pet sitting

Brokenhearted when her best friend departs for the summer, Ivy spends her own summer caring for animals in the mid-century Southwest, sharing her season of discovery with a stubborn pony, a mischievous puppy, and a scarred racehorse.

After visiting a great ape sanctuary, Marty and her friends set out to raise the money to "adopt" a chimpanzee by organizing a talent show at school and starting a pet-sitting business in Marty's basement--which soon gets out of hand.

When the Mahoney family hires Henry the Critter Sitter to watch their dog, cat, bird, fish, frog, and snake, he thinks he is up for the challenge since creature control is his game, but the pets have a different idea.

Contains two stories about Robert, a second-grader who starts a pet-sitting business after his parents refuse to let him have a dog, and ends up with two doves, a tarantula, bunnies, and a part-time puppy.

A nine-year-old starts a pet-sitting business with his bossy big brother and ends up going on strike.

Presents a guide to setting up and operating a pet-sitting business, focusing on cats and dogs and discussing the basics of animal care, such as feeding, grooming, exercise, medical care, and liability issues, and includes sample forms, worksheets, and a glossary.

Eleven-year-old Jessi copes with pet sitting for the Mancusi family and serious dissension among the members of the Baby-sitters Club.

James and his friends start a summer pet-sitting business and are dismayed when their hard-earned cash starts to disappear from the money box.

"Mickey is put in charge of his vacationing neighbors' cat, Bella. His best friend, Amanda, comes along to help out. All they have to do is make sure Bella has enough to eat and doesn't destroy the furniture. Seems simple enough. But Bella escapes from the house and is hit by a truck. Mickey feels awful. What is he going to do? Amanda has an idea to replace the cat with a look-alike from the local pet store, Cat Heaven. They find a cat that looks exactly like Bella, but the clerk won't sell it to them, so they decide to steal it. Big mistake! These cats are more than they seem to be..."--P. [4] of cover.