Animal care peer-to-peer in Belgium

Frequently asked questions about animal care

• How do I find animals to keep?
  Do you really want to walk with a dog and have you already done so? Do you love a cat's purr, but can only devote a few hours to it a week?
  
  The Askaide platform provides you with free classified ads posted by individuals whose pets are bored at home and who are looking for people like you to whom they can temporarily entrust their pet to provide them with affection and joie de vivre.
  
  You just have to consult our advertisements by specifying next to which city you live. Askaide offers ads in all cities of France (for example in Lyon, Toulouse, Nice, Nantes, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Paris, Marseille or Lille), but also in all of Belgium (Brussels, Charleroi, Ghent, Liège, Schaerbeek, Anderlecht, Antwerp, Bruges, Namur or Louvain).
  
  Our computer system automatically calculates the distances between cities to find the ads closest to you.
• How to become a pet sitter?
  The name of pet-sitter is, you guessed it, a derivative of the term "baby sitter" already entered into the French vocabulary. It is found written "pet-sitter" or "petsitter". The Anglo-Saxons also use the term "dog-sitter" because it is most often for dogs that this service is offered.
  
  This profession was born in New York and then quickly spread to major American cities before crossing the Atlantic and arriving in France. The need is always the same: the way of life of pet owners means that they have less and less time to devote to their pet.
  
  The term pet-sitter refers to the person who takes care of an animal in the absence of its master. Generally, she intervenes at home to walk the animal (most often a dog), sometimes to change a cat's litter, but also to provide care according to the owner's instructions.
  
  A pet-sitter may also have to take care of NAC (New Pets). It can be a rabbit, a ferret, a rodent, an exotic bird, even a snake... If you want to offer your services as a pet-sitter and certain animals scare you, check the announcement of what type of animal it's about ;-)
  
  There is no need for a particular diploma to offer your help as a pet-sitter, but pet owners prefer to entrust their pet to someone who already has experience in this field.
• How to take care of your pet?
  You wouldn't want to entrust your pet to just anyone and that's normal. This is why the Askaide platform offers you a simple and practical solution to help you choose the right companion for your animal.
  
  We suggest that you create your free account on Askaide, which will then allow you to publish an ad detailing your specific need.
  
  This can be simply a student who can come every day for one or two hours to take your dog for a walk, or even a person who loves cats who agrees to keep yours at home during your holidays.
  
  It is up to you to precisely describe the situation in your ad and in which city this service should be provided. For our part, we check the profile of each person who registers on our site to offer their services.
  
  Askaide takes care of putting you in contact with the most suitable people so that you can decide for yourself whether or not you can trust this future pet-sitter.
  
  Of course, each profile includes notes and opinions from previous people who have benefited from the services of this pet-sitter. You can thus realize whether it is appropriate to follow up on the proposal of this announcement.
  
  To enter your pet sitter request ad, please click on the following button: