Hi there! We're Phil and Rheta — professional dog spoilers with a part-time human disguise.

We have a 6-year-old Beagle-Kintamani mix of our own, currently living her absolute best life with family in Jakarta (which, frankly, is why we're here — we have a dog-shaped hole in our routine that needs filling with other people's dogs).

Back in Melbourne, we spent 3 years as sitters on a platform much like Pawshake, and somewhere between the walks and the treat negotiations, we ended up with a whole circle of lifelong friends — turns out bonding over muddy paws and stubborn leash-pullers works better than most icebreakers. We genuinely miss the chaos: the tail wags at the door, the 6am walks, the shameless begging for a second breakfast.

We only care for dogs (no cats, no reptiles, no exceptions — we know our lane) and offer home visits, 24-hour in-home care, and daily walks. Walks range around 30-45 minutes. We live in the east, in a condo that's thoroughly dog-approved — good floors for zoomies, and neighbours who've made peace with the occasional excited bark. Since we are a team of two (wife and I) we usually take turns on who's home and who's going out. We are easy of your dogs have to sleep on our bed (we love snuggles tbh) or on their own bed too.

If your dog needs a temporary home with people who'll spoil them properly (and send an unreasonable number of update photos), we'd love to meet them.