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Responsible Canadian Couple – Experienced Travellers, Remote Workers, Animal Lovers
About
Hi! We’re Chris and Petra — a Canadian couple in our 50s getting ready for an extended adventure in New Zealand starting this October. We’ll be traveling in our camper van, but one of the things we’re most looking forward to is spending time in real homes, caring for animals, and enjoying a slower rhythm along the way.
We both work remotely, running our own online wellness business. Petra used to be a corporate lawyer and policy advisor before switching paths to become a movement coach. Chris comes from the energy world and brings his calm, steady presence to everything — including animals and gardens!
Between us, we’ve shared life with dogs, cats, hamsters, horses, chickens, and even tortoises. We haven’t done formal house sitting yet, but we’ve both cared for animals our whole lives, and we’re the kind of people who will happily plan our day around a walk, a feeding schedule, or a scratch behind the ears.
We also own a home in Toronto, so we understand what it means to leave a space in someone else’s hands. We’ve spent the past several years traveling full-time and staying in SO MANY Airbnbs — almost 100, all with five-star reviews. We’re quiet, clean, communicative, and deeply respectful of other people’s spaces and routines.
If you’re looking for sitters who will care for your home and animals like they were our own — and send the occasional photo update with a happy tail or sleepy cat — we’d love to hear from you.
- Pair
- Age Group: 45-55
- Self employed
Information
Preferred Locations
- Ashburton
- Auckland Areas
- Central Hawke's Bay
- Central Otago
- Central Taranaki
- Christchurch
- Clutha
- Dunedin City
- Far North District
- Gisborne District
- Gore
- Great Barrier Island
- Hamilton
- Hastings
- Hauraki
- Horowhenua
- Hurunui
- Invercargill
- Kaikoura
- Kaipara District
- Kapiti Coast
- Kawerau
- Lower Hutt
- Mackenzie
- Manawatū
- Manukau
- Marlborough
- Masterton
- Matamata-Piako
- Napier
- Nelson
- New Plymouth
- Ngamatea
- North Shore City
- North Taranaki
- Ōpōtiki
- Palmerston North
- Porirua
- Queenstown-Lakes
- Rangitikei
- Rodney
- Rotorua
- Ruapehu
- Selwyn
- South Taranaki
- South Waikato
- Southland District
- Taharua
- Tararua
- Tasman
- Taupō
- Tauranga
- Thames-Coromandel
- Timaru
- Upper Hutt
- Waiheke Island
- Waimakariri
- Waimate
- Waipa District
- Wairarapa
- Wairoa
- Waitakere
- Waitaki
- Wellington City
- West Taranaki
- Western Bay of Plenty
- Whakatane
- Whanganui
- Whangarei District
Experience/Willing to care for/Duration/Additional Information
- Birds
- Cats
- Dogs
- Experience with Domestic Animals
- Experience with Farm Animals
- Farms animals/Livestock
- Fish
- Have own accommodation
- Long Term House Sits (1 month +)
- Medium Term House Sits (2 – 4 weeks )
- Non smoker
- Other Pets
- Poultry
- References available
- Small pets
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