendy
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Re: Doggy Care - Pay ?
$10 does not sound like a lot (and $100 for 10 days is definitely not enough but that's just my opinion).
I'd give him $20 depending on what "a few times" meant.
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| Posted 1/5/10 1:15 PM |
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KimberlyScott
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Re: Doggy Care - Pay ?
Posted by Wendy
$10 does not sound like a lot (and $100 for 10 days is definitely not enough but that's just my opinion).
I'd give him $20 depending on what "a few times" meant.
I really don't want to give him $20.00 b/c he will expect that everytime and all he is doing is letting them out every 4 hours.
Maybe 100 wasn't enough but, we also brought him back NBA souviners from our vacation and he watched the games at our house (with his friends)b/c his house doesn't have the channel.
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| Posted 1/5/10 2:21 PM |
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Re: Doggy Care - Pay ?
Posted by Wendy
$10 does not sound like a lot (and $100 for 10 days is definitely not enough but that's just my opinion).
I'd give him $20 depending on what "a few times" meant.
I totally agree. This definitely sounds like too little. If you want him to keep doing it, I would definitely give him more. I would think more like $10 for each time he came over and let them out.
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| Posted 1/5/10 9:12 PM |
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karabara
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Re: Doggy Care - Pay ?
i pay my dog walker $15 per 30 minute walk. This includes a water bowl change.
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| Posted 1/6/10 8:25 AM |
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KimberlyScott
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Re: Doggy Care - Pay ?
Feeling cheap now 
But.....we do live OOS so, the cost of pet care is cheaper here.
The dog walker we used to use only charged us $10.00 for a 15 min visit.
He was just went over there to let them out. Besides, he's only 14. The old dog walker has her own business and was in her 40's.
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| Posted 1/6/10 12:59 PM |
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Kara
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Re: Doggy Care - Pay ?
He's 14 years old, presumably lives next door, and just came over to let the dog out, right? He agreed to $100 for 10 days of care when you went away before. I think $10 is fine.
You don't need to feel cheap here. I'm assuming in total all he did was less than 1 hour of work, right?
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| Posted 1/6/10 1:14 PM |
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Re: Doggy Care - Pay ?
Posted by Kara
He's 14 years old, presumably lives next door, and just came over to let the dog out, right? He agreed to $100 for 10 days of care when you went away before. I think $10 is fine.
You don't need to feel cheap here. I'm assuming in total all he did was less than 1 hour of work, right?
ITA--don't feel bad. I think $10 is fine.
ETA: Our neighbors do this for us sometimes and all we give them is cookies and liquor. In the spirit of being neighborly. Yes he's young and it's a way to earn money, but I think $10 is perfectly enough.
Message edited 1/7/2010 3:41:29 PM.
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| Posted 1/7/10 3:40 PM |
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KimberlyScott
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Re: Doggy Care - Pay ?
Posted by Kara
He's 14 years old, presumably lives next door, and just came over to let the dog out, right? He agreed to $100 for 10 days of care when you went away before. I think $10 is fine.
You don't need to feel cheap here. I'm assuming in total all he did was less than 1 hour of work, right?
Thanks~
He lives RIGHT next door. I would say that total, he did less then an hours worth of work on a daily basis. The rest of the time he spent at my house was watching my TV! -LOL
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| Posted 1/7/10 6:43 PM |
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