I've thought about pet sitting, but that's about as far as I've gone. I dogsit my daughter's lab, and I did take a dogsitting job that I was paid for, but it was a nightmare! Five dogs from a mini foxie up to a doberman. And chooks and geese and kookaburras to feed as well. It was on a country property. The dogs were used to sleeping in with their owner so suffered separation anxiety every night. I ended up sleeping on the lounge. I'm glad you had all good experiences.