Pettify for pet sitters

What pet sitters keep track of

A sitter follows the pet’s own care plan, which Pettify builds from the breed and these rules. Each comes with its source, and the owner adjusts the times to the pet’s real day.

1. Meals at set times

   Dogs twice a day, cats three times

   An adult dog usually eats twice a day (AKC); for a cat, the plan sets three smaller meals, following the AAFP’s advice on frequent small meals. Each meal in the plan has a time, 8:30 am and 7:30 pm by default for two meals, so the sitter keeps the rhythm the pet is used to.

   Sources: AKC: How Often Should Dogs Eat?; AAFP Consensus Statement: How to Feed a Cat, 2018

2. Walks as long as the dog needs

   Twice a day, 15 to 60 minutes

   Following the Royal Kennel Club’s breed profiles, the plan sets two walks a day of 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes, depending on how energetic the breed is. A sitter who has never met the dog sees how long to go, not just “walk him”.

   Source: Royal Kennel Club breed profiles

3. Breed notes a stranger would miss

   Shown on the task

   For a flat-faced breed, the walk task says: short walks in the cool hours, a harness instead of a collar, no walks in hot weather (Royal Kennel Club). For a deep-chested breed at risk of bloat, the feeding task warns against vigorous exercise for an hour before and after meals (AKC).

   Sources: Royal Kennel Club: Breathing problems in flat-faced dogs; American Kennel Club breed profiles

4. The litter box and play for a cat

   Scoop daily, play twice a day

   For a cat, the daily scoop is in the plan (AAHA and AAFP), and so is play: two 15-minute sessions a day for most cats. Both are easy to forget without the owner around, which is exactly why they are written down.

   Sources: AAHA/AAFP Feline Life Stage Guidelines, 2021; AAFP Senior Care Guidelines, 2021

How Pettify helps

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  Invite with the right access

  Invite the sitter by email or QR code and pick the pet to share. With view-only access they see the pet’s details and history, events, reminders and vaccinations, but can’t add or change anything. Give edit access if they should tick tasks off and log walks. After the stay, change the role or remove access in Household.

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  The same plan on their phone

  The sitter finds your pet in its own section of their pet list, with today’s tasks first and then the next 30 days. Each task explains why it matters and how to do it, which is often all the instruction a sitter needs.

• You see what was done

  If the sitter can edit, you get a notification when they log care, and the Household screen keeps a feed of who did what. Once they tick a task off, its reminder stays quiet on your phone.

• Toilet entries and a report on paper

  A sitter with edit access logs a pee or poop with one tap, and you get a push only for an entry with a warning sign. For a kennel or a sitter who won’t install the app, share the PDF report instead.