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October 22, 2020

Pet sitting sites challenged by Covid and alternative sharing model 

Pet sitting services have become a big business but the Covid-19 pandemic and new sharing models posing challenges to the business.


Serena Tarling

5 min read

Photo by Matt Nelson on Unsplash

In the film The Secret Life of Pets, the opening scenes show pet owners across New York City heading off to work and leaving their pets behind. Max, a terrier, tells his friend and admirer, Gidget, a white Pomeranian, he plans to spend the day waiting by the door for his owner Katy to return.

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