House and dog sitting for a traveling couple in Kentucky, USA

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  Description

  We’re looking for someone to watch our dogs and home. Would prefer you arriving a day or two earlier and you're welcome to stay a couple days longer.
  
  We are a married couple with a toddler, both educators, that love to travel! We are often gone extended periods of time in the summer. This year we will be taking a two and a half week trip up to Michigan and are unable to bring our fur babies with us. We’re looking for someone to care for our dogs, bring in the mail, and tend to our yard/garden while we are away.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  S’occuper des animaux

  Garde de maison et d'animaux
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Films et télé

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Livres

  

  Animaux

  

  Sports d'équipe

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Nature

  

  Randonnée

  

  Fitness

  

  Cyclisme

  

  Camping
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  When we are around, we can share our favorite places to be outside in nature! If you plan on traveling more of the United States we can share some of the best places we've been! We can teach gardening skills, basic housekeeping skills, and much more! We also live in the horse capital of the USA! Lots of beautiful horse country is a short drive away. If you're old enough, we have wonderful distilleries (bourbon), wineries, and breweries all within close proximity.

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  Aide

  While we are out of town, we need help with the following items:
  Caring for our dogs - they are both almost 8 years old and they love exercise and play. Nova is a Beauceron mix (about 75 pounds) and Lilo is a beagle mix (30 pounds). Both dogs are super friendly, cuddly, and love to play! They need 2 walks/plays a day. During the summer the walks will be early (about sunrise) and late (about sunset). They also need to be fed 2 times a day, brushed daily, and loved always!!! They have a dog door with 24/7 access to the backyard, so they are fine by themselves during the day. Nova has anxiety around fireworks, which unfortunately happen often near us in the evenings. She needs someone strong that has experience with dogs to keep her calm when this occurs on a walk (as she will often pull on the leash to get home).
  
  Caring for our home- We have a medium sized yard that will probably need to be mowed once or twice while we are away. We also have a garden that will need to be watered and may require pulling some fruit/vegetables if ripe. You would also need to pull weeds once a week.

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Débutant

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  Hébergement

  For accommodation, you will stay in our home. You will have your own bedroom and bathroom on the main level. We sleep upstairs with our own bathroom. You will have a small closet to yourself and be free to respectfully use our house as your own.
  
  When you arrive, we will help you with your first round of groceries (Up to $100) .
  We will recommend hikes and adventures if you're interested.
  When we are away, we will leave you $75 a week to use how you wish for groceries and entertainment.
  
  We live close to downtown Lexington, it's an easy bike ride (you'll have a free bike to use as you wish). There's a beautiful indoor market with live music, 5 restaurants, groceries, and a multitude of small businesses all within easy walking distance. We have a great front porch and big back deck for the nice days and BBQs. We're also walking distance from a park with a community pool ($8 a day), basketball court, tennis courts, baseball fields etc!

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  Autres infos...

  Our expectations of someone are simple: show kindness and respect for our home, ourselves, and our animals!
  We love teaching, traveling (we've been to all 50 states and 30+ countries), volleyball, the outdoors, entertaining friends and family, and finding good local drinks and food for cheap.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  We have Verizon Wifi - 500MBPS

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Has to be small, probably 20' Max length.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

  

  Lilo (7 ans)

  Lilo is 30 pounds of pure love. She would be content to sit with you on the couch all day (as long as you provide the pets!) she also loves to go on walks and sit on the porch with her humans.

  

  Nova (7 ans)

  Nova is 75 pounds of energy! She loves going for walks and sitting with her people on the couch. She isn’t a fan of the hot summer days, so she needs an early walk in the morning and a later walk in the evenings when the sun isn’t as hot.

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