About Ngaire

We are a close knit, fun loving little family of 4. Myself, Ngaire, I'm an Osteopath and own my businesses so need only be in the clinic 1 day a week, and the rest of the time I work from home. My husband, Adam, who works for a pharmaceutical company, our 9year old daughter Maeve, who just loves people, nature and animals and more recently our now 1yr old daughter who is busy and gorgeous and loves all the dogs we have visit our home.

In March 2018 we took off on an adventure around Australia for 6months, which then turned into 2.5 years out of our home and following the trip around Oz we house sat full time. As a then family of 3, we fell in love with house sitting! Meeting some wonderful people and forming great bonds with pets was a bonus we hadn't anticipated. We are now settled in our own home in Woodend on 25acres, whilst we still do some house sitting and are available for that, we predominately host pets (usually dogs) in our home with our loveable but slightly daft female Groodle named Murphy. We are non smokers, who take pride in our home and possessions, and care for anyone else's home like we would our own. We understand how it feels to trust someone else with your home and pets, and we take the responsibility seriously.

Our house is well equipped for hosting other dogs. We have a large enclosed yard which is a lot of space for the dogs to run around. We also have a dog door from the laundry to outside so they can access inside and outside as needed. We are more than happy to have inside dogs and have them sleep indoors either in the laundry or in the main part of the house depending what they prefer. They are part of our family when in our home.

If we are house sitting, we are happy to care for your home, keep it neat and clean, and you can trust that your house will be in the same great condition you left it upon your return. We love to explore as a family, and enjoy walking dogs or taking them out and about. We would be pleased to care for any animal in whatever they need.

Maeve is a gentle and kind 9year old who understands appropriate behaviour with pets of all types, and is very used to the house sitting lifestyle and the behaviour that is required. Obviously, we need to care only for animals who are comfortable with children, so that we make sure our girls are safe (we always supervise the 1yr old around any pets so that the pets are completely safe). Previous house sitting roles have involved us caring for 3 dogs, 4 cats and multiple fish in one house in the heat of summer. We are up to the challenge! We are also fine, with just a small dog who loves a cuddle, we are pretty flexible! Our experience also extends to chooks, rabbits and turtles and fish.

We have looked after a number of homes with both pools and spas and are happy to maintain these for you with appropriate instruction for your specific requirements. Maeve is a very strong swimmer for her age, being used to both pools and and the ocean. Although we of course supervise her at all times, we have no concerns about her in a property with a pool.

As a family we love spending time exploring new places, having coffee with friends and just being together. We get out and about but also enjoy time at home so your pets would have company too. We love spending time at the beach, or catching the train to the city for an explore, and of course if there is a great park around, we love a play! We are a footy loving family, though we don't agree on our teams ;-).

We have police checks and references available (you will find many attached to our profile). Please feel free to contact us with any questions at all that you may have. We really enjoy having other dogs for company in our home so we look forward to hearing from you!...