Animal care solutions are multiple, and each have their strengths and disadvantages. That’s why we decided to create a comparison of the different solutions to help you find your way around.
Home care
The first solution to keep your pet during your vacation is to keep at home. Practical, it allows the animal to stay in a place that he knows and that is reassuring during your absence. A petsitter comes to your home to take care of your pet during your absence, so you have nothing to organize! Petsitters are often private individuals, who carry out this in addition to activity. Many sites offer this service, such as Rover or Animaute.
Benefits
- There is no need to take the animal to a different place
- Comfort of the animal, stays in its environment
- Service especially for your pet
- Most animals are accepted
The downsides
- This means letting someone you don’t know go home
- A solution for one or two weeks, but it can become complicated for longer because the person has to be available
- Price
Petsitting
After home care, petsitting! The principle remains the same, however, the animal will be kept at the petsitter! This remains a simple solution, and proposed by the same websites!
Benefits
- Service especially for your pet
- Most animals are accepted
The downsides
- A solution for one or two weeks, but it can become complicated for longer because the person has to be available
- Price
Pension
This solution is the best known of all, consisting of leaving your pet in a place designed specifically for animals. It is convenient and secure, since the people who keep your pets do this job professionally.
Benefits
- Security as carried out by professionals
- Price
- Service for a longer or shorter period of time depending on your need
The downsides
- The comfort of the animal, which must adapt in a new environment
- The animal must be sociable
Exchange
There are now exchange sites. Indeed, this system can allow you to keep the animal of a member during his vacation, and then when it is your turn to go on vacation, this member will keep your pet. To date, several sites offer this service such as the Animal Futé website.
Benefits
- Free (only membership to the site is paid for)
- Allows the animal to be in the comfort of a family
The downsides
- You have to find the right person at the right time
- People are not professionals
- The animal must be social
Pet hotels
In the same style as the pet boarding house, here are the hotels. In fact, they consist of professionals who take care of your animals, as you are looked after in a hotel. That’s why there are many services available, such as grooming. For example, the Cat Garden specializes in welcoming cats.
Benefits
- Service especially for your pet
- Many services available
- Security as carried out by professionals
The downsides
- Price
- The animal must be social
Walks and tours
Finally, in the same category as petsitting and home care, there are walks and tours. This consists of walks at times that suit you and visits to the animal.
Benefits
- There is no need to take the animal to a different place
- Service especially for your pet
The downsides
- Short-term solution
- The animal does not have all the company time
