Doggone Good Job!

Pay rent? Not me! I house and pet-sit for a living…

- Jenny Stallard / Hattie Bishop

By Emma Higgins, 29, from Cheltenham

Housemates. They can be a right pain! Eating your cereal, not flushing the loo… 

But not mine!

Because I tend to share my homes with dogs.

In fact, to date, I’ve shared around 15 different houses with dogs as roomies since I began my unusual way of living in 2010.

It all began when I set up a travel website after graduating from Lincoln University with a degree in English and Media.

Wanting to be a writer, I decided to combine writing with my love of travel.

It was when I worked in Canada and Thailand – both times in digital marketing – that I realised people who were also away from home wanted someone to look after their pad.