I’m no pet resting expert. I generally try to keep my dog with me at all times instead of leaving him with strangers. He travels with me just about everywhere I go, plus there are few instances in which I can’t keep him within sight, however generally when I do run into a scheduling problem plus find myself looking for pet care, I’m able to pass him off on a neighbor for a few hours, but recently, but, I found myself in a situation in which hiring a pet sitter was necessary. My buddy and I were out of city plus the hotel where we stayed didn’t allow dogs unattended. As we searched for a pet sitter on Rover, we realized that the prices were quite high compared to usual. My buddy and I pulled the trigger, plus only later found out why all these pet sitters set their repair rate so high; the cost of heating their homes. You see, the weather where we were going to see was quite frosty plus snowy. Apparently the cost of energy necessary to heat a loft is quite significant in this city, so people don’t take their central heating lightly. They go to good lengths to insulate their homes plus save on energy expenditure whenever they can to reduce weekly utility costs. The problem with introducing a big dog into this equation is the amount of frosty air that passes in plus out every time the dog needs to go outside; Opening the door for even a moment greatly reduces the indoor air temperature, plus their boiler must toil overtime to heat the air again. That weekend we learned that Rover includes the cost of high quality pet care, & a small payment to the energy business.