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There are many people who do not like the services they get from professionals they do not know and who do not know your pets. Pet sitting businesses tend to be expensive and predictably anonymous just by the way they are organized..to make money. If you are like me I am sure you would prefer to have friends who know your pets come over and pet sit or take your pets to their homes when your away. The pet sitting exchange concept is new and very simple. If you love animals and can pet sit for others then you can find pet sitters who will sit for you and your pets in exchange. I am using the internet to create an online forum in a database that simply connects everyone who needs services and are also willing to provide those services in exchange. Its like a Yahoo group with the added ability to see who is in an area by searching users profiles. If you search by your area codes and find new people with pets like yours who are willing to pet sit for you while you are away, you just found a compatible set of people who can pet sit for each other. They can sit for you and your pets and you can do the same for them when they are away. There are thousand of people doing this so its catching on and becoming much easier to find that select group of people you need to help you when you have to leave your pets at home. This new FREE community concept is not a business but it is saving people lots of money and lots of worry. One of the first examples of searchable databases is a pet community project developed and hosted by Petstouch.com. The goal of this service is to help people find pet sitters for their pets even in areas where there are no commercial services available. If you take a look you may be surprised who is already there. Talk to other members that are also looking for exchange services in your area. Your email is kept hidden when your messages are forwarded. It is Free Private and Secure ,and it REALLY works! One of the problems encountered by pet lovers on the internet is also a problem with this kind of service. The problem is the fear of animal abuse that has lead to self appointed regulators who make it impossible to use places like Craigslist to find pets and pet services. Advertise on Craigslist for a bunny and experience the wrath of the pet police who even use their own website to immediately flag you ads and make sure you cant find what you want. The same happens with pet services. Service providers flag anything that looks like competition and this one really gets them going.....so we need another way to get the word out and that is through word of mouth and articles and anything you can do that make people aware. Our work in this area is not exclusive but we have one of the largest memberships as we started about a year ago. If you like this concept let us know how to improve it and join our club. Mike and Jane run http://www.petstouch.com and provide pets and pet owners with innovative products and services. We are based in San Jose CA.
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