Our Story - Pet Sitting in Irene
Mieke Brand is the owner of My Pet Care – a sought-after reliable pet sitting service in Irene and surrounding area.
Mieke started with pet sitting in the safety of the Irene Farm Villages Estate when she was only eight years old. Mieke always loved pets and was often found sleeping in the dog beds with our dogs. On two birthdays respectively Mieke’s gifts were a little black cat, which was named Tjokls, and a Toy pom called Bella Piccola. Bella is now the princess of the Brand household! Mieke also loved Lila, the black Labrador who recently passed, and her favourite holidays were always taking the dogs with to the sea where they would have a ball on the beach.
What makes My Pet Care different?
Consistency & Reliability
My Pet Care is reliable, consistent and has maintained a standard of excellence that has given this service a reputation that sets it apart from many similar service providers.
Having a pet sitter available when you are away from home is not enough peace of mind. What if something happens and the appointed pet sitter is unable to do the pet sitting? You might be far away and may not even be aware of this. This is a scary thought!
My Pet Care’s permanent back-up pool of sitters are at all times fully informed of the roster and service requirements and expectations of clients. Mieke has put in place an effective administration system to ensure seamless operations.
NEVER will your pets miss a caring visit, a meal, fresh water and their daily human interaction!
Passion for Excellence
Mieke and the My Pet Care crew has a passion for excellence and endeavour to make the best of each visit and care taking period while clients are away from their homes. They take effort in bonding with the pets through affectionate attention, play time and even some grooming. Some senior and exotic pets often have special needs and the pet sit crew responds to that with compassion and love. The pets are always happy when they arrive to feed them and look forward to some company, play-time and very often a surprise cookie, or a cow hoof.
Add-on Peace of Mind
Furthermore, as part of the pet sitting service, checking of electricity, switching on/off lights, checking swimming pool and watering of inside pot plants are all ensured. Mieke ensures continuous message updates to the owners about their pets and homes and will provide feedback on issues such as a swimming pool that needs attention or a sick pet that needs to go to the vet.
Home Checking Service
Client requests soon expanded outside the estate and My Pet Care now also covers the surrounding neighbourhood areas. Home owners within Irene Farm Villages and from areas surrounding the estate, who do not have pets, often require house checking while they are away for short, but especially long periods of time.
Commitment and Growing the Service
What is so amazing about Mieke’s pet and home care service is that all have grown with it, since it started out in 2008. Mieke has learnt about hard work and dedication from this early age. Getting out of bed extra early on holidays, and even on school week days, to ensure consistent early morning routines with their pet clients. They have learnt to be thorough with feeding schedules and requirements, with cleaning up and making sure pets are safe and comfortable. Mieke and crew members have become especially good at paying close attention for changes in pet behaviours and probable health issues which gets communicated to clients in a consistent and reassuring manner.
Passion and Vision
With a vision to ensure that pet and home owners will consistently have someone they can rely on when they are away. Mieke has grown My Pet Care into a reliable, trusted and sought-after service provider.
Pet Care in Irene and surrounding areas
The pet sitter visits your home once or twice a day as agreed upon, to feed your pets and refresh the water. The pet owner provides pets' foods and treats. Feeding is done according to your requirements and your pets' dietary needs. The pet sitter interacts and plays with the pets, giving them loving attention and the human contact they need to feel loved and secure. The dogs usually love this part a lot – there is nothing like a rough housing and a game for them. Mieke has found that even the cats get used to it and look forward to visits and seek personal contact when they hear the key in the door on visits. During visits, the pet sitter also refreshes the pet sleeping quarters, picks up the poo (a proper poop scoop has to be available for this) and checks that the electricity is still on, the swimming pool pump working and as per agreement, waters the inside pot plants. Other household tasks could include switching lights or irrigation systems on or off and putting out the garbage bin where applicable.
