If you are paying someone $20.00 a day to watch your dog and the dog chews and damages, do you pay for it?

The person you were paying to watch your dog either watched your dog chew up the slipcover (in which case it's their fault) or they weren't watching your dog very closely (in which case it's their fault). No...if you're hiring someone, they should take potential damages into account and plan to avoid them or deal with them as a cost of doing business. You have no obligation to pay for damages, but you may wish to do so to keep the peace...the decision is YOURS. Who would be responsible if this chewed up slipcover (from lack of supervision) created a $2000 vet bill for a bowel obstruction?

Do you mean if the dog chews up & damages the sitters property? I would say yes, the owner should offer to pay for it. That's what I would do at least. Any time my dog does any damage at all to someone's property or possessions I pay for it or replace it even if they don't ask. I think it's the right thing to do. My pup chewed up my room mate's shoe & I reimbursed him the money no questions asked.

It wouldn't matter to me if the person was pet sitting or not, I'd still replace the destroyed item.

If the dog was in my home being watched after & damaged something on the pet sitter's watch I probably wouldn't hold them responsible. If I did it would have to be under a very specific situation, such as if I informed the sitter that the dog was a chewer & special care needed to be taken to always watch the dog & the dog happened to chew up something of importance then *maybe* I'd consider deducting pay/ asking them to replace it. But that's a stretch. I'm just not that type of person.

I think we need more detail.

Yes the sitter should be watching the dog, but as we all know, sometimes we go to the bathroom or something else that takes us away from watching them for even just a minute and the dog will have destroyed half a room!

It would be good to include how old your dog is - if it is a puppy then there is always going to be a little more patience needed during this time as it is still learning. If it's an adult, then this dog should already be trained.

Chews and damages items in your home? Or their home? If your home, you would probably be responsible. it is, after all, your dog. If their home, it's a little less clear. You are paying them to watch your dog, and a dog managing to destroy an item would indicate to me a lack of proper supervision or containment. But on the other hand, it is your dog. If your kid took a marker and drew all over the babysitter's sofa, would you pay for damages?

That depends on 2 things. Did you leave a kenel to keep the dog in when they cant watch it tentively, and did you warn them that the dog chews when left alone? It the answer to both of those questions is yes then my opinion is no, you shouldn't be responsible for the damages. However if you gave them no warning then they might have trusted that your dog was housebroken and didn't need it and you may need to pay up.

Depends on what your condition for the $20 a day was. Was it that they come by 3 times a day to let your dog pee? Was it take the dogs for two 30minute runs and keep the dog in the crate the rest of the time?

If the dog watcher did what you specified, and the dog still chewed the furniture, I suggest you change the arrangements the next time you are out of town and not blame your dog watcher.

No, it is the sitters responsibility to look after the dog properly. It is your responsibility to train the dog though, so I would do so soon.

Wait a minute....are we talking about your chair cover or theirs?

If it was at your house, then it is definitely not the sitters fault. If this happened in their home, then they should have been more diligent about their own stuff if anything. You should have trained the dog not to chew on things, trained dogs, just don't randomly chew on things they are not supposed to.

Yep I don't know, you have caused me to confuse myself..lol so my guess would to be either add some more details or work it out with the sitter yourself.

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I'd take the cost of a new slipcover off their wages first.

To me it depends on the arrangement that you two have. Do you have a contract? Do they come by your house and feed and walk the dog and then leave? Do you drop the dog off at their house for the whole day? Too many questions to give you a good answer on this one. I don't want to assume!